The U.S. Department of Justice said Austal USA, an Alabama-based shipbuilder that makes vessels for the U.S. Navy, has admitted wrongdoing and agreed to pay a $24 million fine to settle an accounting fraud investigation.
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This week, Don reviews "Unmasking the Klansman: The Double Life of Asa and Forest Carter" written by Dan T. Carter.
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Kalen DeBoer's plane hadn't even landed in Tuscaloosa before he reached out to Alabama's most important recruit. It was a Friday night in January after DeBoer's whirlwind courtship to become the successor to Nick Saban
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NASA’s decision to land two astronauts aboard a SpaceX capsule, and not the Starliner craft they used to go to orbit, is considered a blow to Boeing. Despite all the controversy surrounding NASA’s new spacecraft, the Alabama built rocket that carried the Starliner to space did that job.
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NASA says the two astronaut test pilots who flew to orbit aboard the new Starliner, which was boosted by an Alabama built rocket, will not return to Earth aboard the new spacecraft.
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An Alabama man pleaded guilty to detonating an explosive device outside of the state attorney general's office, federal prosecutors said on Friday. Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert constructed the bomb out of nails, firecrackers and screws, and then set it off outside of Attorney General Steve Marshall's office.
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You may have noticed that adult cats rarely meow to each other, but rather mostly to their humans. One explanation is that they are mimicking the sound of a human infant, to get our attention.
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A federal judge has sided with the state of Alabama in narrowing the scope of a lawsuit challenging a new law that criminalizes some ways of helping other people to apply for an absentee ballot.
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Close to two hundred thousand people in Alabama, and two other States could see over $300 million dollars in medical debt disappear. A New Orleans-based system of hospitals and clinics is working with a New York nonprofit to wipe out their doctor bills.
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After the Chernobyl disaster of 1986, hundreds of children from the affected areas dealt with multiple health issues caused by radiation from the nuclear meltdown. A few years later, families from all across Alabama housed many of those same children for a summer to give them access to better healthcare and a reprieve from the radiation.
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Rhythm and Blues (R&B) royalty is coming to Birmingham to put on a show. Billboard reintroduced R&B in the 1990s to categorize all music made by Black people that is not hip-hop. Lalah Hathaway, five-time GRAMMY award-winning singer, released her seventh studio album, VANTABLACK, two months ago ahead of her tour, which kicks off on Aug. 24 at the BJCC Concert Hall in Birmingham.
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A new celebration for oysters is taking place in Mobile this year. The Mobile County Wildlife and Conservation Association, Alabama’s oldest organization dedicated to preserving the state’s wildlife along the Gulf Coast, is hosting their inaugural Summer Celebration for honoring Mobile Bay’s Oysters on Aug. 24.
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Vice presidential nominee Tim Walz and former President Bill Clinton headlined day three of the Democratic National Convention. The crowd also heard from Republicans with the message of “quit Trump.” That included a GOP voter from Alabama.
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Lawyers for an Alabama inmate, scheduled to be executed with nitrogen gas this fall, argued in a court filing that the state has ignored problems with the method as it seeks to carry out more nitrogen executions.
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A judge has dismissed a lawsuit over the effective date of a new Alabama law that expands the list of felonies that would cause a person to lose their voting rights.
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The historic Cramton Bowl in Montgomery is taking place as the 2024 college football season gets underway. The North Alabama Lions and Southeast Missouri State Redhawks will meet in the 10th annual FCS Kickoff on Saturday, Aug. 24 at 6 p.m. CT.
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In 1989, roughly 50 Fyffe residents saw what they claimed to be UFOs. Since that time, town officials have commemorated these unusual sightings with a summer festival called "Fyffe UFO Days." This APR encore presentation recounts the sights and sounds from the festival back in 2023.
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Tuscaloosa 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb is being made available for the public to register and participate for the first time. The annual event will be held at Coleman Coliseum on Wednesday, Sept. 11.
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Convention roll call votes can be staid and cheesy, but Democrats turned theirs into the ultimate dance party on Tuesday. DJ Cassidy stood onstage in what appeared to be a double-breasted satin suit of royal blue, spinning a special song for each state and territory awarding their delegates to Vice President Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Convention. Alabama, obviously, got "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), in partnership with the Bicentennial Volunteers, is helping to create the next generation of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workers. This is being done through the organizations’ TSIN STEM Classroom Grant Program.