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Philip Rivers reportedly withdraws from consideration for NFL coaching job
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- Philip Rivers reportedly withdraws from consideration for NFL coaching job
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- 9 months ago
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- Forty-four year old Philip Rivers is no longer in consideration as head coach of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills, according to multiple reports.
Rivers is currently coach of his high school alma mater’s football team at St. Michael Catholic School in Fairhope. He recently stepped away to play three December games with the Indianapolis Colts this past season.
“Getting my feet back into it the last four weeks was exciting. But that’s not something I’ve set out to do like, ‘Oh shoot, that’s what I want to do,'" Rivers said. "I said openly and honestly I love it here [at Fairhope] and hope to be here a long time.”
Reporting by Craig Stephenson
#NFL #coaching #highschoolsports #profootball
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- Auburn’s Toomer’s Corner ICE protest met with calls of ‘All the Mexicans out! Shoot them all!’
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- 1:00
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- 9 months ago
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- Auburn University history professor Kate Craig wrote President Chris Roberts asking him to respond to 'disgusting' language at an anti-ICE protest on Toomer's Corner.
Reporting by Williesha Morris
Video courtesy Damarius LaKee Nolan-Watts
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- Alabama’s gun laws get an F on annual report
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- 0:52
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- 9 months ago
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- Alabama continues to have some of the worst gun laws and rates of gun death in the country, according to an annual report from GIFFORDS Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
The report ranked Alabama at 36 out of all 50 states in terms of its gun law strength resulting in an F on the overall scorecard. The state also had the fourth highest gun death rate in the country.
Scorecards are determined after experts analyze the gun laws of each individual state and assess how effective they are at reducing gun violence, the report says.
According to the report, Alabama has done well implementing gun laws to address mental health and domestic violence issues but still lacks many effective gun laws.
The law center advises Alabama to implement several policies to improve the state’s gun laws and likely reduce gun violence.
These policies include repealing permitless carry, requiring universal background checks, passing firearm indu...
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- After 40 years, Alabama’s largest mall costs Hoover millions: New mayor promises revival
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- 0:35
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- 10 months ago
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- During his State of the City Address, Hoover Mayor Nick Derzis said he’s prioritizing economic development by revitalizing Riverchase Galleria and Patton Creek.
Derzis said he remembered when the Galleria was the largest attraction in the area, constantly bustling with business. In recent years, however, traffic has slowed.
Sears has been vacant since 2019 and Macy’s was listed for sale in August 2024. Visitation has plummeted 33% since 2019. Sales tax revenue has fallen 41% since 2007.
Derzis said the Galleria is costing the city $9 million a year in revenue because of its condition. He said the city has “had discussions” with stakeholders to return the Galleria and Patton Creek to their former glory.
Reporting by Alaina Bookman
#mall #revamp #revitalization
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- Apple warns millions of iPhones at risk of attack, update now
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- 0:35
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- 10 months ago
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- According to Fox News, Apple recently confirmed two critical vulnerabilities in WebKit, the browser engine that powers Safari and all browsers on iOS.
Hundreds of millions of iPhones are at risk. Apple released a fix as soon the problem was discovered and the patch is included in the latest software update.
The best defense against the flaw is update your device. However, only about 50% of users have updated to iOS26, reports indicate.
Affected devices include: iPhone 11 and later; iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later; iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later; iPad Air 3rd generation and later; iPad 8th generation and later; and iPad mini 5th generation and later.
Reporting by Leada Gore.
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#iphone #apple #software #hack #virus
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- Movie about Alabama prisons lands Oscar nomination
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- 0:21
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- 10 months ago
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- “The Alabama Solution,” a documentary about Alabama’s prison system, earned an Academy Award nomination.
The film, co-directed by Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman, shows conditions of Alabama prisons using footage taken by inmates on contraband cellphones.
“The Alabama Solution” earned a nomination in the documentary feature category. You can stream it on HBO Max. The 98th Annual Academy Awards will air live on ABC on Sunday, March 15.
Reporting by Ben Flanagan
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#oscars #prison #jail
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- Alabama National Guard activates 350 soldiers ahead of winter storm
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- 0:27
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- 10 months ago
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- Ice, power outages, and hazardous road conditions are expected starting the night of Friday, Jan. 23 in north Alabama.
Guardsmen will assist state and local partners with route reconnaissance, road clearance, and movement support in communities across the northern half of the state.
The National Guard encouraged residents to monitor local forecasts, follow guidance from state and local officials, and avoid travel during hazardous conditions whenever possible.
Reporting by Mike Cason
#nationalguard #winterstorm #weatheradvisory
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- During ice and snow, the Rocket City Wranglers are north Alabama heroes
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- 0:49
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- The Rocket City Wranglers, a group of Jeep Wrangler drivers and others who own cars with four-wheel drive, are volunteering their time as Alabama is threatened with forecasts of snow and ice.
Whenever there is snow or icy weather, the Rocket City Wranglers ensure that essential workers — such as first responders and medical professionals — can make it to work.
Among their tasks is helping medical personnel get back home from work, which keeps them from having to sleep at the hospital.
The Rocket City Wranglers prioritize serving people who work in hospitals in Madison County by bringing employees to work. They also help elderly people cover their basic needs, or just check in on them.
“This just gives us a way to give back and to serve our community in a way that is uplifting and honoring to all of our heroes," said Laura Rogers, volunteer coordinator of Rocket City Wranglers. "Because we’ve been in the hospital and somebody...
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- Fighting SNAP fraud will cost Alabama $16.7M annually
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- 1:07
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- An Alabama Senate committee approved a bill that would require the Alabama Medicaid Agency and Department of Human Resources to cross-check eligibility for assistance programs.
SB 61, sponsored by Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, would require the agencies to conduct at least monthly checks of enrollees of each program.
According to the Legislative Fiscal Office, the additional work for both agencies could cost at least $16.7 million per year total for both agencies.
The bill requires DHR and other state agencies to check recipients’ home addresses, death records and incarceration status on a monthly basis. The bill also requires Alabama Medicaid and other state agencies to check recipients’ income, employment and disability status on a quarterly basis.
Supporters of the bill said that it is needed because of the state’s error rate for SNAP; when either DHR or enrollees make a mistake on paperwork
resulting in too many or too ...
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- Alabama man married to US citizen detained, husband spends $11,000 to free him
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- 0:52
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Brandon Rowell, 46, has spent $11,000 trying to free his husband, Ronald, from immigrant detention since last month.
On Dec. 5, the Gadsden couple reported to a check-in on Ronald’s asylum case. Shortly after going inside, Ronald was put into the back of a truck in handcuffs.
Ronald, 32, is in detention in Louisiana awaiting a 2027 hearing on his asylum claim. He fled Guatemala in 2023, because he was targeted as a gay man and feared for his life, said Rowell.
Rowell works remotely as a manager at a call center and cares for his mother. Despite his pain from multiple back surgeries, he is working weekends delivering for Door Dash.
Between commissary food and the phone calls, Rowell is spending $1,000 a month on his husband’s detention on top of paying an attorney $10,000. He has thought about using his house for funds.
“For me, he is my home,” he said. “The house is a building. So if, if I need to, you know, giv...
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- ICE detained kids in over 20 Alabama cities
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- 1:50
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Alabama is arresting and detaining a growing number of children as part of President Trump’s immigration crackdown. ICE arrested nearly 40 children, 18 years old or younger, between January and mid-October 2025, up 90% from last year and 400% from two years before. Reporting by Sarah Whites-Koditschek and Hannah Denham. #ice #immigration #trump #alabama
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- Katie Britt breaks from Trump on this part of his Greenland plan
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- 0:29
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- 10 months ago
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- In a statement, Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala) said she doesn’t believe a Trump-authorized military invasion of Denmark is appropriate against a NATO ally.
“Denmark is an important NATO ally, and I do not think an invasion of Greenland or troops on the ground is in the best interest of the United States or our alliances," Britt said.
Her comments come as Republicans distance themselves from support of military force on an European ally. Trump, in recent days, has targeted Greenland with aggressive comments.
Reporting by John Sharp
#NATO #Greenland #military
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- UAB announces closure of urgent care clinic
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- 0:20
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- 10 months ago
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- The UAB St. Vincent’s urgent care clinic will permanently close. The clinic said their Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner, Leslie Edwards, will be moving to UAB’s primary care office in Vestavia Hills.
The urgent care clinic, also located in Vestavia, will permanently close on Jan. 23. Edwards’ new office is located just a few miles away at 200 Montgomery Hwy Suite 100.
Reporting by Savannah Tryens-Fernandes
#urgentcare #hospital #closure
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- Data center proposed for Bessemer will move sites, city announces
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- 0:53
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- 10 months ago
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- The $14 billion data center campus part of Project Marvel appears to be moving from its proposed and protested site in rural Alabama.
Bessemer officials and the developer backing the hyperscale project have agreed to move to a different site after concerns from local residents and issues with the planned Northern Beltline.
It’s unclear exactly where the data center campus will move. The city said it had identified “additional land adjacent to the currently zoned parcel,” which was nearly 700 acres that the city voted to rezone in November.
The project has been met with resistance from local residents, who packed out public meetings, expressing concerns over noise, electricity and water usage, environmental protection and other issues.
Inside Climate News reported the developer plans to request the rezoning of another 900 acres. Since October, research firm Baxtel has listed a second site in Bessemer as “planned” for “Marve...
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- Harvesting organs from Alabama prison inmates could soon be a felony
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- 1:02
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- 10 months ago
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- An Alabama House committee approved legislation that penalize medical examiners if they harvest a deceased person’s organs without first notifying and obtaining consent from their family.
HB 71, sponsored by Rep. Chris England, makes it a Class C felony for a medical examiner to harvest organs without contacting the next of kin. The offense would be punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $15,000 fine.
The law currently requires medical examiners to notify family members when organs are harvested and requires consent in all cases save for identification of the deceased, but does not provide penalties.
The legislation follows a 2024 lawsuit filed by eight families against the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC), alleging that organs were taken from individuals who died while in prison and sent to UAB's Heersink School of Medicine.
According to the lawsuit, medical students from the school noticed that many of the specimens ...
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- The Birmingham Water Works Board is gone. Here's what replaced it.
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- 2:44
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- 10 months ago
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- Central Alabama Water, formerly known as the Birmingham Water Works Board, has had many shifts over the last few months. And even with a new name, a new board, and a new CEO, resistance continues among all of the changes. Reporter Joseph Bryant highlights all that you may have missed, and how it will impact your bills in the future.
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- ICE arrests, detains more children in Alabama under Trump administration
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- 0:41
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- 10 months ago
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- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials detained nearly 70 children in Alabama between Sept. 2023 and Sept. 2025. The youngest child was two-years-old.
On average, four children a month were detained in 2025 with Baldwin County claiming the most child detentions for the first nine months of the year.
In 2023, ICE detained 2.3 children per month. In 2024, that number fell to 1.8 before rising in 2025.
None of the children detained by ICE in Alabama since Sept. 2023 were convicted of a crime. Most had pending criminal charges, while two were categorized for some other immigration-related violation.
Reporting by Sarah Whites-Koditschek and Hannah Denham
Read more on AL.com
#alabama #DHS #deportation #children #trumpadministration #detentioncenter #ICE
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- What happens to the losing team’s confetti after a national championship game?
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- 0:29
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- 10 months ago
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- The Indiana Hoosiers beat the Miami Hurricanes 27 to 21 in the College Football National Championship game on Jan. 19 in Miami Gardens, Fla. Red, white and shiny black confetti blasted out of cannons.
But what became of the loosing Hurricanes’ delayed celebration? All that green, orange and white paper sitting on the sidelines in brown cardboard boxes had to go somewhere.
According to Noah Winter of Artistry In Motion, the confetti is properly disposed of: “We recycle it.”
Artistry In Motion, located in Los Angeles, bills itself as the industry leader in confetti. It offers products and staffing for confetti at various events like the national championship and the Super Bowl, according to Winter.
Reporting by Matt Stahl
#nationalchampionship #confetti #collegefootball
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- 4,000 FBI personnel set for Huntsville by 2030 at ‘most advanced training facility in the world’
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- 0:44
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- 10 months ago
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- Personnel will work at the Richard Shelby Center for Innovation and Advanced Technology, the new name for the FBI’s official campus on Redstone Arsenal.
Kevin Jones, Deputy Assistant Director for IT Infrastructure, said the Huntsville facility will create one of the largest concentrated footprints of any FBI division in the United States.
“What we’ve seen (is that Huntsville) offers our workforce is greater access to tech talent, greater work-life balance opportunities for our family, and a greater ability to extend our continuity of operations and the resilience for the core mission that we support," said Deputy Assistant Director for IT Infrastructure, Kevin Jones.
Workers will initially be stationed at the North Campus of the FBI building which houses their technology, cyber, analytics and instructional environments.
The South Campus is under construction with a completion date of 2030. After it’s complete, leaders expect t...
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- 2026 Snow in South Alabama
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- 0:39
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- 10 months ago
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- South Alabama saw a quick touch of snow today! Here’s a look at some scenes from this morning.
📷 🎥:Elizabeth Moss, National Weather Service Mobile, and Mike Byrd (Blue Springs State Park-Alabama ) and Shelby Scott (Frank Jackson State Park-Alabama of Alabama State Parks Division.
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- Here is where AL's first 12 medical marijuana dispensaries are planned
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- 0:48
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- 10 months ago
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- The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission awarded licenses to three companies to operate dispensaries. The companies will be authorized to operate up to three dispensaries each.
Birmingham is in line to have two dispensaries, while Mobile and Montgomery will have one each. None are planned for the city of Huntsville, although two are planned for the metro area.
Alabama’s medical marijuana law, the Compassion Act, allows companies to make gummies (peach-flavored only), tablets, capsules, tinctures, patches, oils, and other forms of medical marijuana products.
The Alabama Board of Medical Examiners will certify doctors to recommend medical cannabis products to patients. Patients who receive a medical cannabis card after seeing a doctor will be able to buy products at these dispensaries.
Reporting by Mike Cason
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#medicalmarijuana #medicalweed #healthcare #chronicpain #birminghamalabama #mobilelalabam...
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- Alabama using Japanese American Internment era law to charge immigrants who don’t self register
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- 0:59
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- 10 months ago
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- Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves.
In 2025, 27 people were charged with Failure to Register under the Alien Immigration Act and 13 were charged with failure to notify of change of address.
Public records don’t reflect what events led up to these people being criminally charged for not registering, but court documents do show traces of their paths from Alabama to detention facilities.
In federal court records, immigrants charged under the law first received tickets, written by ICE agents that say “Central Violations Bureau” on them.
CVB tickets are usually associated with violations tied to federal property, like hunting or fishing in the wrong place, and come with fees.
If an immigrant paid that fine, it would be an admission of guilt, said attorney Danny Upton, and they wou...
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- 6 more states ban using food stamps for junk food
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- 0:52
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- 10 months ago
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- Six more states have been granted Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food-choice waivers under the Make America Health Again initiative to prevent people from using food stamps for unhealthy foods.
In all, 18 states have restricted SNAP purchases to limit access to unhealthy items. Implementation deadlines vary from state to state. Alabama has not requested a waiver but similar efforts to restrict purchases are underway.
Reporting by Leada Gore
#EBT #SNAP #junkfood #restrictions
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- Are robots really going to do ultrasounds in Alabama?
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- 0:37
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- 10 months ago
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- During a health care roundtable at the White House on Friday, Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, praised the state’s “pretty cool” plan.
“Alabama has no OBGYNs in many of their counties, so they’re doing something pretty cool. They’re actually having robots do ultrasounds on these pregnant moms,” he said, while seated next to Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. and President Donald Trump.
Oz is referring to Alabama’s plan to use some of the $203 million it was awarded under the federal government’s Rural Health Transformation Program, a grant that was created in last year’s Big Beautiful Bill.
In its proposal for the grant, Alabama said it hoped to provide “telerobotic ultrasound systems” as part of its maternal and fetal health initiative.
Read on AL.com
#healthcare #womenshealth #reproductivehealth #trumpadministration #obgyn
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- Cold case cracked after 15 years due to one tiny detail
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- 2:55
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- On August 18, 2010, Myrna Estep’s life was forever altered when a violent attack shattered her peace. Years after her passing, the cold case finally broke open, thanks to the persistence of a retiring police captain and one unexpected clue from a routine traffic ticket.
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- Here are the bills being sponsored by north Alabama lawmakers this legislative session
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- 0:55
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- 10 months ago
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- Senator Sam Givhan told AL.com his most important bill is one that will protect children from online predators.
State Senator Arthur Orr is working on a bill that addresses real estate fraud.
State Rep. Marilyn Lands introduced House Bill 14 (Alabama, We the People), a ballot initiative bill that would provide a process for state residents to put something on the ballot.
State Rep. Andy Whitt will introduce a bill in the House addressing SNAP benefits, making it clear what products can be purchased and what is prohibited.
State Rep. Parker Moore said he is working on two pieces of artificial intelligence (AI) related legislation.
State Rep. Rex Reynolds and District 6 State Sen. Steve Livingston are working on the Clean Rivers bill to prevent private wastewater treatment plants from being constructed next to existing neighborhoods.
Reporting by Scott Turner
#legislation #lawmaking #government #re...
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- Man says deer tried ‘his best to kill me’ near Tennessee state line ‘No help was coming'
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- 1:00
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- 10 months ago
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- While cutting down fruit trees in Skyline Jonathon Counts said he noticed an eight-point buck with orange bows on its antlers emerging from the woods.
“He then charged my left leg with his antlers. He sent me forward onto his antlers and as I came down, I grabbed hold of his antlers. He then proceeded to pull me back and then charge forward repeatedly to try his best to kill me," said Jonathon Counts.
Counts struggled with the deer for several minutes while “a sense of anxiousness flooded into [his] thoughts as visions of my wife and children flashed into my head.”
Counts says he was able to get the deer into a chokehold until it stopped struggling. He sustained several injuries including a 6 cm puncture on his buttocks.
“It looks like the deer is tame to some extent based on the fact that someone put orange bows on its antlers. That would also be an explanation as to why it was not afraid of people and approached someone. Tha...
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- Alabama’s congressional Democrats vote yes on legislation funding Trump’s agenda Mobile Video
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- 1:09
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- 10 months ago
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- Every member of Alabama’s congressional House delegation voted in favor of legislation that Republicans say will help advance President Donald Trump’s America First agenda.
The bill, H.R. 7006, passed the House of Representatives on a 341-79 vote this week and will move to the Senate.
This package includes appropriations for several federal departments and agencies related to financial services, general government, national security, the administration of foreign affairs, and foreign assistance.
“We negotiated a bill that was a bipartisan compromise. Republicans got some of what they wanted, Democrats got some of what we wanted, and we were able to keep out significantly harmful things that the president wanted, which gets us closer to avoiding another government shutdown in two weeks,”said Rep. Shomari Figures, D-Mobile.
Appropriations packages are necessary to fund the government and virtually always receive bipartisan suppo...
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- What was happening 10 years ago? Here’s what 2016 looked like for Alabama
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- 0:42
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- 10 months ago
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- It's been ten years since 2016. What was happening in Alabama a decade ago?
January: At the start of the year, the University of Alabama won the college football national championship.
February: We also said goodbye to an icon. Harper Lee, the author of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” passed away in her hometown of Monroeville.
February: Jeff Sessions started making national political waves after backing Donald Trump early and becoming a key player in his campaign.
March: Gov. Robert Bentley made national headlines after some suggestive audio tapes with his senior adviser leaked. He resigned the next year.
May: Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore was suspended again — this time for telling judges to ignore the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage.
#2016 #flashback #timecapsule #timemachine
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- Iranian man detained by ICE in Alabama is now free
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- 0:58
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- 10 months ago
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- Ribvar Karimi detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Alabama was released in December after a judge terminated his court proceedings.
Michael Shabani, his attorney, said an initial immigration judge in Louisiana granted Ribvar's adjustment of statue or green card in November.
He remained in detention though because the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) filed a motion to re-open the matter but was denied.
DHS argued Ribvar’s deportation on the basis of his military service in Iran. Specifically, that he was a member of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Ribvar was initially detained in June while at home with his wife, Morgan, for allegedly failing to adjust his status after coming into the country on a K-1 visa to marry her.
Morgan was 31 weeks pregnant when Ribvar was detained and gave birth to their child in August, a moment Ribvar missed and said it felt like he, “lost a piece of himsel...
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- Alabama blocking SNAP cards from purchases to fight fraud
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- 0:39
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- 10 months ago
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- The Alabama Department of Human Resources (ADHR) announced purchases made in stores outside of Alabama or online on EBT cards will be blocked beginning Jan. 22 in an effort to combat fraud.
Between May 2023 to December 20, 2024, the department replaced $15.9 million of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits that were fraudulently stolen from recipients.
DHR also announced it would begin rolling out chip-enabled EBT cards as a fraud-prevention measure. DHR said all in-state purchases will continue to be processed as usual.
Anyone enrolled in SNAP who wants to make a purchase out of state or online must first unlock their EBT card via the ConnectEBT Mobile App, website, or by calling the EBT customer service phone number.
Reporting by Savannah Tryens-Fernandes
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#SNAP #EBT #foodstamps #fraud
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- Decatur police clears officer who shot a man with BB gun
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- 1:47
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- 10 months ago
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- In a press conference on Jan. 15, Decatur police clears an officer who shot a man that pointed a BB gun at him.
#pressconference #lawenforcement #policeofficer #dashcam
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- Gov. Kay Ivey asks for raises for Alabama teachers, state employees
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Gov. Kay Ivey delivered her final State of the State address at the Alabama Capitol in Montgomery on Jan. 13.
The governor asked legislators to approve 2% pay raises for teachers and education employees, as well as state employees.
Ivey also said she would support increased funding for the CHOOSE Act, the school choice program that allows parents to receive up to $7,000 to help pay for private school.
Ivey proposed $250 million for the CHOOSE Act for the 2027-28 school year. In its first year, 2025-26, the program awarded about $100 million to families for private school costs.
Ivey has served the longest consecutive term of any Alabama governor and will have served just three months shy of 10 years when she leaves office in 2027.
Reporting by Mike Cason
#education #payraise #governor #capitol #address
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- Tuberville blasts ‘radical Muslims’ on Senate floor: ‘The enemy is now inside the gates’ Mobile
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- 0:45
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Alabama’s senior senator decried “radical Muslims” in a speech on the Senate floor, referring to them as the “enemy” and accusing Democrats of “empowering” them “to take a foothold” in the country.
Tuberville singled out New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani as being among the elected officials who are enabling radical Islam.
“You know, some Americans see what’s happening in Europe and they think, ‘would that ever happen in our country?’ The reality is, yes, it’s happening right now, right before our very eyes. The enemy is now inside the gates," said Tuberville.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) added Tuberville to its list of anti-Muslim extremists after remarks he made following an Islamic school dropped its plans to relocate to Hoover.
Tuberville, who is running for Alabama governor this year, called the designation a “badge of honor.”
Reportin...
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- Alabama commission awards dispensary licenses for medical marijuana
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- 0:43
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission awarded licenses to three companies to operate dispensaries. The companies will be authorized to operate up to three dispensaries each.
The AMCC approved a report rating four companies as the most suitable for dispensary licenses. Four dispensary licenses is the most allowed under the state’s medical marijuana law.
Alabama's medical marijuana law, the Compassion Act, allows cannabis products to be used to treat a wide range of conditions, including chronic pain, weight loss and nausea from cancer, panic disorder, PTSD, epilepsy and others.
Patients who receive a medical cannabis card after seeing a certified doctor will be able to buy the products at the licensed dispensaries.
The Alabama Board of Medical Examiners will not certify doctors to recommend the medical cannabis to patients until at least one dispensary license is issued.
Reporting by Mike Cason
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- ICE agent bitten by man during AL traffic stop
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- 0:37
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Antonio Juan-Juan, a Guatemalan national, has been indicted federally after authorities say he bit an ICE officer during a traffic stop in northern Alabama.
According to court documents, ICE officers were assisting DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office deputies on a “saturation detail” in December 2025.
Officers stopped a truck Juan-Juan was a passenger in for failure to stop at a stop sign and failure to maintain lane. After the driver fled the scene, Juan-Juan was ordered out of the vehicle but repeatedly resisted.
He was eventually subdued at which point, he bit one of the ICE agents. Juan-Juan is charged with forcible assault on a federal officer and if convicted, faces up to eight years in prison.
Reporting by Carol Robinson
Read more on AL.com
#ICE #alabama #immigration #deportation #arrested #DHS #KristiNoem
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- Brutal cold case solved after 15 years, thanks to DNA, a traffic ticket and a retiring cop
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- 1:07
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- In 2010, 77-year-old Myrna Estep was asleep in her home when an intruder busted in through a basement window, later leaving the house with $20 and shattering her peace of mind. She died five years later.
“The last thing you expect is to receive a phone call in the middle of the night from your mother telling you she’s been raped...You always think this doesn’t happen to you. It doesn’t happen to your family,” said Vickie Peck, Estep's daughter.
The intruder wasn't identified until Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Andrea Knight was asked to take a look at the cold case before retiring after 35 years at the sheriff’s office.
In the case files, Knight found a note and a fingerprint comparison form that mentioned similarities between the fingerprints taken from the Estep scene and two other unsolved burglaries.
Evidence pointed to the fingerprints originating from the same source. After running them through a database...
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- Alabama’s most Googled slang terms in 2025: 6,7 phrases jump out
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- 1:17
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- What were the most googled terms in Huntsville, Decatur, Birmingham, Montomery, Dothan and Mobile? Head the the article linked ___ for definitions and more.
Reporting by Bill Thornton
#genalpha #genz #slang #urbandictionary #sixseven
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- ‘We fell in love with it’: Matthew McConaughey praises Alabama city for people, politics
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Matthew McConaughey spent summer 2023 filming crime thriller “The Rivals of Amziah King” in Birmingham, and later praised the city when the movie debuted at the 2025 SXSW festival.
Now the famed celebrity is at it again, touting Birmingham in an interview linked to his bestselling book, “Poems & Prayers.”
During an appearance on “Where Everybody Knows Your Name,” a podcast hosted by Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson, McConaughey gave a glowing review of Birmingham.
“I found Birmingham on a film I did, ‘Rivals of Amziah,’ and I did not know that that place existed in the state of Alabama," McConaughey said. "And it did, and we fell in love with it and met a lot of great people there.”
McConaughey’s experiences here inspired a two-page poem called “Birmingham” that’s included in his book, in a section titled “Navigation & Livin’ Ditties.”
In the poem, McConaughey describes Birmingham as “Man...
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- NASA implodes historic test stands #alabama #nasa #demolition #space
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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Heard that Huntsville boom? NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center made history with a bang—imploding two iconic test stands in Huntsville, Alabama, January 10, 2026, to clear the way for a next-generation space campus. (Video courtesy of NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center)
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- Is NASA’s Artemis program safe? What’s next for Huntsville’s Marshall Space Flight Center
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Advocates for space science research are concerned about job losses and cuts to funding at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville.
Jack Kiraly, director of government relations for the Planetary Society, told AL.com that Marshall has lost about 350 people through the deferred resignation program established by the Trump administration.
Kiraly is concerned about the loss of expertise of those departing from the agency. Marshall is currently without a permanent director following Joseph Pelfrey’s resignation in September.
Kiraly is specifically concerned about the decommissioning of the International Space Station in 2030, which he said is going to be a big hit to the space community regardless.
Despite concerns and cutbacks, the Artemis program that is sending humans back to the moon for the first time since the 1970s appears to be safe.
Repoting by Scott Turner
#NASA #ISS #internationalspacesta...
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- Autopsy revealed for missing 4-year-old found dead in Walker County woods
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- 0:41
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Preliminary autopsy results were released for Johnathan “John John” Boley, the 4-year-old boy who went missing on New Year’s Eve and was found dead days later in a wooded area near his father’s home in Walker County.
Johnathan appears to have died of hypothermia and that he died the night he went missing. His father, Jameson Kyle Boley, 40, was arrested on charges unrelated to the disappearance.
Explosives were found inside and around Jameson’s home, and charging documents state Jonathan and Isaac, his 6-year-old brother, “had the opportunity” to be exposed to methamphetamine.
Sheriff Nick Smith has said there were no immediate signs of foul play, and that it appears the boy wandered off while playing with his brother. However, toxicology results are not yet available.
Reporting by Carol Robinson
#alabama #missingchild #missingperson #disappearance #crime #localnews
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- What’s Jason Kelce doing at these Alabama restaurants?
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- 0:44
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Jason Kelce, the retired football star, podcaster and sportscaster, has been up to something in Decatur, Alabama.
Kelce, wearing a black T-shirt emblazoned with the Kingsford Charcoal logo, was at Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q. A small camera crew was close behind.
The camera crew filmed Kelce with Big Bob Gibson vice president and pit master Chris Lilly. The footage is most likely for a Kingsford commercial and/or online video content.
It wasn’t Kelce’s only stop in Decatur either. On Instagram, Kelce posted a photo of the menu at local haunt The Brick Deli and Tavern with superimposed text reading: “You know it’s about to be good when there are two different prices for cash and card.”
In a caption, he added, “Gotta love this! Sandwiches were indeed great, good beer too!”
Reporting by Matt Wake
#kingsfordcharcoal #barbecue #commercial #kelce
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- Social Security payment schedule changes for 2026: What you should know
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Nearly 79 million Social Security recipients received a 2.8% cost of living adjustment this year, raising the average benefit by $56 per month.
Monthly Social Security payments are distributed based on the recipient’s date of birth: people born between the 1st and the 10th receive benefits on the second Wednesday; 11th-20th on the third Wednesday; and 21st -31st on the fourth Wednesday.
Supplemental Social Security payments are on a different schedule. They are paid on the first of each month except when that falls on a weekend or a holiday. In those cases, there are no payments one month and two in the next.
Reporting by Leada Gore
#socialsecurity #SSI #payments #government #alabama
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- Alabama taxpayer dollars are being used to pay for textbooks that rewrite history
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- 1:56
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Alabamians are footing the bill for textbooks that downplay slavery, call rock music “rebellious” and question the science of evolution. Thanks to the CHOOSE Act, which sent families $100 million in education tax credits and allowed students to leave public school for private and homeschool options, families can use that money to pay for private school tuition, textbooks and school support. But many of the textbooks being used in those schools lack depth and rigor, according to experts.
Reporting by Rebecca Griesbach.
Read more on AL.com
#privateschool #publicschool #textbooks #education #alabama #curriculum #taxpayers
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- Katie Britt blames liberal ‘rhetoric’ for deadly ICE shooting: ‘The left has got to stop’
- Runtime
- 0:49
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Alabama’s junior senator on Thursday suggested liberal “rhetoric” inflamed tensions in Minneapolis that led to the shooting death of Renee Nicole Good at the hands of an ICE agent.
“Let’s make sure that we are talking about our law enforcement officers being there to keep us safe. Let’s not incite other people to behave like this and put people in harm’s way, both our officers and American citizens,” Sen. Katie Brit, R-Ala., said during a Thursday morning appearance on Newsmax.
“It’s absolutely ridiculous and it’s got to stop.”
Britt said the killing of Good was “just tragic all the way around.”
“There are law enforcement officers there to keep them safe. They’re there to enforce the law, not create rhetoric that emboldens people to actually push back. And we saw what happened yesterday, which is just tragic all the way around,” Britt said.
“And I think the left has got to stop, you’v...
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- Bobcat seen in Bluff Park
- Runtime
- 0:38
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- A bobcat was spotted in Bluff Park near Moss Rock Preserve.
Video courtesy of Andrew Lozano (@drewzano).
According to Lozano, he has not seen the bobcat before but has heard it multiple times from his porch.
#hooveralabama #bobcat #animals #wildanimals #lynx
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- 4 must-attend events to kick off Mardi Gras season in Mobile
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- The Twelfth Night has come and gone, meaning Mardi Gras season is officially among us. From the annual lighting of the Mardi Gras Tree to the King Cake-Off, here are a few ways to get an early start in the Mobile area.
Reporting by Lawrence Specker
Read more at article linked in comments
#mardigras #pregame #treelighting #parade
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- 8 noteworthy restaurant closures in Birmingham in 2025
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- 1:03
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- ICYMI: The Birmingham metro area lost several restaurants last year, and we’re sorry to see them go. Some closings sting more than others, though, so let’s highlight eight noteworthy spots that shut their doors over the last 12 months, from iconic favorites to a short-lived newcomer.
• DeVinci’s
• Sarris Cafe
• Hunan Garden
• Iron City Pizza Company
• The Lumbar
• Red Sea Ethiopian Mediterranean and Cajun Restaurant
• Frutta Bowls
• East Pole Coffee Co.
Reporting by Mary Colurso
#restaurants #foodie #goodeats #closings
- Title
- Tuberville tells ICE officers in Minneapolis to ‘SHOOT BACK’
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- 1:01
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R‑Ala.) voiced support for an ICE officer who fatally shot a woman on Jan. 7 after she allegedly tried to ram agents with her vehicle, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
In a statement, DHS said “ICE officers in Minneapolis were conducting targeted operations... and one of these violent rioters weaponized her vehicle.” They called it “an act of domestic terrorism.”
The shooting has sparked heated debate amongst lawmakers, with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey going so far as to call DHS’ statement on the shooting “bull----.”
According to DHS policy, officers “may use deadly force only when the [officer] has a reasonable belief that the subject of such force poses an imminent threat...”
Frey said the department was trying to “spin this as an action of self-defense.” Frey identified the victim as a 36-year-old woman. Authorities have not publicly identified her.
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