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Advocates for women’s equality in sports won a significant victory Tuesday when the University of Pennsylvania announced it would strip the medals won by transgender athlete Lia Thomas and award them to the rightful female winners, along with a formal apology.

Ignoring the idiom "You can't judge a book by its cover," AL(dot)com, an outlet owned by Alabama Media Group, a subsidiary of New York billionaires Donald and Samuel Newhouse's Advance Publications, recently wrote a story focusing on three minutes of a one-hour-and-a-half podcast to shame a Christian podcaster and former reality TV star Madison Prewett Troutt for a previous addiction to sexual sin, ignoring the broader message of her confession and faith based recovery.

The Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office removed 29 dogs from a home Tuesday, overwhelming the local animal shelter.

The Mobile to NOLA Amtrak route knocked out in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina restarts August 18.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) has raised over $4 million since launching his campaign for governor on May 27. 

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and law enforcement leaders from across Alabama formally called on Governor Kay Ivey on Monday to reappoint Leigh Gwathney as Chair of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Caroleene Dobson, a candidate for Secretary of State in the 2026 Republican primary, loaned her campaign $500,000 on Tuesday.

St. Louis Auxiliary Bishop Mark S. Rivituso was appointed by Pope Leo XIV as the third archbishop of Mobile.

Could Alligator Alcatraz be coming to Alabama?

Alabama’s Republican U.S. Senators were ecstatic on Tuesday after the body barely passed the spending package pushed by President Donald Trump, bringing it closer to the president’s promise to sign the bill before Friday, the Fourth of July.

Last year, Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law House Bill 66, which requires country-of-origin labeling for restaurants and grocery stores in Alabama. The legislation, sponsored by State Rep. Chip Brown (R-Hollingers Island) and State Sen. David Sessions (R-Grand Bay), went into effect on Oct. 1, 2024.

President Donald Trump has had quite the last two weeks, marked by recent policy wins in foreign conflicts, trade deals, the stock market and the U.S. Supreme Court. Meanwhile, Democrats have been busy obstructing Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” and promoting socialist candidate Zohran Mamdan for New York’s mayor.

A new hemp law recently passed by the Alabama Legislature doesn’t prohibit interstate shipping of hemp products, according to Montgomery County Circuit Judge James Anderson.

The re-born bottling plant in Opelika has been sold but will continue to operate as an event venue.

Gulf Shores Mayor Robert Craft is providing more information following an illegal immigration raid at the construction site of the new Gulf Shores High School.

President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” will “gut Alabamians” living near or below the poverty line, according to Retirement Systems of Alabama CEO David Bronner.

The Mobile Police Department is investigating an assault after two women were hit by a car on June 27.

What was supposed to be a “fun ship” vacation for over 3,000 passengers in 2013, turned into a nightmare in the blink of an eye. Now, that nightmare will live on in Netflix history.

Municipal election campaigns are in full swing statewide as candidates vie for voters ahead of the August 26 elections.

Every month since 2003, the McCarron extended family in Mobile has lunched together.

A commercial construction company owner is speaking out about a high-profile illegal immigration operation on a government-funded project in Gulf Shores.

The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office called in the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, after dozens of bundles of cocaine washed ashore Thursday.

The University of Alabama continues to treat gender identity and gender expression as a protected class, requiring students to agree to a Code of Conduct and an Equal Opportunity Non-Discrimination policy that include them in multiple places. 

Staffers and families of campers at Lake Martin's Camp ASCCA are counting their blessings. No one was hurt when lightning struck and closed the camp Sunday.

State Rep. David Standridge (R-Hayden), unfazed by his legislation failing to reach the finish line in the 2025 regular legislative session, has re-filed his bill renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

The Pell City Fire Department responded Sunday afternoon to a boat that was struck by lightning.

Franklin County EMA said a teen was injured Sunday afternoon after she was struck by lightning.