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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

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

‘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

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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

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.

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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

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

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An Alabama band director refused to stop playing at a school football game. Police tasered him

Johnny Mims’ lawyer called the incident an ‘alarming abuse of power’ by police

The Independent UK

‘Subtle and sinister’: Republicans’ anti-drag crusade seen as assault on LGBTQ+ rights

Hundreds of anti-LGBTQ+ laws were introduced in 2023, including bans on drag shows, but many have been struck down

The Guardian - US

Restoring the Voting Rights Act is still on this Alabama Democrat's agenda

Despite a divided Congress, Democratic Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama is still pushing to shore up the Voting Rights Act after the U.S. Supreme Court dismantled key parts of the landmark law.

WEKU

College Football Week 3 Winners and Losers: Florida gets a signature win under Billy Napier, trouble brewing in Tuscaloosa

What looked like a weak slate on Saturday turned out to be more exciting than we anticipated.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Just two doctors serve this small Alabama town. What's next when they want to retire?

Like much of rural America, LaFayette, Alabama, has no hospital or urgent care clinic. As the town's two primary care doctors approach retirement, some experiments are bubbling up to care for people.

WEKU

A Supreme Court redistricting ruling gave hope to Black voters. They're still waiting for new maps

The Supreme Court’s decision siding with Black voters in an Alabama redistricting case gave Democrats and voting rights activist a surprising opportunity before the 2024 elections to have congressional maps redrawn in a handful of states

The Independent UK

Alabama HS forfeits win after players receive Buffalo Wild Wings gift cards

Why did giving gift cards to players cost an Alabama HS a football win?

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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson urges Americans to confront ‘uncomfortable’ history of racist violence

Her address in Alabama commemorates a white supremacist attack that galvanised the civil rights movement

The Independent UK

Top Navy nominee reveals depth of damage from being blocked by GOP Senator Tommy Tuberville

Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville has caused a backlog of more than 300 military nominations

The Independent UK

Alabama will mark the 60th anniversary of the 1963 church bombing that killed four Black girls

Alabama is marking the 60th anniversary of one of the most heinous acts during the Civil Rights Movement, the 1963 bombing of a church that killed four Black girls in 1963

The Independent UK

On 60th anniversary of church bombing, victim's sister, suspect's daughter urge people to stop hate

Alabama on Friday will mark the 60th anniversary of the 1963 bombing at 16th Street Baptist Church that killed four girls

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Ross Bridge on Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail to reopen with new greens, other improvements

Ross Bridge near Birmingham, Alabama, is slated to reopen this fall with new putting surfaces.

WEKU

Lessons from Birmingham: 60 years after the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing

This city is remembering a dark chapters in U.S. civil rights history. On September 15, 1963 the Ku Klux Klan bombed a church, killing four Black girls and rocking the conscience of the nation.

The Independent UK

Families ask full appellate court to reconsider Alabama transgender care ban

Alabama families with transgender children asked an appellate court Monday to review a decision that will let the state enforce a ban on treating minors with gender-affirming hormones and puberty blockers

WEKU

Alabama asks Supreme Court to aid a delay after June loss in voting case

Alabama is once again asking the Supreme Court to let it keep Republican-drawn congressional districts. In essence, the state is fighting a court order that the high court upheld just months ago.

The Independent UK

Alabama asks US Supreme Court again to intervene in redistricting case

Alabama has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let it keep Republican-drawn congressional lines in place as the state continues to fight a directive to create a second district where Black voters constitute a majority or close to it

The Guardian - US

Anti-choice states aren’t satisfied. Now they want to punish traveling for abortions

A husband who doesn’t want his wife to get an abortion could sue the friend who offered to drive her, according to this legislation’s own architect

Roll Call

Alabama asks Supreme Court to halt lower-court order for new congressional map - Roll Call

Alabama asked the Supreme Court on Monday to halt an order for a special master to draw a new congressional map before the 2024 election.

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