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After listening to Republican and Democratic lawyers for three hours, District Judge James T. Russell decided Wednesday that a panel he appointed — and not he — will be the first to decide whether some election districts in Nevada should have majority Hispanic populations. Russell issued an order telling the panel to prepare a report on whether white bloc voting has so diluted the power of Hispanics that majority Hispanic population districts must be created.
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Two police officers were charged Wednesday in the death of a mentally ill homeless man in Southern California who was beaten and repeatedly shocked with a stun gun during his arrest, authorities said.