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September 20, 2019 at 7:13 am

Court: First Amendment protects “hate group” label

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that a liberal advocacy group has a First Amendment right to call a Christian ministry a...

September 19, 2019 at 11:29 am

Trudeau can look to US politicians amid brownface scandal VIEW

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau need only look to the United States for lessons on how to survive the furor over...

September 16, 2019 at 10:10 pm

No one claims ownership of last slave ship ‘Clotilda’

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama's state historical agency apparently will retain control of the last U.S. slave ship, the Clotilda, after no one else laid...

September 16, 2019 at 11:34 am

$2B waterway through Deep South yet to yield promised boom VIEW

EPES, Ala. (AP) — More than a century in the making, the 234-mile (376-kilometer) Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway was supposed to fulfill a dream of "orderly growth...

September 13, 2019 at 5:49 am

Lawsuit: Poor information about pipeline led to fatal blast

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal lawsuit accuses a major pipeline company based in Georgia of failing to tell work crews where a major underground pipeline...

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September 9, 2019 at 10:07 pm

Weather chief thanks Alabama employees for Dorian forecast

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Struggling to keep his emotions in check, the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration both defended President Donald Trump's...

September 9, 2019 at 7:25 am

NOAA scientist: agency likely broke science integrity rules

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — The acting chief scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said his agency likely violated its scientific integrity rules last...

August 19, 2019 at 8:22 am

Georgia-based Colonial sues contractor over Alabama spill

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Georgia-based Colonial Pipeline Co. has sued an Alabama contractor over a spill that threatened gasoline supplies along the East Coast three...

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August 14, 2019 at 5:44 am

After 1 death, Southern heat wave eases slightly with front VIEW

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An oppressive heat wave blamed for a death in Mississippi eased a little across the Southeast on Wednesday after a cold...

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Kai Frazier, a resident of Aiken, South Carolina, cools off while playing in the Fountain of Rings in Centennial Olympic Park, Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Andrea Smith) GAAS103 GAAS103

August 13, 2019 at 6:03 am

Dreadful heat, humidity invade South as misery continues

ATLANTA (AP) — Stifling heat smothered states from Texas to South Carolina on Tuesday with temperatures that felt like 120 degrees (49 Celsius), making it...

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