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Supreme Court Preserves Only GOP-Held Congressional District in New York City for 2026 Elections

Supreme Court Preserves Only GOP-Held Congressional District in New York City for 2026 Elections

Published by Sam Flores

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday sided with Republicans in ruling that the boundaries of the only GOP-held congressional district in New York City do not not need to be redrawn for the 2026 elections, despite a court ruling that the district is unfair to Black and Hispanic residents. Over the dissent of the court’s three liberal justices, the conservative majority halted the state court ruling that had ordered New York’s redistricting commission to redraw the district held by Rep. Nicole Malliotakis that covers Staten Island and a small piece of Brooklyn. The outcome is a victory for Republicans in a national tug-of-war over redistricting that could determine control of the closely divided House of Representatives. Republicans currently hold a razor-thin majority. New York Republicans and the Trump administration had sought the high court’s intervention. Qualifying for congressional elections in New York began last week. A judge had ruled that the district was drawn in a way that dilutes the power of its Black and Hispanic voters and had ordered the state’s Independent …

Huge fossil bonanza preserves 512-million-year-old ecosystem

Huge fossil bonanza preserves 512-million-year-old ecosystem

Published by skeptic

An artist’s illustration of life in Earth’s oceans at the time of the Huayuan biota Dinghua Yang An extraordinary 512-million-year-old fossil site has been discovered in southern China, preserving in vivid detail almost an entire ecosystem from a time shortly after Earth’s first mass extinction event. The fossils date from the Cambrian period, which began 541 million years ago. The early Cambrian saw an explosion of diversity in animal life which gave rise to most of the major groups alive today. But this flourishing came to a halt with the Sinsk event around 513.5 million years ago, when oxygen levels in the ocean fell, killing off several groups of animals. Han Zeng at the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology in China and his colleagues began finding fossils at a quarry in the mountainous region of Huayuan County in Hunan Province in 2021. So far, they have analysed 8681 fossils from 153 species, nearly 60 per cent of which are new to science. The team has christened this ancient ecosystem the Huayuan biota and say …

‘A classic citric-forward twang and complex flavour’: the best UK supermarket marmalade, tasted and rated | Jams, preserves and spreads

‘A classic citric-forward twang and complex flavour’: the best UK supermarket marmalade, tasted and rated | Jams, preserves and spreads

Published by Sam Flores

For this week’s taste test, I asked my old River Cottage colleague, friend and author Pam “the Jam” Corbin for advice. “A truly brilliant marmalade,” she says, “is simply one where the peel, the gel, the texture and indeed the flavour are in harmony. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. “The amazing and rather magical thing about marmalade,” Pam says, “is that if 100 people made a panful, each one would vary: different sugars, different peel sizes, different boil times and even different water influence the final outcome.” Store-bought products are no different, though most commercially produced marmalades are made with extra pectin, acidity regulators and orange oil, which, while relatively harmless, all affect the taste and texture, and aren’t entirely necessary, either. The best supermarket marmalade Best overall:Tiptree ‘tawny’ orange marmalade £2.95 for 340g at Waitrose (87p/100g) ★★★★☆ A classic dark marmalade with a rich, caramel, orange flavour. Generous and very thick-cut pieces of chewy peel throughout. The second-highest fruit content …