The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in the Louisiana congressional map case, which could have significant implications for the Voting Rights Act. CBS News executive director of elections and ...

"They can literally create a permanent one-party rule system without the Voting Rights Act in place--and doing it at the expense of Black communities and Black voters," Cliff Albright, co-founder of ...

Thousands of people across the Tri-State area were without power on Monday morning. Heavy rain, as well as strong wind gusts, were expected to continue throughout the day. Meanwhile, New York City ...

Nearly 10,000 people in Connecticut are waking up without power as the first nor'easter of the season continues to slam the East Coast. On Monday, Oct., 13 at 8 a.m., Eversource reported that 9,173 ...

A powerful Nor’Easter storm has started to lash Rhode Island, and power outages are already rolling in. On Sunday, Oct. 12, the first power outages appeared in Rhode Island Energy’s outage map at ...

Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: Current solar power technology works great—but falters during heat waves, losing a significant percentage of potential electricity. Scientists in the UK found a ...

The U.S. military has killed at least 21 people in recent strikes on small boats that it says were smuggling drugs off the coast of Venezuela. President Trump justified the attacks by saying the ...

The UK is expected to have a bigger buffer of power generation to guard against shortages this winter, but the availability of natural gas is due to tighten. The National Energy System Operator ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The midterm elections might be a year away, but the fight for control of the U.S. House is underway in California. Voting opened statewide Monday on whether to dramatically reshape ...