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"That's a big mf": Alabama fans overjoyed as elite 6'5 225 pound QB commits to Kalen DeBoer's Alabama over BYU
Sportskeeda
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July 22, 2025
The Alabama Crimson Tide have gained another key player for their 2026 class. On Tuesday, 6'5 QB prospect Tayden Kaawa announced his commitment to the program. Kaawa is a four-star rated prospect from Hawaii, but plays football in Utah, who could...
Local schools set to benefit as Alabama’s ‘First Class’ Pre-K program expands
The News Courier - Alabama
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July 22, 2025
Published 11:57 am Tuesday, July 22, 2025 Elkmont Elementary school. Photo courtesy Elkmont Elementary school The statewide new addition of 58 new classrooms set to join Alabama’s First Class Pre-K program will include a new classroom unit, when...
A&M political science expert says early redistricting could sway House power in Texas
KBTX - Texas
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July 22, 2025
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Redistricting of Texas is an event that takes place every 10 years. however, it’s been added as one of the items of Governor Greg Abbott’s special session agenda, just four years after the lines were redrawn. While originally...
Alabama Audubon’s Black Belt Birding Festival t…
The Citizen of East Alabama
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By Toni Shah Phenix City has a rich avian biodiversity and forms a segment of the Black Belt Birding Trail, which spans 32 prime bird-watching sites across Alabama’s midsection. Local birding sites include the Riverwalk and Idle Hour Park/Moon...
Alabama Heat Advisory Issued for Thursday
Praise 93.3 - Alabama
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July 16, 2025
Alabamians have been facing hot temperatures and high humidity, which can lead to heat-related illnesses. The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a Heat Advisory for Thursday, July 17, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Heat index values could...
Alabama: Don't Buy These Items At Walmart
Tide 100.9 - Alabama
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July 16, 2025
1- Don’t Buy Peanut Butter: It's not the taste that’s the problem. It’s the price. Walmart sells peanut butter at a higher price than other stores. The difference isn't huge but will add up over a period of time. 2-Don't Buy Meat: Would you really...
"The guy had multiple opportunities to leave" - CFB insider predicts Carson Beck-like fate for Alabama QB Ty Simpson ahead of 2025 season
Sportskeeda
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July 22, 2025
Ty Simpson has been with Alabama since 2022, serving as a backup quarterback. During the transition from Nick Saban to Kalen DeBoer in the 2024 season, he played six games. Looking ahead to the 2025 season, Simpson is expected to take over as the...
Mammoth Cave Yields Fifth New Shark Species In Fossil Record
Forbes
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Proposed reconstruction of the new to science species Macadens olsoni, discovered through fossil research at Mammoth Cave National Park. Benji Paysnoe As we get closer to the “-ber” months of the calendar year, when one says “caves,” it usually is...
U.S. Sen. Katie Britt: The One Big Beautiful Bill delivers for Alabama
1819 News
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The week of Independence Day, the U.S. Senate took on the tall order of passing President Trump’s sweeping domestic policy package – the One Big Beautiful Bill. After more than 26 hours of voting, the Senate passed the bill, which was then sent to...
How the Insurance Industry is Tackling Rising Natural Disaster Costs Through Science-Based Risk Mitigation
Risk & Insurance Magazine
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July 22, 2025
As catastrophic losses mount and traditional risk transfer approaches reach their limits, insurers are turning to building science and engineering solutions to bend the cost curve downward. The insurance industry faces an unprecedented challenge...
Alabama lawmaker seeks to expand death penalty to more cases
WDHN - Alabama
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July 15, 2025
Montgomery, Ala. — An Alabama legislator wants to expand the state’s death penalty law to cover more circumstances, including cases where a murder creates a significant risk of death to multiple people. Rep. Matt Simpson, R-Daphne, has prefiled...
SGT Theodore Irvin Jackson: Age 95
Alabama Gazette
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August 2, 2025
SGT Theodore Irvin Jackson served four years in the U.S. military including two years on active duty in the Army and two years in the Army AL National Guard during the time of the Korean War. His Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) was Radar...
Which Schools Have Produced The Most Pro Football Hall of Famers?
Fox Sports
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August 3, 2025
Another Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony is in the books, with four former NFL stars — Antonio Gates, Jared Allen, Sterling Sharpe and Eric Allen — taking their place in Canton on Saturday. Allen's induction caused a shakeup in the...
Alabama lawmaker wants to ban candy, soda SNAP purchases as Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ brings EBT change
AL.com - Alabama
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July 15, 2025
An Alabama state senator wants to pass a state law to tighten up what people can buy through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Plan, the food assistance program formerly known as food stamps. Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, has a bill intended to...
Trump’s approval ratings crashing in states that loved him, including Alabama
AL.com - Alabama
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July 21, 2025
As the American public watches large scale immigration raids, tariffs, and the scandal surrounding billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein and his clients unfold, President Donald Trump appears to be losing favor with several of his longtime...
A town’s long rebuild, future Hard Rock hotel: Down in Alabama
AL.com - Alabama
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July 22, 2025
Forgotten town? Many residents in the town of Camp Hill are still trying to pick up pieces more than two years after a hailstorm bore down on the small Tallapoosa County community and its roofs, windows and cars, reports AL.com’s Alaina Bookman....
Penn State’s Dani Dennis-Sutton hopes to continue CFP success this year
Yahoo Sports
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North Carolina quarterback Max Johnson said Saturday that he feared he could lose his right leg following a nasty injury against Minnesota. Johnson, the son of former NFL QB Brad Johnson, suffered a broken right leg in the Tar Heels’ season opener...
Tuberville, Finebaum to headline Alabama CoachSafely Foundation event with Bill Clark
1819 News
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U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and ESPN's Paul Finebaum are set to headline an event to raise funds to help reduce the millions of preventable injuries sustained by young athletes each year. Alabama's CoachSafely Foundation, which...
Alabama Broadcasters Association to Host ABIP Training Seminar
Radio World
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July 14, 2025
The 2-day event takes place this August The Alabama Broadcasters Association invites engineers and other station personnel to attend its free, two-day seminar covering the Alternative Broadcast Inspection Program, or ABIP. The seminar, held Aug....
Trump cuts to National Institutes of Health took more than $100M out of Pa. economy
WESA - Pennsylvania
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August 3, 2025
The Trump administration has canceled hundreds of research grants that the National Institutes of Health had already approved. New research finds the cuts have taken a chunk out of the economies of every state and every county in the U.S.,...