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Wisconsin supreme court appears poised to strike down legislative maps and end Republican dominance

Decision from four liberal justices in lawsuit could eliminate some of the most gerrymandered districts in the United States The Wisconsin supreme court appeared poised to strike down the current maps for the state legislature after three hours of oral argument on Tuesday, a decision that could end more than a decade of Republican dominance

Canada and Germany have shown USA that basketball is a truly global game

While Germany won their first World Cup, Canada stunned the USA in the bronze-medal playoff to change a one-sided rivalry The 2023 Fiba World Cup was a tournament of firsts. The first time Germany won a global basketball competition. The first time five African teams won a game in the group stage. And the first

Half-minister, half-biscuit: how a Dukla Prague shirt outed Damian Green as an indie fan

The first secretary of state revealed his love of cult Wirral band by wearing the away kit of an obscure Czech football team at Latitude festival Name: Dukla Prague. Appearance: Red shirts with yellow sleeves, or yellow shirts with red sleeves.

Have you been watching Helix?

Here's a hypothetical scenario: a new patient is displaying symptoms of a mystery disease. Their lifesigns are weak but they remain in good spirits. How long before you give up on them? Days? Weeks? Channel 5 seem to have preemptively thrown in the towel when it comes to sci-fi viral mystery Helix, barge-poling it from

The Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane review

From Yann Martel's Life of Pi to Ta Obreht's Orange winner The Tiger's Wife, the figure of the tiger has become familiar in contemporary fiction as representing untameable thrill and mystery. Recent years have also seen a rash of novels set at the far end of life, in which characters contend with failing mental and