Alabama ranks 45th in broadband access for its residents, making internet growth a vital infrastructure issue and a topic of discussion in the upcoming elections. In advance of the June 5 primary, Alabama Policy Institute and Yellowhammer News queried candidates for governor and lieutenant governor on what they felt were important infrastructure investment projects and […]

The Daily Beast is adding a new element to the media’s heated battle against billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s recent decision to call out reporters who he believes distort news events. Musk’s criticisms of journalists who he believes distort news events are riling up the Tesla CEO’s supposedly misogynistic Twitter followers, according to Daily Beast reporter […]

A coalition of pro-life leaders has reached out to Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson calling on him to stop donating to Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, pointing out that it was founded by “an outspoken racist” and is responsible for “the slaughter of minority children” through abortion. A letter signed by Alveda King, the […]

Purdue Pharma, the drug manufacturer accused of launching the opioid epidemic for the aggressive marketing of its painkiller OxyContin, knew the painkiller was prone to “significant” abuse, despite aggressively promoting the drug as a safer alternative to other painkillers. A confidential Justice Department report reveals that company officials had received reports within a year of OxyContin’s release […]

The Bureau of Labor Statistics this week released data on the average weekly wages in the 346 largest counties in the United States, indicating that 6 of the 10 counties with the highest average weekly wages in the fourth quarter of 2017 were in either the Silicon Valley-San Francisco area or the Washington, D.C. area. […]

Border Patrol agents patrolling the area of San Luis, Arizona arrested a Mexican national with previous felony convictions of first-degree rape, second-degree kidnapping, and first-degree burglary early Thursday evening, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) announced Friday. Yuma Station agents arrested the male subject at approximately 4:34 p.m. on Thursday after he illegally entered the […]

Twitter recently blocked a user who posted sharp criticism of Hamas, the militant and political Islamist organization regarded by much of the international community as a terrorist group. After The Daily Caller News Foundation contacted Twitter to ask why, a representative for the social media giant said there was an error, and that the account’s […]

An employee at a Little Caesars in Florida shot and killed an attacker wearing a clown mask who was armed with scissors Saturday night, according to police. The employee, Heriberto Feliciano, 28, was reportedly closing the Little Caesars when the attacker ran in and began hitting him with a wooden post in the face and […]

Environmental groups have taken to the judicial system in their latest attempt to derail construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. TransCanada Corporation has dealt with years of delays and stonewalling from those opposed to the Keystone XL pipeline project. The Calgary-based energy company was relatively unknown until it proposed to make an additional line to […]

Elon Musk has entertained the idea of creating a website named “Pravda” that will rate the credibility of journalists and media outlets. Musk is not coping well with media criticism of Tesla, the electric car company he leads. Numerous reporters have covered Tesla’s operation over the past few months, many of them taking note that […]

Alabama’s recreational fishermen will be allowed to catch red snapper on weekends throughout the summer thanks to an experimental permit granted to the state from the federal government’s NOAA Fisheries. Private anglers – fishermen who own boats and aren’t licensed by the state or federal government as charter boats – will be allowed to fish […]

High-tech space travel and down-home hospitality have seemingly little in common, but for Bradley Dean, owner and creative director of Bradley Dean Creative Services, they both serve as sources of inspiration. Dean grew up in Huntsville, home to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. He developed an interest in art and design at an early […]

A Catholic Priest has signed up to compete in “American Ninja Warrior” and intends to use the show as a stage for evangelization. Father Stephen Gadberry applied to compete in the game show at the behest of fellow Catholic and two time contestant Sean Bryan, who earned the nickname, “Papal Ninja,” for competing while wearing […]

An analysis of 22 studies on abortion and mental health showed that women who had an abortion faced an “81% increased risk of mental health problems” and that nearly 10% of the incidence of mental health problems was “shown to be directly attributable to abortion,” according to a report published in the British Journal of […]

Authorities seized enough fentanyl to cause 26 million fatal overdoses in the largest drug bust in Nebraska state history. Officers with the Nebraska State Patrol conducted a routine traffic stop April 26 of a semi-truck driving on the shoulder of Interstate 80 near Kearney, Neb., and quickly became suspicious of the driver and passenger. The truck looked empty, […]

Alabama is sending a National Guard helicopter and guardsmen to help patrol the Mexican border at the request of President Donald Trump’s administration. Gov. Kay Ivey’s office announced Friday that the helicopter and five guard members will support the Texas National Guard in partnership with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Those vying to be Alabama’s top lawyer generally agree that criminals shouldn’t be allowed to keep the gains of their crimes, but the debate about law enforcement’s ability to seize the assets of suspected criminals pits Attorney General Steve Marshall against his Republican and Democrat competitors. In their responses to an Alabama Policy Institute and […]

Roger Clark, a drummer who contributed to the legendary Muscle Shoals sound, has died. The Times Daily reports that guitarist Travis Wammack says Clark died of a heart attack Thursday at home, at the age of 67. Clark worked at FAME Recording Studios and Wishbone Recording Studio in the 1970s and ’80s, playing on albums […]

Authorities say an Alabama man has been indicted on more than 6,500 child pornography charges. News outlets report that 50-year-old Jeffery Dale Hunt of Cherokee is being held with bail set at $10 million following his arrest Thursday. Police say an indictment returned this week includes 4,378 counts of possession of child pornography and 2,169 […]

Forecasters say a tropical weather system moving toward the Gulf of Mexico is strengthening. The National Hurricane Center said Friday that a low pressure system in the northwestern Caribbean Sea has become better defined overnight and could be a tropical depression or storm by Saturday. They put chances of formation at 90 percent over the […]

Alabama prison officials say a state inmate is on the loose after escaping in central Alabama. A statement from the Department of Corrections says 47-year-old Anthony Scott Marler fled a work-release center in Childersburg early Friday. Marler was last seen wearing a white prison uniform.

John Doxakis carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning and Texas A&M beat Auburn 4-2 on Thursday night in the Southeastern Conference Tournament. The Aggies (39-19) move into the semifinals while Auburn (39-20) faces Mississippi on Friday in an elimination game. Doxakis (7-5) didn’t allow a hit until Jay Estes’ infield single to lead off […]

The defense spending bill passed Thursday by the House of Representatives includes a provision aggressively pushed by an Alabama congressman — a space force. But don’t expect Captain Kirk to be leading the Enterprise in missions beyond the solar system anytime soon. Those kinds of operations are still the stuff of science fiction. The idea […]

While some Democrats are using the White House’s announcement that the summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un was canceled as an opportunity to take shots at President Donald Trump, Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) is taking the high road. On Thursday, Alabama’s junior U.S. Senator reacted to Trump’s statement saying it […]