For years, Scott — with an ever-present cowboy hat and a wide grin — emceed the tournament weigh-in shows where anglers pull live, flapping fish out of holding tanks as thousands watched.
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US markets point to sharp declines following global sell-off
A turbulent week on Wall Street ended Friday with more losses and the stock market's fifth straight weekly decline. The pullback came as investors balanced a strong U.S. jobs report against worries the Federal Reserve may cause a recession in its drive to halt inflation.
White House says internet providers to discount fee for poor
The Biden administration announced on Monday that 20 internet companies have agreed to provide discounted service to low-income Americans, a program that could effectively make tens of millions of households eligible for free service through an already existing federal subsidy.
Judge weighs request to block Alabama transgender law
The Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act will make it a felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, for doctors and others to provide the medications to transgender people under age 19. The U.S. Department of Justice and four families with transgender children filed a lawsuit challenging the law as discriminatory, an unconstitutional violation of equal protection and free speech rights and an intrusion into family medical decisions.
CDC probing 109 liver illnesses in kids, including 5 deaths
The mystery goes back to November, when Alabama health officials began looking into the first of nine cases of severe hepatitis in children in that state. None tested positive for the viruses that commonly cause hepatitis. However, testing was positive for adenovirus.
UA law school honors Fred Gray
Gray, 91, once helped represent Vivian Malone Jones and James Hood in their attempt to desegregate the university, where they enrolled as the first Black students in 1963 after then-Gov. George C. Wallace staged his "stand in the schoolhouse door" against integration.
Court leak is catnip for those who love a juicy DC whodunit
The publication this past week of a draft opinion that said Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion in the United States, was wrong from the start and should be overruled, has set off sleuthing from every corner of the capital.
Alabama’s new transgender law faces federal test
The Alabama attorney general's office, in defending the law, has argued that the treatments are motivated by ideology and that the science is unsettled. "If the court enjoins this act, Alabama children face irreversible damage from unproven, sterilizing, and permanently scarring medical interventions pushed by ideological interest groups," lawyers for the state wrote.
Garland: Escaped murder suspect, guard ‘extremely dangerous’
Casey White was being held at the jail on capital murder charges in the 2015 death of Connie Ridgeway. He confessed to the slaying in 2020 while in state prison for other crimes. He's been linked to home invasions, carjackings and was also involved in a police chase, Keely said.
Senate to vote next week on protecting abortion rights
That bill would prohibit states from enacting any restrictions or impediments on abortion, including limits on when in a pregnancy they are allowed.
Major companies stay mum on thorny abortion issue – for now
Experts say it's tough to navigate these waters. Companies are facing increasing pressure from social media and their own employees to speak out. And while some of them have weighed in on issues like LGBTQ rights, voting rights and gun control, the thorny issue of abortion could prove to be more challenging.
Possible twister flattens store in Mobile
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A possible tornado flattened a downtown store and ripped the front off a metal building across Mobile Bay early Friday, and forecasters said more storms could hit an area stretching from south Alabama to coastal Virginia. Violent winds ripped open a Family Dollar store in a heavily populated neighborhood in Mobile...
Jail official visited inmate in prison months before escape
A nationwide manhunt is ongoing for Casey White, who was awaiting trial on a capital murder case, and Vicky White, the assistant director of corrections for the jail in Lauderdale County, after the pair disappeared Friday. Singleton said the ongoing contact stretched back two years and that Vicky White's actions, such as selling her house recently and purchasing an apparent getaway car, indicated there was advance planning.
Airbus posts profit, plans new jet assembly line in Alabama
Airbus said it plans to speed up production of its A320 family of planes that compete with Boeing 737s to 75 per month by 2025. To hit that rate, Toulouse, France-based Airbus will build a second final A320 assembly line at its plant in Mobile, Alabama, CEO Guillaume Faury told reporters.
SEC, Pac-12 leaders to push for NIL law in DC
The commissioners of two of the five wealthiest conferences want to lay out the negative ramifications on college sports and athletes if the status quo remains unchanged when it comes to NIL compensation. They also plan to present a framework for a possible solution.