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1 day ago · In 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit upheld the District Court decision in Segovia v. United States, which ruled that former Illinois residents living in Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands did not qualify to cast overseas ballots according to their last registered address on the U.S. mainland. [150]
1 day ago · The United States Senate consists of 100 members, ... Alabama: Tommy Tuberville: Republican ... Catholic University of America : January 3, 2007 2024 Class 1
4 days ago · Confederate States of America, the government of 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860–61, following the election of Abraham Lincoln as U.S. president, prompting the American Civil War (1861–65). The Confederacy acted as a separate government until defeated in the spring of 1865.
1 day ago · The United States has 63 national parks, which are congressionally designated protected areas operated by the National Park Service, an agency of the Department of the Interior. [1] National parks are designated for their natural beauty, unique geological features, diverse ecosystems, and recreational opportunities, typically "because of some outstanding scenic feature or natural phenomena."
17 hours ago · U.S. Census Bureau regions and divisions. Since 1950, the United States Census Bureau defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions. [1] [2] The Census Bureau region definition is "widely used ... for data collection and analysis", [3] and is the most commonly used classification system.
Aug 24, 2024 · A 2.5 magnitude earthquake hit near Alabama on the night of September 3, 2024 at 01:21 local time (America/Chicago). The center of this earthquake was located 143km east of Huntsville at a depth of 12km under land. Check the list on our website for any earthquakes occurring near Alabama, The United States in the past hours.
17 hours ago · Under the law, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, [121] the number of first-generation immigrants living in the United States has increased, [122] from 9.6 million in 1970 to about 38 million in 2007. [123] Around a million people legally immigrated to the United States per year in the 1990s, up from 250,000 per year in the 1950s. [124]
