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News Wrap: Tennessee passes new congressional map, sparking protest
In our news wrap Thursday, lawmakers in Tennessee passed a new congressional map favoring Republicans, the man accused of a firebomb attack on a pro-Israel rally in Colorado was sentenced to life in prison, health authorities are tracking passengers who left the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak, and at least 17 people were injured by powerful overnight storms in Mississippi.
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According to PBS News’s source item, News Wrap: Tennessee passes new congressional map, sparking protest, In our news wrap Thursday, lawmakers in Tennessee passed a new congressional map favoring Republicans, the man accused of a firebomb attack on a pro-Israel rally in Colorado was sentenced to life in prison, health authorities are tracking passengers who left the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak, and at least 17 people were injured by powerful overnight storms in Mississippi.
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