Supreme Court blocks lower court redistricting ruling

AUSTIN— The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday blocked a lower court ruling that threw out the state’s new congressional map, allowing the new districts to stay in place, at least for now. A federal panel, by a 2-1 vote, said a few days earlier that the new map was racially gerrymandered.The Dallas Morning News reported Justice Samuel Alito signed the order after Texas Att...