A rare, yellow-colored American Northern Cardinal was spotted in an Alabama backyard in January. The “one-in-a-million” cardinal has excited birdwatchers across the US. Cardinals usually have red feathers. This bird, however, is a mustard-yellow color, likely due to a pigment mutation. Charlie Stephenson first noticed the yellow bird in her garden in January. She told […]
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How an Immoral Bet Created Africatown, Alabama
Robert Edward Battles Sr. lumbers along, his bad back hunched beneath his colorful dashiki — a traditional African garment — that flows down to his feet. He gestures at the tombstones that fill the Old Plateau Cemetery here in Mobile, Alabama. “Over in this old cemetery are the majority of the Africans, and some buffalo […]
New Alabama Plant Will Build Toyota Corollas, Mazda Crossovers by 2021
– Japanese automakers Toyota and Mazda on Wednesday announced plans to build a mammoth $ 1.6 billion joint-venture plant in Alabama that will eventually employ about 4000 people. Several states had competed for the coveted project, which will be able to turn out 300,000 vehicles per year and produce the Toyota Corolla compact car for North […]
Toyota, Mazda $1.6 billion plant goes to Alabama, sources say
Alabama will be the site of a new $ 1.6 billion Toyota and Mazda auto plant, a victory for President Donald Trump who had prodded manufacturers to build new U.S. facilities and threatened tariffs on foreign production, sources said on Tuesday. The plant, which will employ up to 4,000 people and produce about 300,000 vehicles […]
Toyota and Mazda will announce a new $1.6 billion auto plant in Alabama
Reuters/Carlos Barria Alabama will be the site of a new $ 1.6 billion Toyota and Mazda auto plant. The pending facility was seen as a victory for President Donald Trump, who has pushed for increased manufacturing in the US. The plant will employ up to 4,000 people and produce about 300,000 vehicles a year. (Reuters) […]
Alabama player who punched an opponent and tried to fight a coach later made a championship-changing play after he was allowed to stay in
ESPN Alabama completed a huge comeback in the second half and beat Georgia in overtime to win the national championship. Linebacker Mekhi Brown hurt Alabama’s chances when he was flagged for striking an opponent in the head after a play. Brown was later seen losing his cool on the bench and going after a coach. […]
Alabama freshman quarterback who was thrown into the second half of the game led them to a wild comeback win capped off by the touchdown pass of a lifetime
Streeter Lecka/Getty Alabama won the national championship, 26-23, over Georgia in overtime after a wild comeback. The comeback was led by true freshman backup quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who was inserted into the game in the second half after Alabama went scoreless in the first half. Tagovailoa delivered, throwing three touchdowns including the game-winning, 41-yard touchdown […]
‘Desperate attempt’: Roy Moore cries fraud in Alabama senate loss
Published time: 28 Dec, 2017 17:30 Former GOP candidate Roy Moore is crying foul in his loss to Democrat Doug Jones in the Alabama state senate race. Jones eked out an unlikely victory over Moore in a traditionally Republican state. Moore requested a judge issue a restraining order to prevent the state canvassing board from […]
Alabama Vote
Judge Roy Moore has filed a lawsuit in a last-minute attempt to block Alabama from certifying Doug Jones as the state’s next senator. The complaint, which was filed Wednesday in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Alabama, calls for an investigation into possible voter fraud and asks for a delay in Democrat Jones’ certification. “This […]
Roy Moore claims he lost the Alabama Senate race because of ‘election fraud’ — now he wants the state to delay certification of the results
Roy Moore says he wants Alabama’s secretary of state to delay certification of the state’s Senate race results, pending an investigation into what his campaign called “election fraud.” Moore alleges fraud contributed to his defeat in the December 12 election, in which his Democratic opponent, Doug Jones, beat him by more than 20,000 votes. Alabama […]
