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May 01 2024
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2 Alabama cities among worst for sexually transmitted diseases, according to CDC
Montgomery and Mobile are two of the nation’s worst cities for the rate of sexually transmitted diseases, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. The CDC recently released data on STDs for the first time since the COVID-19 lockdown, as noted by the Innerbody Research Institute, which crunched the numbers from the CDC and found that nearly 40% of the 100
AL.comApr 27 2024
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Nick Pringle announces transfer from Alabama to South Carolina
Former Alabama basketball forward Nick Pringle is staying in the SEC. Pringle announced on Saturday that he is joining South Carolina via the transfer portal. Pringle spent two seasons in Tuscaloosa, joining the Crimson Tide as a top junior college transfer from Dodge City Community College in Kansas after starting his career at Wofford. He hails from the South Carolina lowcountry and returns
AL.comApr 23 2024
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Former Alabama linebacker getting back on field in UFL
The Houston Roughnecks have signed former Alabama linebacker Christopher Allen, the United Football League announced on Tuesday night. Allen’s most recent game that counted in the standings came on Sept. 4, 2021, when the linebacker suffered a broken foot in Alabama’s season-opening 44-13 victory over Miami (Fla.). Allen was not selected in the 2022 NFL Draft, but he signed with the Denver
AL.comMay 01 2024
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Weather alert for dense fog in North Alabama until Wednesday morning
The National Weather Service issued a weather alert at 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday for dense fog until 9 a.m. for Madison, Marshall, Jackson and DeKalb counties. "Patchy Dense Fog has developed across portions of northeast Alabama, with visibilities dropping to 1/4 mile or less in isolated areas. Motorists are urged to drive with extreme caution, as visibilities will vary significantly given the
AL.comApr 27 2024
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Alabama faces lawsuit that alleges racial quotas in board appointments
An advocacy group for Black realtors in Alabama is joining in on an ongoing legal battle over the use of racial quotas in some of the state’s public licensing boards. The Alabama Association of Real Estate Brokers – a trade association and civil rights advocacy organization for Black real estate professionals – filed a motion Friday to intervene in a federal lawsuit that alleges discrimination
AL.comApr 19 2024
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North Alabama stocks show moderate gains
The number of gainers narrowly nipped decliners Thursday to lift our Huntsville and Alabama Stock Report, with a couple of north Alabama stocks leading the way.
Carpenter Technology, along with Spire, paced the table at +2.1%. Adtran also had a respectable day, rising 1.7%.
The biggest percentage figures were at the bottom of the table, however. Synovus lost a whopping 7.4%.
AL.comApr 18 2024
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Alabama Mercedes workers to vote on union representation
Thousand of Alabama Mercedes-Benz workers will vote in May to determine if they want United Auto Workers (UAW) union representation. The election is set for May 13-17 and will be held in person in Vance, Ala. The National Labor Relations Board, which will administer the vote, will count the ballots on May 17. The vote comes as around 4,300 workers at the Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tenn
The HillApr 30 2024
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BSC campus, street racing, I-65 stop: Down in Alabama
Below is the podcast player followed by the newsletter. Sign up to get it in your inbox each day here. According to the vice president of governmental affairs and external relations, the Huntsville-based university is preparing to make an offer on the campus of Birmingham-Southern College, reports AL.com’s Mike Cason. Alabama A&M is a growing public HBCU that draws 10 percent of its
AL.comApr 22 2024
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After victory in Chattanooga, the union road leads to Alabama
Officials at Mercedes-Benz, whose North American headquarters is in metro Atlanta, did not respond Monday to a request for comment. But after a majority of workers signed cards expressing a desire to join the UAW, federal officials scheduled a vote for mid-May. No other elections will likely be announced before then, said Tim Smith, director of the UAW’s Region 8, which includes much of the
Atlanta Journal-Constitution