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Emotional speech Alabama student gives to UN about unfairly being kicked out of Tuscaloosa School.
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- Emotional speech Alabama student gives to UN about unfairly being kicked out of Tuscaloosa School.
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- 2:34
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- A young man who was kicked out of school in Alabama will tell his story on the world stage this week as he meets with leaders at the United Nations in Geneva.
CJ was a senior at Paul Bryant High School in Tuscaloosa when officials kicked him out of school for a marijuana crime he says he did not commit.
AL.com reported on CJ’s experience last year and found that in Alabama, Black students are nearly twice as likely to face every type of classroom removal as compared to their white peers, although they only make up 32% of the student population. AL.com did not use CJ’s last name because he was a minor at the time and was not charged with a crime.
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- AL lawmakers debate new limits on Pride flags, LGBTQ content in schools
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- The Alabama House of Representatives recently debated and passed HB130, which extends prohibitions on teachers talking about LGBTQ content or displaying Pride flags to state K-8 schools. There are only a few days left in the legislative session for senators to consider whether or not to make the bill law.
Credit: The Alabama Channel
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- Great White Shark off the coast of Alabama
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- 1:10
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Researchers from the University of South Alabama captured this footage of a juvenile Great White shark off the Alabama coast in mid-April.
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- This Alabama mansion is now on the market for $5 million!
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- A mansion in Dothan, Al has become available for purchase on the market for $5 million, and if it sells it would become the most expensive home ever sold in Dothan!
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- Birmingham Homicide May 5, 2024
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- 0:19
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- One person was killed and five injured when more than 150 shots rang out May 5, 2024, on Birmingham's Third Avenue West.
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- Vestavia Hills City Schools Board votes to transfer principal over parents' objections
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- 1:25
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Video provided by a livestream of the Vestavia Hills Schools Board of Education.
Despite protests from a packed crowd, Vestavia Hills City Schools officials voted unanimously May 2 to transfer principal Lauren Dressback to a local alternative school.
Dressback is still listed as a principal on Cahaba Heights Elementary’s website. But according to parents and a series of social media posts that emerged this weekend, she hasn’t set foot in the school since February.
District officials have yet to disclose a reason for Dressback’s absence. Instead, they called a special meeting Thursday to reassign her to the district’s alternative school. Kim Polson, the school’s assistant principal, will take her place.
At a board meeting Monday, residents and school alumni claimed Dressback was placed on administrative leave shortly after she discussed her sexual orientation with school staff.
“This is not a promotion, this is not glorifying her, you are sendin...
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- Do you know your Alabama snakes?
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Take this Alabama snake quiz to see if you know your way around the woods in our great state!
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- Texas or Bama?: The role Alabama played in Beyoncé's career
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- 2:15
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- We’ve all heard Beyoncé reference the places she calls home: Houston, Texas by way of Louisiana being the main references she’s made over the course of her career. But Beyoncé’s connections to Alabama actually run a lot deeper than people might expect.
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- Watch Two Fox Kits Frolic and Nurse in Birmingham City Park
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- 0:27
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- A mother fox and her two kits frolic and play in Glen Iris Park in Birmingham, Alabama.
Video courtesy of Mark Taylor.
Read more on AL.com - https://www.al.com/news/2024/05/watch-a-family-of-foxes-mother-and-two-kits-frolic-in-birminghams-glen-iris-neighborhood.html
#foxes #naturelovers #birmingham #gleniris #alabama #naturevideos #wildlife #animalvideos
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- The FTC bans noncompete clauses in employment contracts. What does it mean?
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- 1:27
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Last week the Federal Trade Commission issued a sweeping ruling that would ban companies from using noncompete clauses in employment contracts almost across the board. Noncompete clauses are put in contracts to keep employees who leave from working for competitors or starting their own competing company.
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- $15 million land purchase in Alabama's Amazon
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- 1:46
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Patagonia, The Nature Conservancy in Alabama, and an undisclosed donor just bought 8,000 acres of Alabama's Amazon to protect the land and wildlife.
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- Cortez Thomas and Teshonda Means Missing
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- 0:18
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Cortez Thomas, 31, and Teshonda Means, 26, disappeared April 26. Means was found injured, and Thomas found dead, on April 28, 2024.
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- Person of interest in Birmingham homicide
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- 0:23
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Police are trying to identify and locate this person of interest in the death of 41-year-old Birmingham resident Christopher Deandre Coleman, who was found shot to death beside his tow truck April 13 on Maple Avenue Southwest.
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- How high school football coach Rush Propst survived a vote to fire him
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- 13:21
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- AL.com reporters Ike Morgan and Ben Thomas break down what happened at a school board meeting in Pell City, Alabama where a vote was planned to fire Pell City High School football coach Rush Propst. Propst survived the vote, likely due to the massive support at the meeting.
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- Wawa launches it's first Alabama location!
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Wawa has officialy launched its first location in Alabama in Fairhope! Check out what this famous chain has to offer!
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- The emotional plea for Rush Propst to remain as Pell City football coach at schoolboard meeting
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- 0:48
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Norman Wilder a Pell City Schoolboard member asks for the resignation of the school district's Superintendent rather than the high school's football coach Rush Propst.
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- Second Alabama woman gives birth to babies from RARE double uterus
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- An Alabama woman gave birth to twins at UAB Hospital, becoming the second woman with a double uterus to birth one baby from each uterus at the state’s largest hospital in recent months.
Shellie Pascoe gave birth to Kaylee and Kamden Pascoe, on March 6, during a scheduled Caesarian section at 39 weeks. She and her husband, John, then spent three days in the hospital before driving their babies home to Dothan in their minivan.
For the couple, it was a difficult path to become parents. Pascoe had two miscarriages in the past two years, which is how she first learned that she has a rare condition, called uterus didelphys or double uterus.
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- Homewood Chase and Shooting
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- 0:15
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- A man fleeing police shot himself as police closed in on Monday, April 22, 2024.
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- Tyler Reddick celebrates winning the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway
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- 1:13
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Tyler Reddick celebrates winning the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday, April 21st.
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- Watch the demolition of Alabama Power’s Plant Gadsden boilers and stack.
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- 1:01
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Plant Gadsden Implosion
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- 2:07
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Watch the demolition of Alabama Power’s Plant Gadsden boilers and stack. The plant began operations in 1913. It was retired on Dec. 31, 2022 and its demolition will pave the way for future development and use of the site.
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- Wiener dogs races in Alabama
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Did you know there are wiener dog races in Alabama? Good Dog Bar and Park in downtown Birmingham held a weenie dog race and meetup earlier this month uniting dogs and humans alike!
Wiener dogs, also known as dachshunds, originated in Germany as hunting dogs.
Don't let their short legs fool you! Dachshunds can run suprisingly fast. In 2020, the fastest dachshund in the country, Nugget, had an average speed of almost 22 miles per hour. Watch the video and enjoy the weenie races!
🎥 Amanda Khorramabadi
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- Nakita Davidson Vigil
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- 0:19
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Family and friends bid goodbye to Nakita Davidson, a Birmingham mother who police say was kidnapped and killed by her boyfriend.
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- What is Delta-8 and why is it legal in Alabama?
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- 3:07
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- We look at the alternative cannabis Delta-8 and similar products to figure out what they are, how they differ from regular marijuana, and how their sale is legal in the state of Alabama.
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- Mobile Police Chief Paul Prine says administration is on a ‘smear’ campaign against him
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- 6:57
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Mobile police Chief Paul Prine spoke to a crowd of supporters at a rally at Municipal Park. This is an excerpt of his 21-minute speech. He accused the city administration of conducting a “smear” campaign against him and his family. Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson said Prine was placed on administrative leave after preliminary findings of an independent review of the department found Prine responsible for a “cultural shift” in the department that used “fear” to rule his officers.
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- Abortion Law Showdown: Alabama vs. Arizona Attorneys General
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- The Arizona Supreme Court gave the go-ahead Tuesday to prepare to enforce a long-dormant law that bans nearly all abortions. The law predating Arizona’s statehood provides no exceptions for rape or incest and allows abortions only if the mother’s life is in jeopardy. The law had been blocked since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing the constitutional right to an abortion nationwide.
On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Alabama then began enforcing its total abortion ban which prohibits abortion at all stages of pregnancy and soon other states followed suit.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has called the decision “unconscionable and an affront to freedom… and will go down as a stain on our state.” But for Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, the abortion ban for Alabama and the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will remain one of...
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- A look inside a $5 million mansion in Dothan, Alabama
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- 4:37
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- This Dothan mansion was designed by an oral surgeon entirely through the use of home-design software. It's now on the market for nearly $5 million and, if sold, would shatter the Dothan record for most expensive home ever sold.
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- Death Row inmate Alan Eugene Miller sues to stop another ‘botched’ Alabama nitrogen execution
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- An Alabama inmate seeking to block the state’s attempt to make him the second person put to death by nitrogen gas has filed a lawsuit arguing the first nitrogen execution was “botched” and caused cruel and prolonged suffering.
Attorneys for Alan Eugene Miller, who survived a 2022 lethal injection attempt, filed the lawsuit last month in federal court in which they challenged the execution method of nitrogen hypoxia and asked a judge to prevent a potential execution by nitrogen gas from going forward.
Miller’s attorneys argued that the first nitrogen execution in January left Kenneth Smith shaking and convulsing on a gurney as he was put to death. The suit argued that it would be a violation of the ban on cruel and unusual punishment to put him to death using the same protocol, which used a mask to deliver the nitrogen gas. They also argued the state is seeking to execute Miller to “silence” him in retaliation for speaking out about his failed letha...
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- Did you see the eclipse in your Alabama city?
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Birmingham, Alabama, falls under an eclipse
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- 0:39
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- A timelapse of the Birmingham, Alabama, city skyline as the eclipse takes place.
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- This Alabama 7-year-old’s strength will move you to tears 😢❤️
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- After Emouree Johnson’s mom, Karli, passed away in March, she decided to start a lemonade stand to pay for her mom's tombstone. Her unwavering determination to honor her mom is melting hearts across her small town of Scottsboro, Alabama. The community has rallied around her in the most touching way.
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- Everything to know about the total solar eclipse on April 8th.
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- 1:52
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- States along the path of totality – the area that will experience the greatest periods of darkness during the April 8 total solar eclipse – are bracing for infrastructure strains brought about by massive crowds hoping to experience the moon blocking out the sun.
Now, officials in one of those states are warning existing cellular networks may be impacted on that day.
New York State Police said they are coordinating with other state, local and federal law enforcement, emergency and transportation agencies to prepare for the massive number of visitors coming to the state on April 8. The crowds are likely to be substantial, officials said, citing the 2017 solar eclipse where some regions experienced a 100 percent increase in population in the days leading up to and during the eclipse.
In addition to warnings about transportation systems, impacts on emergency service responses and fuel issues brought about increased demand, law enforcement s...
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- The History and Future of Alabama's Oldest Public Road
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- 0:51
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Old Byler Road was commissioned in 1819 as Alabama's first public road, now the state wants to help commemorate the road as a tourist attraction with landmarks along the route.
Article By Mike Cason -
https://www.al.com/news/2024/04/1st-state-road-holds-history-of-rugged-people-who-settled-northwest-alabama.html
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- Peeping drone
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- 0:38
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Imagine that you’re at home, relaxing after a long day, when suddenly you
see a Peeping Tom staring at you from just outside your window. A Birmingham woman says that's what she’s been going through since a peeping drone has been peering into her home.
Read more: https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2024/04/attack-of-the-drone-one-east-birmingham-woman-recounts-ongoing-siege-by-flying-peeper.html
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- Sylacauga Football Coach rescued from Gulf of Mexico by Coast Guard
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- 1:19
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Sylacauga High School head football coach Chris Smelley, a former South Carolina quarterback, was found safe hours after disappearing Thursday morning while in a kayak off the Gulf Coast of Florida.
Full Story: https://www.al.com/news/2024/03/chris-smelley-former-south-carolina-qb-on-his-day-lost-in-florida-waters-from-bad-sushi-to-power-of-prayer.html
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- James Spann preaches on Maundy Thursday
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- James Spann, chief meteorologist for ABC 33/40 in Birmingham, preached the noon sermon at the Cathedral Church of the Advent on Maundy Thursday, drawing one of the largest crowds of the Lenten preaching series.
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- USDA finds malnourished, diseased dogs at pet food testing facility in Alabama
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- 2:32
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Investigators found malnourished and diseased dogs at an animal testing facility in Alabama, prompting the federal government to issue dozens of citations in recent years. And now state police are also investigating Blue Ridge Kennel, a laboratory that conducts research for the pet food industry at a facility north of Montgomery in Wetumpka. The U.S. Department of Agriculture cited Blue Ridge for violations of the Animal Welfare Act, mostly for “failing to use appropriate methods to prevent, control, diagnose and treat diseases and injuries of its dogs,” agency records state. In 2023, the USDA issued 26 citations and leveled $80,000 in fines against Blue Ridge, according to the agency’s inspection reports. Visit AL.com to read more. Reporting by Savannah Tryens-Fernandes. Produced by Amanda Khorramabadi.
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- Jefferson County Abduction March 28
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- 1:58
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Two women were abducted from Jefferson County and released unharmed in Guntersville.
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- What's happening with book bans across Alabama?
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- 2:27
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Should we be worried about what’s happening in Alabama libraries? You might have seen the news about the drama happening in Alabama libraries - book bans, book challenges, and even the Autauga-Prattville library director getting fired on March 14. Across Alabama, libraries are being questioned for the content in the books they provide to their communities, which has created new questions about censorship in libraries. What does the future look like for our libraries, and do book challenges and bans mean more censorship for our communities?
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- Democrats flips Republican seat for Alabama House #news #marilynlands #alpolitics
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- 0:39
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- In a surprise upset, Democrat Marilyn Lands has defeated her Republican opponent in a special election for Alabama's 10th District.
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- Where was Carlee Russell during her disappearance?
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Carlee Russell appeared in a Jefferson County courtroom Thursday afternoon, eight months after she vanished from the side of Interstate 459 and sparked a nationwide panic, and asked for mercy as she entered guilty pleas to two misdemeanors.
Russell was represented by attorneys Emory Anthony, Richard Jaffe and Luckie Milad.
Anthony spoke following the hearing and thanked Carpenter “for being strong enough to make a decision based upon probation.”
Anthony noted that ”Carlee apologized to the community, to Hoover, to the volunteers for her actions and I hope we will accept that and move on and allow her to live her life.”
Anthony still declined to say where Russell was during her disappearance and said emotional issues led to the hoax.
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- How will Alabama's Anti-DEI bill affect sports?
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- 2:11
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- You might have heard about an anti-DEI law coming soon to Alabama. From prominent city mayors and the NAACP telling black athletes not to come to colleges in Alabama and Florida, to professors and students being fearful of the fate of their organizations, what does this bill mean, and how will it affect programs in Alabama?
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- Carlee Russell pleads guilty in abduction hoax and issues apology
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Carlee Russell appeared in a Jefferson County courtroom today, Thursday afternoon, eight months after she vanished from the side of Interstate 459 and sparked a nationwide panic, and asked for mercy as she entered guilty pleas to two misdemeanors.
Russell, 26, entered a blind plea to false reporting to law enforcement authorities and falsely reporting an incident. That meant Russell had no agreement in place stating what sentence the judge would hand down. A Hoover municipal judge in October had sentenced her to a year in the Jefferson County jail.
Jefferson County Bessemer Cutoff Judge David Carpenter pointed out that although Russell alarmed the country, he believed it would be a waste of government resources to put her in jail because she is not a threat to the community.
Russell was given an opportunity to speak and said she wanted to “genuinely apologize” for her actions and the “resulting negative impact” they had on others.
Russell was sentenced t...
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- Widow of executed Alabama inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith speaks out for state bill
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Deanna Smith, widow of executed Alabama Death Row inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith speaks out on bill to make elimination of judicial override retroactive.
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- Carlee Russell pleads guilty in abduction hoax
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- 8:41
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Carlee Russell appeared in a Jefferson County courtroom Thursday afternoon, eight months after she vanished from the side of Interstate 459 and sparked a nationwide panic, and asked for mercy as she pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors.
Russell, 26, entered a blind plea to false reporting to law enforcement authorities and falsely reporting an incident.
That meant Russell had no agreement in place stating what sentence the judge would hand down. A Hoover municipal judge in October had sentenced her to a year in the Jefferson County jail.
Full Story: https://www.al.com/news/2024/03/carlee-russell-faces-appeal-hearing-today-abduction-hoax-led-to-1-year-jail-sentence.html
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- UAB's Eric Gaines, Yaxel Lendeborg preview NCAA Tournament game with San Diego State
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- 8:30
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- UAB guard Eric Gaines and F Yaxel Lendeborg speak with the media before the Blazers first-round matchup with San Diego State in the NCAA Tournament.
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- UAB coach Andy Kennedy previews NCAA Tournament matchup with San Diego State, likes exspansion
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- 17:17
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- UAB head coach Andy Kennedy speaks with the media before the Blazers first-round NCAA Tournament matchup with San Diego State in Spokane
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- Man repeatedly rams into drunk driving sign
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- A Summerdale, Alabama man is facing multiple charges after Orange Beach police say he rammed his vehicle multiple times into a portable traffic sign which warns spring breakers about underage drinking and drugs. Officials say the sign cost more than $19,000.
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- Roy S. Johnson: Are Alabama Politicians Suppressing the Black Vote with the Lottery?
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- 2:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Roy S. Johnson explains why he thinks Alabama chose to move the lottery election, now Sept. 10th, away from the Nov. 5th general election to suppress black votes.
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- Man goes postal on Orange Beach spring break sign
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- 3:24
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- A Summerdale man is facing multiple charges after police say he rammed his vehicle multiple times into a portable traffic sign which warns spring breakers about underage drinking and drugs. Officials say the sign cost more than $19,000.
