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Alabama state lawmaker indicted on federal kickback scheme: ‘I am so innocent’

The scheme already cost another lawmaker his seat

The Independent UK

Stewart-Haas Racing to run Talladega Nights tribute schemes

SHR announced that Wonder Bread and Old Spice have joined the team as primary sponsors for this weekend's playoff race at the 2.66-mile Alabama track. The team is co-owned by Gene Haas and NASCAR Hall of Famer Tony Stewart.

Motorsport

Supreme court rejects Alabama’s plea and allows drawing of new congressional map

The new map in place will create a second majority-Black district that will give political power to voters in the Black belt

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Supreme Court rejects Alabama's defiance in voting case

In June, the court ruled that Alabama's Republican-drawn congressional map violated the Voting Rights Act.

WEKU

Supreme Court rejects Alabama’s Republican-drawn congressional map that discriminates against Black voters

Justices have shot down an attempt from defiant GOP officials ahead of 2024 elections

The Independent UK

Supreme Court allows process to redraw Alabama congressional map - Roll Call

The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to halt a court-ordered process to redraw Alabama’s congressional map before next year’s election.

Roll Call

Alabama inmate opposes being 'test subject' for new nitrogen execution method

Attorneys for an inmate are asking the Alabama Supreme Court to reject the state's request to set an execution date for him using the new execution method of nitrogen hypoxia

The Independent UK

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Court appointee proposes Alabama congressional districts to provide representation to Black voters

A court-appointed special master on Monday submitted three proposals for new congressional districts in Alabama after federal judges ruled the state must provide greater representation for Black voters

The Independent UK

College football coach under fire for participating in mass baptism of 200 students

The mass baptism that many students hailed as a ‘beautiful’ event has been condemned by the FFRF as ‘unconstitutional’

The Independent UK

Dock worker attacked in shocking Alabama riverfront brawl speaks out

‘I didn’t expect this to happen at work today,’ Dameion Pickett recalled

The Independent UK

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

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

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

Brothers who killed ex-wife in murder-for-hire plot are convicted

After almost six years, the brothers who murdered a mother-of-four in a plot to kill have been convicted of their crimes

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Alabama school band director speaks out after being tased by police: ‘All I remember is students screaming’

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

WEKU

Gen. C.Q. Brown confirmed as top military officer despite Tuberville's roadblock

Gen. Brown has had a four-decade military career, serving as a combat pilot and chief of the Air Force. He was confirmed as chairman of the joint chiefs by a Senate vote of 83-11.

The Independent UK

Voting rights advocates sound alarm on Alabama defying Supreme Court decision with congressional map

NAACP and ACLU called on Supreme Court to deny state lawmakers’ request to defy major ruling

The Independent UK

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

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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 Guardian - US

‘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 Independent UK

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…

Roll Call

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.

WEKU

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.

The Independent UK

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

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

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