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'America doesn’t deserve to be celebrated': Ex-UA, Auburn instructor denies settlement after anti-Charlie Kirk post; Doubles down with anti-America screed

Despite media reports to the contrary, Candice Hale, the former Auburn University and University of Alabama (UA) instructor who is suing both schools after being terminated for a social media post following Charlie Kirk's assassination, insists that the settlement offer that her attorney accepted on her behalf with UA was not approved and is invalid. She's asking Northern District Judge Eddie LaCour to "decline to enforce the unsigned settlement agreement."

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Man suing City of Huntsville claiming crash involving police cruiser left him injured physically, emotionally

An Owens Cross Roads man is civilly suing the City of Huntsville and a police officer after a crash that left him injured.

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‘Deeply disappointed’: Birmingham’s Lifeline Children’s Services laments restoration of Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood

Lifeline Children’s Services reacted on Tuesday to Medicaid funding being restored to Planned Parenthood.

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11th Circuit rules Alabama man convicted of child porn has ‘fundamental right’ to live with son

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Monday that a Tuscaloosa County man convicted of child porn has a “fundamental right” to live with his son.

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Former Mobile County Sheriff Cochran remembered for 'indelible mark on community, state'

Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch reflected on everything he learned from his longtime friend, former sheriff Sam Cochran, one day after Cochran passed away.

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'Win or not, they're making a quarter million dollars or more': Sorrell criticizes state political consultants cashing in after unsuccessful races

According to Sorrell, consultants currently take a 15% cut of all media buys in elections, with payments coming from donors regardless of a campaign's success.

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Ensler and Jones blame Trump and Tuberville for Tuscaloosa plant closure; Company says otherwise

Democratic lieutenant governor nominee Phillip Ensler and former U.S. Senator and gubernatorial candidate Doug Jones traveled to Tuscaloosa together to blame President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) for the closure of the BF Goodrich tire plant.

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Daphne PD arrests former Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum

A former Florida gubernatorial candidate was arrested in Baldwin County on drug charges.

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Joey Clark: Singing on the eve of tomorrow

Perhaps I am cursed to always feel the mark of yesterday’s pain. Yet, perhaps, tragedy is a grace and tribulation a gift. Perhaps from our deepest wounds grow roses of everlasting change. 

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Allen Mendenhall: Mount Vernon and the meaning of 250

That, I have come to believe, is the whole of it: not the fireworks' brief light, not the anthem sung an hour before, but the freedom to argue at all, before people who have not yet decided – and may never entirely decide – what they owe something larger than themselves.

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Adoring God: God draws near a broken heart

Those who are truly contrite and broken because of sin are in a state of grace. How do we know this? Because Scripture tells us the Lord is near to them.

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Ashley Carter: The lies young women are told

God did not accidentally create women with nurturing hearts. He designed them with unique gifts that reflect His character. He created women to love deeply, to build homes, to shape generations, and, for many, to carry life itself.

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U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer: Caesar Rodney and the Declaration of Independence

For 250 years, Americans have benefited from the courage of those who came before us. America still needs people with that same sense of duty, with that same courage and determination to ensure that America continues to be “a shining city on a hill” that makes us like no other nation in the history of the world.

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Sean of the South: Scents and sensibility

I wish I were half the man my dog is.

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Jennifer Oliver O'Connell: America 250 – pulling from the past, projecting into the future

I want a nine-year-old today to have the same opportunity I have to one day to celebrate “America 300” with the same fervor and understanding, knowing that their story is an American one and that they are a pivotal part of this great American nation.

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Collin Jones: The nuances of AI use

I feel that the AI question is going to sort itself out the same way every other workplace technology has. We once had whole buildings full of people filling out physical spreadsheets, but those days are virtually all gone. There’s always skepticism around emerging technologies, but eventually they are embraced.

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Walker Larson: Fatherhood is an art

The man who chooses to have a child in spite of struggle, pain, loss, tragedy, injustice, evil, and all the rest offers a testament to a kind of cosmic optimism, an optimism that sometimes flies in the face of appearances. He affirms, “I say yes to the world and to life, with my whole being, come what may.”

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Jeff Minick: Vice and virtue in the American republic

Some want to “Make America Great Again,” but to accomplish that worthy goal we must first of all make America virtuous again. 

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Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville watches the action in the second half of their football game against New Mexico State at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala., Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007. Auburn won 55-20. (AP Photo/Dave Martin) Alabama News
Tuberville applauds UA, AU for denouncing Protect College Sports Act — 'Another example of Congress trying to micromanage what it doesn't understand'

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn), who has a dueling college athletics reform bill, agreed with the state rivals, arguing that "[t]oo many people in Washington think they know college sports better than the coaches, athletic directors, and university presidents who live it every day."

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'It solves little of what genuinely challenges college athletics': Auburn, Alabama team up to oppose Cruz-led Protect College Sports Act

The state's biggest rivals are joining teams to push back against U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) effort to reform college athletics in the name, image and likeness (NIL) and transfer portal era.

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Watch: Tom Brady includes Iron Bowl Kick Six in his top sports moments in America's 250 years

On Saturday, the United States of America celebrates its 250th birthday, and one of the all-time greatest NFL players released his list of the most iconic sports moments in American history.

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Katie Britt slams Dem hypocrisy on Platner following sexual assault allegations: 'They endorsed all of this when they thought he could still win'

Maine Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner is facing mounting pressure to drop out of the race following more allegations of sexual misconduct.

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Mark Bailey announces run for Montgomery City Council District 3 in upcoming special election

Mark Bailey is running in the upcoming special election for Montgomery City Council District 3. 

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U.S. veteran, small business owner Austin Sidwell shifts with district change — 'It doesn't change my mission'

After six months on the campaign trail, Alabama Congressional District 1 candidate Austin Sidwell said he is hopeful following redistricting.