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2024 NFL Draft: 8 prospects to watch in Week 4

Our own @MixsonS_NFL has eight NFL Draft prospects that you need to keep your eye on this Saturday

USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 23, 2023

Here's one potential winner from the UAW strike: Non-union auto workers in the South

If the UAW strike leads to a win for the union, southern auto workers believe that will lead to a pay up at plants like Nissan and Mercedes.

WEKU · Sep 22, 2023

Woman pours water on former Alabama rep’s head in protest at hearing over EPA toxic coal ash storage plan

EPA argues existing Alabama regime for handling coal ash ponds risks water supply pollution

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2023

Senate is set to confirm 3 military nominees but GOP senator still blocking hundreds of others

The Senate is poised to confirm a new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as Democrats try to maneuver around holds placed on nominations by Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville over Pentagon abortion policy

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2023

Alabama school band director says he was 'just doing my job' before police arrested him

An Alabama high school band director says he was just “doing my job” when police officers arrested him and shocked with a stun gun after he refused to immediately stop the band as it played in the bleachers following a football game

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2023

‘Traitors’: US military veterans condemn blocking of officer promotions

Liberal group Vote Vets called out Republican Tommy Tuberville and party leaders for holding up promotions in protest of abortion

The Guardian - US · Sep 20, 2023

Video shows high school band director shocked with stun gun, arrested after refusing to stop music

Police body camera video shows an Alabama high school band director being shocked with a stun gun and arrested by officers in front of screaming students, in a chaotic scuffle that broke out after he refused to immediately stop the band as it played in the bleachers following a football…

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023

Challengers urge Supreme Court to allow Alabama redistricting order - Roll Call

Several challengers to Alabama’s congressional map on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court not to halt a lower court ruling on a new map.

Roll Call · Sep 19, 2023

Alabama band director tased by police for not stopping his students' performance

Johnny Mims and his school band were wrapping up their last song when Birmingham police insisted the performance stop immediately. The confrontation ended with Mims tased in front of his students.

WEKU · Sep 19, 2023

How a rural Alabama school system outdid the country with gains in math

While the rest of the country’s schools were losing ground in math during the COVID pandemic, student performance in a rural Alabama school district was soaring

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023