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Troy Stubbs Announces Re-Election Bid for Alabama House of Representatives, District 31
From Scott Stone,Vice President Strategic Impact Wetumpka, AL – Representative Troy Stubbs, a steadfast conservative voice in Montgomery and a proud advocate for the values of District 31, today officially announced his campaign for re-election to...

Food City Opens 4th Location in Popular Alabama City
Pictured is the groundbreaking ceremony for the Memorial Parkway store in Huntsville, Ala., that took place in May 2024. Food City has opened a new 56,000-square-foot supermarket in Huntsville, Ala., on July 9. Located on Memorial Parkway, the new...

John Roberts, GOP businessman and one-time North Alabama congressional candidate, running for State Senate District 2
A familiar name to North Alabama conservative politics made it official on Thursday that he’s running for State Senate. John Roberts, a commercial real estate developer who lives, works and raises his family in the Huntsville-area Senate District...

Research highlights regional disparities in use of national suicide prevention hotline
Nouriel Roubini, Professor of Economics and International Business at New York University's Stern School of Business | New York University's Stern School of BusinessNouriel Roubini, Professor of Economics and International Business at New York...

Viceroy Research: the short-seller targetting Vedanta Group
Vedanta Group | Photo Credit: Reuters A U.S. short-seller, Viceroy Research, has flung allegations at Anil Agarwal-owned Vedanta Group, calling Vedanta Resources (VRL) a ‘parasite’ and a ‘financial zombie’ and its listed subsidiary Vedanta Ltd...

Alabama Extension - Summer safety: Sun and pool safety tips for little ones
By Katie Nichols Alabama Cooperative Extension System AUBURN UNIVERSITY — As summer temperatures rise, an Alabama Cooperative Extension System specialist emphasizes the importance of protecting children from the dangers of sun exposure and...

Is The Food Supply In Alabama Safe For Us To Eat?
The scary thing is that it's not. . The other scary thing is that it is true in Alabama or any other state in the USA. Earlier this month, talk show host John Oliver took a very interesting deep dive into the safety of our food supply. *Video from...

Health Check: For ASX biotechs, the business of America remains business
Tariff turmoil aside, America is still the place to do business. Pic via Getty A slew of medical device makers report good progress in the US Imagion shares almost double on positive FDA feedback Quiet drug developer PYC Therapeutics wins a friend...

Ribbon cutting held for newly renovated Alabama EMA
Ribbon cutting held for newly renovated Alabama EMA BACK TO YOU. A BIG UPGRADE FOR THE ALABAMA EMA TODAY. GOVERNOR IVEY TOOK PART AS THE AGENCY CUT THE RIBBON ON ITS RENOVATED STATE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER IN CLANTON. THE CENTER ALLOWS...

For Aussie biotechs, America still means business
A slew of medical device makers report good progress in the US Imagion shares almost double on positive FDA feedback Quiet drug developer PYC Therapeutics wins a friend The US healthcare system is mired down by kerfuffles over tariffs, drug...
Trump Administration hires 2 Alabama climate change skeptics for energy department
The U.S. Energy Department has hired two Alabama scientists who are well-known for their skepticism about human-influenced climate change. The New York Times is reporting that John Christy, Alabama’s state climatologist since 2000, and Roy...

300 Black Educators Gather At Alabama Summit To Make Classrooms More Tech Advanced
by Ida Harris July 9, 2025 Summit attendees experienced firsthand Ed Farm’s “connected classroom” initiative. Ed Farm successfully concluded its highly anticipated Future of Learning Summit 2025 (FOLS2025), a transformative two-day event that...

Use of antibiotic to reduce STIs appears to be fueling some antibiotic resistance, research shows
When several countries endorsed the notion of some high-risk people taking the antibiotic doxycycline after unprotected sex to lower their chances of contracting a sexually transmitted disease, as the U.S. did last year, there was a theoretical...

Newswire : Attorney Ben Crump demands video of Homewood, Alabama police shooting: ‘You won’t sweep Jabari Peoples under the rug’
By Carol Robinson, AL.com Attorney Benjamin Crump addresses press conference in Homewood, Alabama church. Jabari Peoples, 18, was shot to death June 23, 2025, by a Homewood police officer in a city soccer park.(Facebook) National civil rights...

Officials investigating north Alabama man’s shooting death as a homicide
Officials are investigating the death of a north Alabama man as a homicide, according to the Marshall County Coroner’s Office. Marshall County Coroner Cody Nugent released a statement on Facebook saying that Millard Jerry Anderson, 69, was found...

Gov. Ivey attends ribbon cutting for renovated Alabama EMA offices
CLANTON, Ala. (WSFA) - State leaders are making sure Alabamians stay safe during any weather emergency that sweeps through. On Wednesday, Gov. Kay Ivey attended the ribbon cutting for the newly renovated state emergency operations center in...

Butting Picks Alabama For First U.S. Plant, $61M Investment
Butting, a Germany-based stainless steel pipe manufacturer, plans to establish its North American headquarters and first U.S. production facility in Loxley, Alabama. The project represents a total $61 million capital investment and will create up...

Smarter Searching: NASA AI Makes Science Data Easier to Find
Imagine shopping for a new pair of running shoes online. If each seller described them differently—one calling them "sneakers," another "trainers," and someone else "footwear for exercise"—you’d quickly feel lost in a sea of mismatched...

Welding labs, southern hospitality, $16.1 million tax package helped lure Butting Global to Alabama
When Lee Lawson took the owner of a centuries-old German steel company on a tour of Baldwin Preparatory Academy, he suspected it might be a turning point. Hermann Butting, head of family-run Butting Global, was all smiles as he visited with...

Germany’s Butting selects Alabama for HQ and its first U.S. production facility
LOXLEY, Alabama — Butting, a global stainless steel pipe manufacturer, announced plans today to establish its North American headquarters and first United States production facility in Baldwin County as part of a $61 million growth project. The...