WASHINGTON — The national debt is slated to rise by $23.9 trillion over the next decade, a sum that does not include trillions of dollars in additional tax cuts being championed by President-elect Donald Trump.
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FLORENCE — The Lauderdale County School District is seeking information from its employees, parents of students, students and members of the community regarding the condition of the schools within the district and what improvements could be made.
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SHEFFIELD — Korean War veteran Junior Johns said he used to have to go to the Veterans Administration Clinic in Huntsville for services not available at the Shoals clinic.
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FLORENCE — Authorities are unsure of the motive which led to a man opening fire in the rear parking lot of the Florence Police Department that led to his death.
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SHEFFIELD — A Muscle Shoals woman claims in a civil lawsuit she is permanently scarred after a metal cot being propped up by a piece of wood broke when she sat on it.
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TUSCUMBIA — A Colbert County judge Thursday denied a request from a former police officer to serve a 20-year manslaughter sentence in the Cullman County Jail rather than prison.
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SHEFFIELD — Peanutt Montgomery said Thursday he will remember his older sister, Melba, for her many contributions to country music, which included performing on the Grand Ole Opry, and duets with country superstar George Jones.
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RUSSELLVILLE — A Phil Campbell man is facing attempted murder charges after getting into an argument with a neighbor over loud music on Echo Ridge Road.
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TUSCUMBIA — Colbert County's emergency management agency has renewed an agreement with the Alabama Department of Public Health to continue serving as a district distribution center.
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Treasury nominee Scott Bessent on Thursday faced sharp questions from both Democrats and Republicans on tax policy, tariffs, China, Russia sanctions and the future of an IRS tax filing system that Republicans have called to be cut.
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NEW ORLEANS — The vast majority of Americans are about to get an extended taste of frigid Siberian weather. Another polar vortex disruption will stretch Arctic air across the top of the globe and make Donald Trump's second inauguration the coldest in 40 years, meteorologists said.
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A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for the disease caused by excess body fat.
NEW YORK (AP) — A trial to decide whether Rudy Giuliani must give up his Florida condominium and three World Series rings or turn them over to satisfy a $148 million defamation judgment was postponed Thursday for undisclosed reasons after the former New York City mayor didn't come to court t…
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is rescinding its protocol for federal executions that allowed for single-drug lethal injections with pentobarbital, after a government review raised concerns about the potential for “unnecessary pain and suffering.â€
LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Lynch, the filmmaker celebrated for his uniquely dark vision in such movies as “Blue Velvet†and “Mulholland Drive†and the TV series “Twin Peaks,†has died just days before his 79th birthday.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Staggered after one of the most destructive natural disasters in Southern California history, thousands of heartbroken families, burned-out business owners and beleaguered leaders across Los Angeles County are confronting another monumental task: rebuilding what was lost a…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas' Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and California's Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom have little in common ideologically, but the two have both been vocal supporters of an idea that's been rapidly gaining bipartisan ground in the states: Students' cellphones nee…
Google says its artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini will now deliver up-to-date news from The Associated Press in the tech giant's first such deal with a news publisher.
WASHINGTON — The global economy is growing steadily in the face of war, protectionist trade policies and high interest rates. It just isn’t growing fast enough to bring relief to the world’s poorest, the World Bank said Thursday in its latest assessment of the global economy.
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that a last-minute dispute with Hamas was holding up Israeli approval of a long-awaited ceasefire that would pause the fighting in the Gaza Strip and release dozens of hostages. Israeli airstrikes, meanwhile, killed at l…
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FLORENCE — Firefighters battled a blaze late Tuesday night that resulted in the loss of a home in east Florence.
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TUSCUMBIA — A 72-year-old Tuscumbia man charged with murder is awaiting a ruling on whether his case can be dismissed on the basis of the state's stand-your-ground law.
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MUSCLE SHOALS — Players arriving for baseball in the spring at Gattman Park will see new fencing around all four of its baseball fields.
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FLORENCE — Officers shot and killed a man who opened fire outside the police department Wednesday afternoon after he called 911 saying he was going to "shoot the place up."
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TUSCUMBIA — A Muscle Shoals man has been arrested and is believed to be connected to the disappearance of Courtney Staggs in 2020.
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SHEFFIELD — Country music star and former Florence resident Melba Montgomery died Wednesday at an assisted living facility in Nashville, Tennessee, her sister-in-law Charlene Montgomery said.
MONTGOMERY — Embattled former Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Kent Davis is now “strongly considering†a run for governor or other state offices, he told Alabama Daily News Thursday.
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FLORENCE — Lauderdale County Sheriff Joe Hamilton identified the man who was involved in an officer-involved shooting in the back parking lot of the Florence Police Department Wednesday afternoon.
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MUSCLE SHOALS — A former city council member and superintendent of Colbert County Schools has announced his intentions to run for mayor.
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FLORENCE — A Lauderdale County Detention Center inmate is charged with biting another in the face, and another is charged with attacking an inmate with a shank in unrelated incidents that occurred at the jail, authorities said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio on Wednesday painted a dark vision of the consequences of America's “unbalanced relationship†with China, echoing President-elect Donald Trump's anti-globalist rhetoric as he vies to be confirmed as his secretary of state.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, sought to reassure Democratic senators Wednesday that her Justice Department would not prosecute anyone for political purposes but also refused to rule out the potential for investigations into adversaries of the Republic…
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TUSCALOOSA — University of Alabama President Dr. Stuart R. Bell announced on Wednesday that he plans to step down from his post, which he has held for 10 years.
U.S. regulators on Wednesday banned the dye called Red 3 from the nation’s food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Gov. Bill Lee on Wednesday doubled down on his efforts to enact universal school vouchers throughout Tennessee by ordering the GOP-dominant Statehouse to pause their regular legislative duties and focus on passing a bill that would allow families to use pub…
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal to pause the devastating war in the Gaza Strip, multiple officials announced Wednesday, raising the possibility of winding down the deadliest and most destructive fighting between the bitter enemies.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump are both claiming credit for Israel and Hamas agreeing to a ceasefire deal in Gaza after the White House brought Trump's Middle East envoy into negotiations that have dragged on for months.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures, D-Mobile, will serve on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and House Agriculture Committee for the 119th Congress.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia on Wednesday launched a major ballistic and cruise missile attack on regions across Ukraine, targeting energy production and compelling authorities to shut down the power grid in some areas despite freezing winter weather, officials said.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials on Wednesday released a far-reaching proposal to make cigarettes far less addictive by capping their nicotine content, a goal long sought by antismoking advocates that is unlikely to go into effect anytime soon.
MONTGOMERY — Alabama House Rep. Tracy Estes, R-Winfield, who was arrested last year on a misdemeanor harassment charge of third-degree domestic violence, agreed to a settlement in Marion County District Court that will see the case dismissed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Birmingham, is the first Black woman to serve in House Ways and Means subcommittee leadership since the committee was founded in 1789.
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FLORENCE — The Lauderdale County District Attorney’s Office has decided not to prosecute a case involving a 465-count indictment charging a Florence man with child pornography and sex abuse of a child under 12 years old.
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MUSCLE SHOALS — For those who knew John Randall “Bullet†Berryhill, he had three loves.
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FLORENCE — The term "perfect storm" often is associated with a devastating event, but in the case of last week's winter storm, it has an opposite meaning.
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SHEFFIELD — A new awning is not in the plans for the Sheffield Senior Center, but Colbert County Commissioner Tommy Barnes expects other improvements to be approved.
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FLORENCE — Access from Pine Street to Alabama 20 could be restored this week as contractors continue to relocate utilities ahead of the replacement of the Mitchell Boulevard overpass.
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LEIGHTON — Shoals residents have an opportunity to learn new skills that could help them land a job or re-enter the workforce.
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TUSCUMBIA — When Jody Hitt moved into the director's position of the Colbert County Emergency Management Agency, it left a vacancy in the deputy director's position.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump's choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, vowed Tuesday to foster a “warrior culture†at the Pentagon and confronted allegations of his misconduct during a testy Senate confirmation hearing that drew protesters but also veterans in support.
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MONTGOMERY (AP) — University professors and students in Alabama filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a new state law that bans diversity, equity and inclusion programs at universities and put limits on how race and gender can be discussed in the college classroom.
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