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Yesterday — 29 May 2026Main stream

Supreme Court Says Death Row Inmate Can Challenge Exclusion of Black Jurors

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By: Ann E. Marimow
29 May 2026 at 03:03
Terry Pitchford was convicted in 2006 for his role in the murder of a shopkeeper by a 12-member jury that included one Black member.

© via Joseph Perkovich

The Supreme Court decision means that Mr. Pitchford, 40, who has served death row for more than 20 years, is entitled to a new trial.
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Genetic Scores are Booming. But Will Anti-Discrimination Laws Cover Your DNA?

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By: Emily Baumgaertner Nunn
28 May 2026 at 17:03
As predictive medicine advances, legal scholars warn that decades-old federal guidelines could set up a potential clash between your genes and your job.

© Biophoto Associates/Science Source

A scanning electron micrograph of human chromosomes. Polygenic risk scoring, increasingly popular in personal medicine, uses an individual’s genome to estimate that person’s likelihood of developing a specific disease.

Man Charged With Hate-Crime Killing of Gay Dancer Claims Self-Defense

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Maria Cramer
28 May 2026 at 04:04
Dmitriy Popov was 17 when he stabbed O’Shae Sibley, a 28-year-old dancer, at a gas station. Mr. Popov has been charged with murder as a hate crime.

© David Dee Delgado for The New York Times

Dmitry Popov testified at his murder trial, arguing that he killed O’Shae Sibley in 2023 in self-defense.

Court Rejects Alabama House Map, Calling It Unfair to Black Voters

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Emily Cochrane and Abbie VanSickle
27 May 2026 at 00:03
Alabama is likely to appeal the ruling, which stops an effort to use a new congressional map that would likely cost Democrats a majority-Black district.

© Wes Frazer for The New York Times

People march for voting rights on the famed Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., in May.
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