An appeals court has blocked the redrawing of Louisiana’s congressional map A federal appeals court blocked the redrawing of Louisiana’s congressional map after a lower court found the redistricting plan likely violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voters’ power. Read more on NPR

The journey of ‘seemingly ranch,’ from meme to top of the Empire State Building Heinz and Primal Kitchen are selling limited-edition bottles of “Seemingly Ranch” dressing. The Empire State Building lit up in red and white. It all started, as so many trends do, with Taylor Swift. Read more on NPR

Gun violence doesn’t discriminate: Quavo and others share their stories Almost a year after rapper, Takeoff, of the music trio Migos, was shot and killed, Quavo, his band mate and uncle, travels to Washington, D.C. to discuss gun violence prevention. Read more on NPR

Exposing the secretive company at the forefront of facial recognition technology NYT reporter Kashmir Hill says Clearview AI has a database of billions of photos scraped from the internet, which it sells to governments and police departments. Her book is Your Face Belongs To Us. Read more on NPR

Suit yourselves: The Senate formalizes a dress code just days after ditching it Backlash ensued after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer moved to relax its informal dress code last week. On Wednesday, lawmakers voted unanimously to codify business casual on the Senate floor. Read more on NPR

Feds offer students new protections against programs that lead to high debt, low pay The Biden administration is cracking down on for-profit college programs that don’t adequately prepare graduates for gainful employment and leave them with unaffordable loans. Read more on NPR

250 million is the new 40: Mammals may already be halfway done on Earth, study finds The future is always hard to predict, especially millions of years from now. But researchers found that a future supercontinent centered around the tropics may be tough for mammals to survive. Read more on NPR