Auburn University head basketball coach Bruce Pearl is not tolerating what he views as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) “attempt to rewrite the holocaust” after she compared current immigration facilities in the U.S. to “concentration camps.” Ocasio-Cortez on Tuesday tweeted, “This administration (the Trump administration) has established concentration camps on the southern border of the United […]

PARIS — Deloitte presented a $100,000 gift to the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering Foundation Tuesday in a ceremony at the 2019 Paris Air Show. The donation is a combination of a financial contribution as well as in-kind support. This donation is intended to promote and advance the state magnet school, which opens in […]

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) on Wednesday echoed sentiments previously expressed by President Donald Trump and Donald Trump, Jr., with Alabama’s senior senator saying a Roy Moore senate bid in 2020 could once again hand the seat back to Senator Doug Jones (D-AL). Before a Senate Appropriations Committee meeting, Shelby was speaking to members of the […]

The deadline is approaching for Alabama daycares that receive subsidy payments to get licensed. Alabama’s Department of Human Resources said Tuesday that 69 centers receiving the subsidies have yet to submit their application for licensure.

PARIS — A new international education program to reward aspiring young space explorers and their teachers with a hands-on astronaut training experience at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s renowned Space Camp in Huntsville was launched Tuesday at the 2019 Paris Air Show. The “Astronaut Al Worden Endeavour Scholarship” invites students and educators in host communities […]

Former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville, a candidate for U.S. Senate, has warned of Middle Easterners crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and the potential terror threat that could pose on numerous occasions in the early stages of the 2020 U.S. senatorial election cycle. For that, he has received pushback from some who argue he is […]

Alabama’s state motto of Audemus jura nostra defendere — we dare defend our rights — has a new testimonial, thanks to 75-year-old Marcia Black of Limestone County. A grandmother of four, Black helped capture a suspect wanted for a car theft Monday, according to CBS 42, by defending her property rights.

Alabama is officially set to get its second Buc-ee’s location, with construction on a new convenience store set to break ground in Leeds on Wednesday, June 26. CBS 42 on Tuesday reported that Leeds Mayor David Miller said the Buc-ee’s will be located off of I-20 exit 140 across the street from the Chevron station. […]

Last week, The Washington Post published an article by Emily Wax-Thibodeaux headlined, “In Alabama — where lawmakers banned abortion for rape victims — rapists’ parental rights are protected.” As it turned out, the entire premise of the story was incorrect. On Monday, State Rep. Will Dismukes (R-Prattville) issued a press release calling out the Post […]

Birmingham City Councilor Steven Hoyt wants the National Guard to be considered as an option to combat violent crime in the Magic City. Outlets reported that Hoyt made comments during a Tuesday city council meeting expressing his grave concern over community safety, especially related to gun violence and homicides. While Birmingham Police Chief Patrick Smith […]

A Texas longhorn in Alabama has broken the Guinness World Record for longest horns, with a horn span wider than the Statue of Liberty’s face. News outlets report Guinness World Records announced last week that Poncho Via’s horns measured just over 10-feet-seven-inches as of last month, beating all previous records.

A prominent member of Senator Doug Jones’ (D-AL) donor network, Hollywood filmmaker Max Landis, has been publicly accused of “wide range of emotional, physical and sexual abuse” by eight women. The Daily Beast on Tuesday broke the story of “horrifying” allegations against Landis. In addition to the eight women the outlet spoke with, receiving firsthand […]

With just over 250 days until Alabama Republicans head to the polls to cast a ballot who they want representing them on the general election ballot against presumably incumbent Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook), another well-known candidate could be adding his name to the list of choices. Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, […]

Alabama’s aerospace and defense industry added more than 1,400 new jobs and $653 million in new investment last year, advancing the state’s robust lineup of operations that develop leading products and innovative technologies for markets around the world. Highlights of the 2018 announcements include Airbus’ second production line for A220 aircraft at its Mobile plant, a […]

One furry fiend in north Alabama is giving a new meaning to the term “squirrelly.” WAFF reported that Limestone County narcotics investigators on Monday arrested one man and are still looking for another after they executed a search warrant that yielded meth, drug paraphernalia, body armor and an “attack squirrel.” Prior to executing the warrant, investigators […]

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill has officially filed his paperwork with the Federal Election Commission regarding a potential U.S. Senate bid in the upcoming 2020 cycle. Merrill made the announcement on WVNN’s “The Dale Jackson Show” on Tuesday morning, saying a formal announcement of his candidacy could come next week. Merrill would join Congressman […]

The funding for the new Interstate 10 Mobile Bayway Bridge remains the hottest political topic in Southwest Alabama as residents continue to grapple with a century-old problem of perfecting the best way to get back and forth from Mobile to Baldwin County’s Eastern Shore. Currently, the Alabama Department of Transportation appears to be set on […]

The treasurer of Mobile County is doubling down – and then some – after posting on Facebook, “Freaking queers have gotten too much sympathy.” NBC 15 in Mobile on Monday reported that the country treasurer, Phil Benson, recently made the comment in reference to the Mobile County Republican Party Facebook page sharing a National Review […]

Retail sales in the Yellowhammer State experienced percentage growth that exceeded double digits in the most recent numbers released by the Alabama Department of Revenue. The Alabama Retail Association sent out a press release in recent days highlighting that consumers spent nearly 11% more with the state’s retailers in April 2019 than the same month […]

Speaking Monday at a Washington, D.C. forum hosted by the Poor People’s Campaign, former Vice President Joe Biden bragged about helping now-Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) get elected in his 2017 special election campaign. Seemingly trying to boost his own progressive bonafides for his 2020 presidential campaign, Biden during the forum contrasted his role as a […]

State Rep. Will Dismukes (R-Prattville) on Monday issued a statement calling out The Washington Post and Alabama Media Group for recent “deeply misleading,” “fake news” stories on Alabama’s parental rights law. During the Alabama legislature’s 2019 regular session, Dismukes sponsored HB 48, which received final passage on May 28 and since became law after being […]

PARIS – The Alabama business development team entered Day 1 of the 2019 Paris Air Show with a full slate of appointments with major aerospace companies that could have the state in their future growth plans. “We begin Day 1 of the air show with the goal of working with the governor to connect with a […]

Representative Gary Palmer (AL-06) is speaking out against an attempt by Democrats in Congress to force President Donald Trump to stay in the Paris Agreement, saying the 2016 international climate accord negotiated by the Obama administration will do “nothing to actually address climate change” while devastating the American economy. Trump announced in June 2017 that […]

Last week, AL(dot)com’s JD Crowe reacted to President Donald Trump’s announcement that Sarah Sanders’ tenure as White House press secretary would be coming to a close at the end of the month with a cartoon depicting Sanders in an unflattering way. “You were the designated mouthpiece of the most dishonest, most vulgar president in American […]