Associated Press, by Staff Posted By: JoniTx- Mon, 25 41 2018 04:41:04 GMT US Sen. Joe Manchin cracked the rib of US Sen. Claire McCaskill while performing the Heimlich maneuver on the fellow Democrat when she began choking. A spokesman for Manchin tells the St. Louis Post’Dispatch that McCaskill began choking during a luncheon for Senate Democrats on Thursday. Manchin used the Heimlich maneuver to dislodge the blockage in McCaskill´s throat, but he cracked a rib in the process. (Photo) McCaskill addressed Democrats at the annual Truman Dinner in St. Louis on Saturday. She said she would not be hugging people when she appeared late last week at an NAACP dinner in St.

Houston Chronicle (TX), by Kevin Diaz Posted By: JoniTx- Mon, 25 43 2018 04:43:50 GMT WASHINGTON’ The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Republican’led Legislature in Texas improperly used race to draw a predominantly Latino House district in Fort Worth, but turned back a lower court ruling that blocked the state from using other legislative and congressional district boundaries under challenge for allegedly diluting the voting power of black and Latino voters. The mixed 5’4 decision written by Justice Samuel Alito leaves in place much of Texas’ political map for the 2018 midterm elections, upholding ‘ for now ‘ political boundaries that have been under court review for nearly a decade. Ruling on House

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