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This Former Alabama Star is Facing Intense NFL Pressure

This former Alabama Crimson Tide star is under more pressure than you think.

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Sep 18 • 10:38 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Hoopaholic’s Gazette: A Ruthian Call & Late Season Peach

What does the surprise appearance of some late season peaches at Paul’s have to do with Babe Ruth and U of L hoops? Read on, should you be intrigued. The peaches — from Idaho of all places — are pretty pretty good (to use the voice and vernacular of the assistant who convinced Obama to […]

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Sep 18 • 10:16 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kentucky Hits The Road Against Texas A&M

For a little over 30 minutes this past Saturday, the Kentucky football team looked like they were going to spring the upset over Alabama. However, the Wildcats faltered in the second half, partly because of the Crimson Tide's depth and self-inflicted mistakes. Now, for the team with the fourth toughest schedule in college football, it …

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Sep 18 • 10:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
On Your Side Safety Check: How to Protect Your Pets From Rabies

The Alabama Department of Public Health says there have been 39 confirmed cases of rabies in animals across Alabama since last Friday, with raccoons accounting for the largest number of cases.

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Sep 18 • 8:58 AM EDT • Health • wbrc.com
Scientists Create Stronger Concrete That Absorbs CO2 From the Air

Concrete usually adds to the world’s carbon burden, but a new formula absorbed CO2 while becoming stronger than a conventional mix. Researchers at Mepco Schlenk Engineering College in India developed the concrete by combining two naturally derived materials: porous zeolite and bamboo biochar. Tests described in Carbon Research suggest the blend could give infrastructure a

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Sep 18 • 7:13 AM EDT • Science • scitechdaily.com
MLS is shopping an eight-figure presenting sponsorship ahead of 'MLS 3.0'

Sportico reports MLS retained Altius8 to explore a presenting sponsorship worth eight figures, timed to next summer's new calendar, playoffs and commissioner.

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Sep 18 • 6:29 AM EDT • Entertainment • marketscale.com
Alabama withdraws objections to federal marijuana rescheduling

Alabama’s public health officials on Thursday withdrew their objection to the federal rescheduling of marijuana after a July public hearing, a move officials had characterized as procedural

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Sep 18 • 5:59 AM EDT • Health • alabamareflector.com
Versant's US$530m Full Swing buy in a busy summer of sports tech deals

Versant's US$530m Full Swing purchase, SI's Magnifi acquisition and TSC's EventAIQ launch: what SportsPro's summer technology coverage means for sports.

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Sep 17 • 1:11 PM EDT • Entertainment • marketscale.com
Wiregrass small businesses nominated for 2026 Alabama Small Business Award

DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — The Chamber of Commerce Association of Alabama and Business Council of Alabama has announced 40 small businesses as finalists for the 2026 Alabama Small Business Award, and sever...

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Sep 17 • 1:05 PM EDT • Business • yahoo.com
Plan to bring more maternal health care to Alabama

IN-DEPTH WITH SARAH WALL: Health officials say one in three counties in Alabama is considered a maternal health desert. That means there are no health services in the counties for pregnant women or new moms. But, a plan is underway to change that. We’re talking to the folks at the March of Dimes about their Mom and Baby Mobile Health Units - why they are so important, how they work and how you may be able to use them. For more information on the Mom and Baby Mobile Health Units, you can go to the March of Dimes website: www.marchofdimes.org/our-work/mobile-health-centers. If you would like to sign up for an appointment with the mobile health unit, you can click here: https://www.healthservicesinc.org/. And, for more information on UAB’s mobile unit that works in other areas of Alabama, you can go to: https://www.uab.edu/nursing/home/partnerships/clinical/moms-and-kids-mobile-health-unit.

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Sep 17 • 10:59 AM EDT • Health • fox10tv.com
Alabama HC Kalen DeBoer Sends Clear Message Before Florida State

Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Kalen DeBoer has delivered a clear message before facing Florida State.

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Sep 17 • 9:48 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kenny Minchey’s mindset excites Will Stein amid offensive struggles

Revaluating QB Kenny's poise, muddy pockets, and key growth moments against Alabama's elite pass rush.

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Sep 17 • 6:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Alabama awards $262,000 grant to upgrade forensic science equipment

Gov. Kay Ivey's office has awarded $262,000 to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences to enhance drug case investigations and morgue services.

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Sep 16 • 7:45 PM EDT • Science • wvtm13.com
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JMI Sports keeps Penn's multimedia rights five more years under a new revenue share

JMI Sports adds five years to its University of Pennsylvania multimedia rights deal, with a new revenue-share model and Penn Relays rights included.

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Sep 16 • 5:44 PM EDT • Entertainment • marketscale.com
Bam Crouch Injury Update

Bam Crouch Injury Update

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Sep 16 • 5:04 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
AMS Science Preview: High-Res Global Forecasting, Tornado Emergencies

Recent research in AMS journals spotlights tornado emergencies, kilometer-scale global weather forecasting, a new normal for polar sea ice, links between Tibetan snow cover and intense tropical…

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Sep 16 • 4:53 PM EDT • Science • headlines.ametsoc.org
What Does the Science of Climate Change Really Look Like?

Editor’s Note: This is the second in a three-part series on how the Right should think about environmental and climate policy. Read Chris Barnard on Reclaiming Environmental Policy from the Left. More than a decade ago, the world’s governments negotiated and signed the Paris Climate Agreement, committing to hold global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius. In the following years, climate had immense cultural power. Greta Thunberg emerged. Fortune 500 companies established net-zero plans. The U.S. got the Inflation Reduction Act. Then the pendulum swung back. President Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office, speaking of green energy as a “scam” and carbon footprints as a “hoax” and on all matters of international policy emphasizing bilateral engagement and power over globalism and cooperation. The technology companies that had been at the forefront of net-zero pledges and green leadership discovered the importance of all-of-the-above power to their visions for artificial intelligence and began quietly postponing or removing their targets. On the left side of the political spectrum, rising concerns about inflation and cost pushed climate lower down in the stated priorities of voters and stump speeches of politicians. The moment is ripe for a reset on the politics of climate change and for conservatives especially to chart a course that acknowledges and addresses the real challenges in plausible ways. So what should we think about climate change as we enter a post-peak climate era? If it is neither an apocalypse nor a hoax, what will hold up as a durable view of climate change? And how does it project onto the concerns and priorities of the right-of-center’s emerging coalition? New to Commonplace_? Subscribe below to get the magazine in your inbox._ Subscribe A Solid Foundation As the politics and economics of climate careened over the past ten years, the physics carried on regardless. In 2015, the year the Paris Climate Agreement was adopted, the world emitted 41.2 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide. By 2025, emissions had risen only 2.4%, to 42.2 gigatonnes, because falling emissions from land use offset increasing emissions from fossil fuels. But slow growth in annual emissions is not rapid decline, let alone net-zero, so carbon dioxide kept accumulating in the atmosphere, going from 399 to 426 parts per million. Global temperature kept rising too, from about 1.1 degrees Celsius above the 1850–1900 average in 2015, to 1.4 degrees above it in 2025. None of this should surprise anyone. Even most prominent skeptics, like the authors of the 2025 report commissioned by the Trump administration’s Department of Energy, accept the basic physics. Carbon dioxide added to the atmosphere at industrial volumes accumulates and traps heat that would otherwise escape to space. That heat warms the upper ocean and increases temperatures at the surface. Increased ocean heat and melting of land ice cause sea levels to rise. Changes in the climate become noticeable to us as subtle shifts in temperature and precipitation, seasons arriving early or late, changes in the surrounding ecosystem, and weather extremes. The much more meaningful debate is not about whether these things are happening, but about what it all means for human societies. (While it is a proxy measure of overall risk, no one experiences global surface temperature.) This debate invokes at least three interesting questions: how much today’s warming is showing up in regional climate trends, how much more warming we should anticipate, and how extreme weather events can be understood in the context of climate change. Recent scientific advances give us new insights into each of these, but there is still much to learn. This is the context in which the next generation of conservative leaders will be the first to deal with significant climate change as a fact, not a forecast. It will be with them for their entire careers. Our evolving scientific picture of climate change will come from weather and climate records stretching further into the past, new kinds of observations in the present, better modeling tools for the future, and simply more time to observe the emergence of climate signals and their tangible effects on ecosystems and communities in the United States and around the world. The policy landscape will be shaped by not only the impacts of changes in the climate, but also by the ways in which societies respond and by the emergence of new technologies for both altering the trajectory of emissions and adapting to new climate realities. Global climate records now show the fingerprints of warming in different phenomena around much of the world. The IPCC, in its most recent assessment report, documents warming trends over all land regions, even as natural variability adds substantial variance to local trends. And the highest temperature extremes have become more intense and frequent, almost everywhere, since the 1950s. Scientists are highly confident that these changes are attributable to human influence. But confidence in detecting trends and attributing them to human influence degrades across heavy precipitation events; drought trends are heterogeneous and not attributable to human activity with great confidence. For hurricanes, tornadoes, and other severe storms there is even less confidence in trends or their relationship to climate change. In general, a fair summary of the evidence is that for well-observed phenomena, like surface temperature or heavy rainfall, with a clear relationship to warming, our multidecadal observations are consistent with human influence overcoming natural variability over long time periods and extremes increasing. For regions that are sampled more sparsely, or phenomena with a higher noise-to-signal ratio, we will need to observe them longer to understand the magnitude of the climate signal or improve dynamical understanding using models and observations together. But for Climate For those who can’t wait, we also have new techniques that attempt to understand the role climate change has in influencing particular extreme events. When the climate is changing and disaster strikes, it is natural to ask whether that disaster was somehow “caused” by climate change. For scientists and policymakers acting in good faith, answering that question helps develop a more accurate picture of the problem, how it may be getting worse, and what preparations we should be making to respond to it. It may, at some point, give some weight to how liability is assigned by courts or adaptation funding is distributed by society. But how we ask this question is extremely important. It is easy to get the analysis wrong by discounting the role that meteorology plays. As meteorologist Theodore Shepherd explained in a clear 2016 review of climate attribution methods, “if a weather or climate event is truly extreme in the present climate, then perforce it requires unusual meteorological conditions, which means that climate change is at most a contributing factor.” Share Scientists have two ways to probe climate as a contributing factor, both of which have entered media coverage of extreme weather events. One asks a probabilistic question: How much more likely is a particular event (e.g., a temperature record over a particular area) amid global warming? The answer involves using historical records and computer simulations to estimate the likelihood of such an event in both a changed and a preindustrial climate. The findings are less about the specific event, and more about events of that nature. The other question is: How has the changed climate affected the specific event in question? Here, scientists try to understand what a similar event would have looked like in the preindustrial climate. This is sometimes called the storyline approach, where the story is the specific meteorological details of the event. These methods offer ways to test the intuition of scientists about real weather extremes. In late June and early July of 2021, a persistent high-pressure ridge, or heat dome, set up over the Pacific Northwest and an extraordinary heat wave affected the area from Oregon to British Columbia. For six days, it shattered temperature records across the region and hundreds died from heat-related causes, in an area where such high, and persistently high, temperatures were well outside of experience and many live without air conditioning. Scientists have studied its connection to climate change using multiple approaches. This specific event was created by a rare combination of meteorological factors, a strong high-pressure ridge created the conditions for extreme heat, which occurred on top of higher average temperatures in the region from global warming. Probabilistic analyses showed that climate change increased the likelihood of such an event by at least 8-fold to more than 100-fold. One standout example found that such an event had effectively zero probability of occurring in the preindustrial climate. The enormous range in these assessments reflects how hard it is to estimate probabilities of events at the tail of the historical record. Estimates of the effect on the temperature of the event are more clustered. A recent review paper documents how multiple methodologies have found a positive influence, roughly 1-2 degrees Celsius of an anomaly that exceeded 15 degrees, of climate change on the temperature magnitude of the event. Multiple studies have investigated and found some positive influence of climate change in other extreme events. Attribution studies found climate likely increased the heavy rainfall that accompanied Hurricane Helene in North Carolina and surrounding regions in 2024. The extensive fires that struck Los Angeles in 2025 illustrate how the causal chain can become messy, though. Studies do detect a positive influence of climate on the event’s likelihood, but while climate change likely contributed to underlying aridity, it would not have played a role in the heavy winds or land practices that preceded disaster. These event attribution studies will become more common for extreme, or damaging, weather events. They can be produced quickly, and often are reported before peer review. As the Pacific Northwest heatwave example shows, when multiple methods converge on a positive attribution, the finding should probably carry some weight even if you have to be careful about accepting the results from a single study. I expect that as climate change proceeds and the climate thus departs further from a preindustrial counterfactual, the influence will become more detectable across a variety of extreme events and more easily identified. This will be used to cast blame, but can also be used to inform how communities and society adapt to ongoing change. We May Still Be Surprised One positive development, insofar as less climate change is better, has been that our central estimates for future climate change should probably be revised downward. Mostly, that is because the high-end warmings that scientists regularly analyzed about ten to 20 years ago, driven by high emissions throughout the twenty-first century, now appear to be somewhere between unlikely and impossible. At one time, the upper end of mainstream climate projections extended well into 4 to 6 degrees Celsius of warming by the end of this century, which, models suggest, would have wrought enormous real-world damage. Current energy and policy trends now point toward 2.5 or 3 degrees. Damages and risks are commonly modeled as increasing steeply with more warming, so this is already a better-than-previously-expected outcome for the climate (which is independent of the physical response to emissions). But we should maintain a wide range for plausible outcomes and prepare for the possibility of being surprised. Emissions trajectories are subject to deep uncertainty, the physical climate response is still developing, and whatever change occurs in the climate will then be mediated through unpredictable economic, social, and political institutions. Over the past decade, the pace of warming surprised some keen observers and appeared to accelerate, though not yet outside the range of expectation provided by climate models. The reasons for that apparent acceleration are being actively studied (as was the apparent pause in warming from 1998 to 2012), but no single driver has emerged. Some blame it on the El Niño, variability which would have no bearing on climate. Some think it is a result of factories in East Asia and global shipping fleets cutting aerosol emissions, which in the strongest version of the argument would indicate higher climate sensitivity to carbon-dioxide emissions. Others are more measured, not yet ready to draw solid conclusions as to whether climate projections require revision. We will have to see. Long-Term Thinking Climate change asks us to think over long time scales. But the pace of human-driven warming is compressing a large global change into a century. Changing weather patterns and extreme events are already causing adjustment costs and damages and will do more. Adaptation will help, but it is not free. For some communities, these costs will erode livelihoods and well-being, and may force migration. Are we prepared for large-scale managed retreats in the United States? Thankfully, American wealth, geographical diversity, and moderate climates may leave us better prepared than many around the world. But wealthy countries can still suffer serious disruption from narrowly concentrated costs, even if they appear entirely manageable in aggregate. Readers of Commonplace are familiar with the challenges of rapidly adapting to economic forces. The displacement that came from the China Shock is barely perceptible in aggregate GDP and employment data, but it affected millions of people and those people were far less mobile than economic models tended to assume. Deindustrialization rippled through the nation with enormous effects for not only our economic vitality, but also our national security. The forces surrounding climate change may not be so different; the world gets richer and must accept some diffuse costs. Those may be modest overall, but cause all manner of unpredictable effects with which policymakers must cope. In the case of the China Shock, our faith in a growing pie served us poorly. We’ll need to do better on climate. Leave a comment

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Sep 16 • 4:30 PM EDT • Science • commonplace.org
Sunny, the Obamas’ Portuguese water dog, dies at 13

Sunny, the Portuguese water dog who romped into the White House at the start of President Barack Obama’s second term and injected the mansion with playful — at times, too playful — energy, has died. She was 13.

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Sep 16 • 1:30 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
A feature of the Obama White House, Sunny dies at 14

(CNN) — Sunny, the Portuguese water dog who romped into the White House at the start of President Barack Obama’s second term and injected the mansion with playful — at

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Sep 16 • 1:30 PM EDT • Politics • kten.com
Surviving the battle within: Alabama combat veteran shares mental health journey for Suicide Prevention Month

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, which is a time when mental health professionals and advocates push to break the silence around a crisis that claims thousands of lives each year.

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Sep 16 • 9:08 AM EDT • Health • waff.com
The public health insurance option isn't the great choice you think it is

Moderate Democrats have frequently been returning to an old Obamacare debate-era proposal called the public option. They often label it “Medicare for all who want it” in order to piggyback off the better known single-payer proposal. Those who desire reform but get anxious about a universal and single-payer insurance system dubbed “Medicare for All” understandably […]

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Sep 16 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • minnesotareformer.com
Alabama Department of Public Health improperly reimbursed $28M in federal vaccine program, audit finds

$27.94 million of the ADPH’s reimbursements over a five-year period had inadequate documentation or were unrelated to contract purposes.

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Sep 16 • 6:23 AM EDT • Health • aldailynews.com
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This $25 charging cable has no business doing this much

100W power meets everyday carry.

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Sep 16 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • mashable.com
Florida State Volleyball Splits Matches; Prepares for Gators

Florida State volleyball got swept by FIU, then swept North Alabama. With conference play fast approaching, Florida State turns its attention to the No.10 Florida Gators.

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Sep 16 • 12:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
FSU’s Path to Beating Alabama Offensively Starts in the Trenches

Florida State’s rematch with Alabama starts in the trenches, where improved run blocking has helped Ousmane Kromah emerge as a dynamic weapon.

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Sep 15 • 8:08 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Alabama’s Defense Is Becoming the Identity Kalen DeBoer Needs

Alabama’s defense has needed only two games so far to turn a preseason theory into the clearest part of Kalen DeBoer’s 'dream' team. The Crimson Tide entered 2026 expecting a developing offense to need some level of patience. Questions surrounding Alabama’s next quarterback and the offensive line rebuild under Adrian Klemm made that pressure quite …

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Sep 15 • 4:41 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
16th Street Baptist Church marks bombing anniversary with a new visitor center

Hundreds of people gathered at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, to mark the 63rd anniversary of the 1963 bombing.

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Sep 15 • 4:41 PM EDT • Politics • clickorlando.com
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Dickson Agu Recognized as a Comeback Player of the Week

The linebacker had 14 tackles in Tulane's win over South Alabama.

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Sep 15 • 2:15 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Alabama flag football rankings: USA TODAY Sports Super 10, Week 4

Although Central's winning streak came to an end, it remains in the top spot in the Alabama rankings this week.

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Sep 15 • 1:34 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
BCA launches 'Coach Means Business' effort in support of Tuberville

The Business Council of Alabama on Monday launched a new website and billboard campaign in support of Tommy Tuberville's bid for governor.

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Sep 15 • 7:48 AM EDT • Business • aldailynews.com
Gavin Newsom says he won’t run if Kamala Harris runs in 2028

Gavin Newsom’s pledge came as a shock to Tapper, as many have speculated that Newsom was preparing to run in a potential 2028 presidential bid.

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Sep 14 • 8:24 PM EDT • Politics • desertsun.com
FSU athletics in upheaval, and Alabama has been there

Florida State is changing athletic directors again, and that's one carousel Alabama athletics is glad to be off of.

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Sep 14 • 3:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
TROY School of Nursing awarded two grants through Governor Ivey’s rural healthcare program

Troy University’s School of Nursing has received two grants totaling $178,070 as part of the first awards announced under Governor Kay Ivey’s Alabama Rural Health Transformation Program. The awards, announced Aug. 24, are among 138 grants statewide totaling more than $144 million. The program is supported by a $203.4 million first-year federal Rural Health Transformation...Read More

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Sep 14 • 11:42 AM EDT • Health • today.troy.edu
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Alabama health officials urge residents to stay alert amid rabies cases

The Alabama Department of Public Health is reminding residents to take precautions against rabies following a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Sep 14 • 11:30 AM EDT • Health • abc3340.com
Where does Kentucky rank in week two SEC power rankings?

The Kentucky football team dropped their game against Alabama on Saturday? Where does that put them in this week's SEC power rankings?

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Sep 14 • 11:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Alabama Has One Obvious Trap Game on its Schedule

The Alabama Crimson Tide are about to have some tough matchups on hand, but there is one obvious trap game looming.

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Sep 14 • 9:41 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
From Alabama to the world: UA helps businesses grow through exporting

The Alabama International Trade Center helps Alabama businesses with consulting, training and securing funding to begin exporting.

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Sep 14 • 9:30 AM EDT • Business • news.ua.edu
FSU vs. Alabama lands among Week 3’s most intriguing matchups

On3’s Wilson Alexander ranked Florida State’s road matchup against Alabama as the No. 6 game to watch in Week 3 of the college football season.

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Sep 14 • 7:02 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
50 days until 2026 Alabama election: Latest on polls, fundraising, political fights and key races

Alabama's statewide races are taking shape around data centers, residency challenges, and voter turnout.

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Sep 14 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • al.com
Alabama Democrats have had a few good weeks. But political gravity is tough.

Tommy Tuberville seems increasingly likely to need all of the Alabama GOP's advantages in the state. But they should be enough for him.

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Sep 14 • 5:59 AM EDT • Politics • alabamareflector.com
3 Things Seminoles Must Do to Beat Alabama, Redefine Season

Florida State enters Week 3 as a 17.5-point underdog against Alabama, but the Seminoles have a chance to flip the script. If FSU wants its “Why not us?” moment, three things must change.

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Sep 14 • 2:34 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
3 Alabama Defensive Stats That Should Worry Florida State

Coming off a bye week, coach Mike Norvell is putting his team through its paces as they prepare for what could be the most talented and dominating defense they will face all season.

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Sep 14 • 2:29 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Obama says Democrats should have a ‘very clear plan’ on AI policy

Researchers at AI companies have been warning about safety risks and industry leaders have called for a slowdown in development.

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Sep 13 • 5:56 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Kentucky loses, but SEC gains in US LBM Coaches Poll

The Kentucky football team played well in the first half, but ultimately fell to Alabama. They didn't gain any votes, but the rest of the SEC gained.

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Sep 13 • 5:17 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Former Alabama defender injured in 2026 season opener

Fitzpatrick was traded to the New York Jets following a second stint with the Miami Dolphins.

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Sep 13 • 2:26 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Political debate over AI intensifies amid warnings about ‘catastrophic risk’

(CNN) — The debate around artificial intelligence is ramping up in Washington, with Democratic lawmakers sounding alarms on the dangers they say the technology poses and Republican leaders suggesting those concerns are inflated and secondary to winning the AI race with China.Some Democratic lawmakers last week pressured House Speaker Mike Johnson to reconvene the chamber immediately to work on AI regulation, citing what they describe as the “catastrophic risk posed by advanced artificial intelligence.” But the Louisiana Republican on Sunday resisted those calls, instead saying industry leaders should meet with lawmakers to find “balance” in any potential guardrails.“If Congress just races in and does some sort of emergency session to try to regulate AI, we will lose the race to China, and that is a threat to every single American,” Johnson said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”Meanwhile, former President Barack Obama told Democrats to make artificial intelligence regulation a central part of their agenda during a private fundraiser Thursday, warning that the technology could be dangerous “if we don’t get on top of it.”In a fireside chat with House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Obama said whoever runs in the 2028 presidential election should have a “very clear plan” on AI, adding that he saw the need for a “blueprint” on AI guardrails even at the end of his presidency a decade ago.“Certainly, if I were running for president next year, this would be one of my central agendas, and I would have a very clear plan, and I would talk about this, and I would say, ‘Here’s our plan for safety, here’s our plan for making sure our kids are not corrupted by this,’” he said, per excerpts of the remarks provided to CNN by his office. Obama’s remarks were first reported by the New York Times.Concerns over the rapid acceleration of AI reached a fever pitch after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wrote in a 3,800-word essay Saturday that the race to develop artificial intelligence is in dire need of a slowdown. The call to action came after an OpenAI test model breached the Hugging Face online platform, deepening concerns about cybersecurity.In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Saturday, Amodei called on industry leaders to work together to avoid “the wrong paths” and the possibility of AI harming humanity.One Anthropic researcher, Jacob Coxon, resigned from the firm over worries that the industry wasn’t doing enough to prevent AI from destroying humanity by the end of the decade.Obama said Democrats need a plan to get their agenda on AI underway should they win the House majority in this year’s midterms.Speaking to Jeffries, who is presumed to be speaker of the House should Democrats prevail in November, Obama said, “Once you are speaker, I would strongly urge that the Democrats put together a framework for a very public conversation, and you can break it out into three or four or five issues.”Obama stressed that the framework should be centered on the reality that the technology can’t be stuffed “back into a box.”“This is something that is moving very fast in private hands, and if we don’t get on top of it, I think can be dangerous. If we do get on top of it, I do think it’s beneficial,” Obama said, laying out examples of AI’s potential use in drug development and finding pathways to a clean energy future.“We don’t want to shut off those opportunities, but we have to understand that this is a tool,” he said.Jeffries agreed with the former president in a statement provided to CNN on Sunday.“President Obama is correct that decisive action must be taken on Artificial Intelligence,” he said, adding, “In the majority, we will move urgently on this issue with a legislative response that recognizes the importance of American companies continuing to lead in the Artificial Intelligence area, while putting in place meaningful guardrails that protect the American people from bad actors and the very real damage that can be done to humanity.”Jeffries also accused Republicans of having “abdicated their responsibility to govern” and said Democrats “will not repeat their error.”A source familiar with Obama’s thinking said the former president sees Amodei’s letter and similar reaction from other tech moguls as an encouraging development.But President Donald Trump waved off their concerns, saying he is not worried about any existential threat posed by AI, focusing instead on the US winning in its development of the technology over China.“We’re leading China in AI. We’re the most sophisticated country in the world, and frankly, I want to keep it that way,” Trump said to reporters at the Amgen Irish Open on Sunday.About the concerns expressed by Democrats and others over the technology, the president said, “I think you have a lot of negative forces that are bringing it up that shouldn’t be bringing it up, and they’re bringing up things that won’t happen.”One of Trump’s top economic advisers, Kevin Hassett, also rejected the calls for slowing the technology down, saying on Sunday the bigger concern is a scenario in which a “malevolent actor has access to an AI that’s better than the one we have that can protect us.”Hassett, the National Economic Council director, said on “State of the Union” the White House may hold meetings this week about addressing Amodei’s concerns, but he did not specify whether Trump had floated greater safeguards.“I have concerns that if we don’t win AI, we’re going to be put in a very bad position,” Hassett said. “We are leading China right now.”CNN’s Alison Main and Molly English contributed to this report.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.​THE-CNN-WIRE (TM) & © 2026 CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC., A TIME WARNER COMPANY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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Sep 13 • 1:22 PM EDT • Politics • applevalleynewsnow.com
Initial Impressions from the Kentucky game

Alabama overcame a rough start to dominate on the road.

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Sep 13 • 9:29 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Gartner says 58% of finance teams now use AI

A Gartner survey cited by CFO Dive reports 58% of finance teams use AI in 2024. For CFO ops, the next work is ROI, cost controls and governance.

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Sep 13 • 7:28 AM EDT • Business • marketscale.com
Microsoft’s supply chain AI agents now factor carbon into routing

SupplyChainBrain reports Microsoft is deploying AI agents for supply chain planning, weighing cost, speed and carbon in routing recommendations.

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Sep 13 • 6:27 AM EDT • Business • marketscale.com
Will Stein defends Kenny Minchey after struggles vs. Alabama

Kenny Minchey struggled to find consistency as Alabama rallied in the second half to defeat Kentucky at Kroger Field.

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Sep 13 • 6:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Obama Urges Democrats to Move A.I. Oversight to the Center of Their Agenda

During a private fund-raiser, the former president warned that the technology could be “dangerous” if not managed urgently and with a clear plan.

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Sep 13 • 12:03 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
How Alabama survived disastrous start in comeback Kentucky win

Kalen DeBoer acknowledged the obvious after Alabama beat Kentucky.

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Sep 12 • 8:47 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Alabama Football vs Kentucky: Second Half Open Thread

The Wildcats capitalize on 3 turnovers and 7 penalties to take a 17-13 lead at the half.

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Sep 12 • 5:44 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Alabama, Kentucky trade pick-sixes to start Saturday’s game

Alabama and Kentucky traded pick-sixes to start Saturday's game in Lexington.

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Sep 12 • 4:44 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Greene: Sherri Shepherd to play Genie in Broadway’s ‘Aladdin.’ Was Michelle Obama busy?

Sherri Shepherd’s turn as the Genie in “Alladin” is the latest example of Broadway watering down its product with celebrity casting stunts.

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Sep 12 • 2:49 PM EDT • Entertainment • nydailynews.com
SEC Experts Have Clean Sweep in Alabama-Kentucky Game Prediction

Multiple experts from the SEC have made it a clean sweep in predictions for the Alabama game against Kentucky.

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Sep 12 • 12:23 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
College football Saturday open thread

A much better slate of games on tap today, capped by Ohio State/Texas tonight. Some games I’ll be keeping an eye on: NoonOklahoma vs. MichiganWake Forest vs. PurdueOregon vs. Oklahoma StateArizona State vs. Texas A&MApp State vs. ECU 3:30Alabama vs. KentuckyUCF vs. PittArizona vs. BYUCal vs. Syracuse 6 p.m. or laterMemphis vs. Boise StateTennessee vs. […]

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Sep 12 • 11:50 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Wake Up! Week 2 Viewing Guide and Morning Open Thread

Some morning action for you before Alabama kicks off.

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Sep 12 • 9:57 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Alabama State football vs Troy live updates: Highlights and analysis

Alabama State football will aim to make history when it plays Troy in its last non-conference game. Follow along for live updates and highlights.

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Sep 12 • 7:01 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Up, up, and away: Are double-digit health insurance rate increases ahead?

The Sunshine State also led the nation in the number of people who fell off Obamacare plans last year.

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Sep 12 • 6:30 AM EDT • Health • floridapolitics.com
Kentucky vs Alabama live updates: Score, highlights, analysis

Kentucky football takes on Alabama today in the first conference matchup of the year. Follow along for live score updates, highlights, and analysis.

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Sep 12 • 6:02 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
SBJ's Tech Awards: Winners Span Data, Performance, Fan Access

SBJ's fourth annual SBA: Tech awards named winners in AI, performance, fan experience and venue tech.

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Sep 11 • 9:55 PM EDT • Entertainment • marketscale.com
Pre-World Cup Forecast Projected $135M in Lost Naming-Rights Value

A June 2026 Navigate analysis projected up to $135M in lost naming-rights media value at U.S. World Cup stadiums, ahead of the tournament.

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Sep 11 • 8:55 PM EDT • Entertainment • marketscale.com
Kentucky vs Alabama: Predicting the week two winner

Kentucky vs Alabama kicks off on Saturday at 3:30 P.M ET on ABC. Here is my final thoughts on the game and prediction.

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Sep 11 • 4:06 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Alabama Politics This Week with Dale Jackson & Mecca Musick
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Sep 11 • 3:52 PM EDT • Politics • rocketcitynow.com
Big Law Moves to Meet Demand for Nonprofit, Business Litigation Work in Atlanta, Raleigh

Firms also added a mergers and acquisitions attorney in Nashville and a former federal prosecutor for white-collar work in Alabama.

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Sep 11 • 3:51 PM EDT • Business • law.com
College Football 27 predicts Alabama vs. Kentucky in Week 2

Alabama and Kentucky meet this Saturday to open SEC conference play. Here is who the College Football 27 video game predicts to win.

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Sep 11 • 12:35 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Boycott launched against American Diabetes Association includes journal

Trump's $500 Obamacare promise, childhood cancer treatment with long-term risks, and more health news

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Sep 11 • 7:43 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com
Greenbrier Commerce Center Adds 262,880 Square Feet Of Industrial Space

Colliers | Alabama will serve as the exclusive landlord representative for Greenbrier Commerce Center, a 262,880-square-foot Class A industrial development

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Sep 11 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • huntsvillebusinessjournal.com
Rhett Marques pledges business support in AL-02 race

Marques said he will pass laws like exempting credit card transactions from sales taxes to help businesses succeed.

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Sep 11 • 5:57 AM EDT • Business • alabamareflector.com
Pollstar names winners of 2026 Excellence in Concessions Awards

Pollstar published its 2026 Excellence in Concessions Awards on Sept. 2, recognizing venue food, beverage and hospitality programs across the U.S.

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Sep 11 • 12:55 AM EDT • Entertainment • marketscale.com
Alabama HC Sent Clear Message to Team Before Kentucky Game

Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Kalen DeBoer sent a message to his team on where to improve heading into the matchup with Kentucky.

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Sep 10 • 3:53 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Could Backup QB Marshall Salvage the Seminoles Season?

After two games, a quarterback change is needed at Florida State. Coach Mike Norvell should call Malachi Marshall's number, and take advantage of the upcoming bye week to get Marshall prepped and ready to take on No. 12 Alabama on Sep. 19.

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Sep 10 • 3:12 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump to give $500 refunds to nearly 1 million Obamacare customers

The refunds comes ahead of the November midterms where high health costs are expected to play a factor.

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Sep 10 • 3:09 PM EDT • Health • politico.com
Trump to send $500 rebate checks to nearly one million Obamacare enrollees

A day after promising to send $5,000 dividend payments to all Americans, President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he would distribute $500 rebate checks to nearly one million Affordable Care Act enrollees in 30 states.

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Sep 10 • 1:46 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Kentucky Opens SEC Play Against Alabama

The Will Stein era got off to a great start in his Kentucky debut this past Saturday with a 32-point win over Youngstown State. The Penguins came into that game ranked seventh in FBS football. This Saturday, the Wildcats remain at home; however, they start SEC play. They'll do so with a bang as one …

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Sep 10 • 1:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Alabama Adds UAB Transfer With Unusual Path to Tuscaloosa

The Alabama Crimson Tide make an unusual late-season addition ahead of Week 2's matchup against SEC-rival Kentucky.

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Sep 10 • 12:44 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Week 3 Alabama high school football schedule
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Sep 10 • 12:08 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump promises $500 Obamacare rebate checks for 1M enrollees in 30 states

The White House alleges they were overcharged by the Biden administration for exchange fees

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Sep 10 • 11:05 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Trump promises $500 Obamacare rebate checks for 1M enrollees in 30 states

The White House alleges they were overcharged by the Biden administration for exchange fees

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Sep 10 • 11:05 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
ESPN Weighs in on Alabama's Chances Against Kentucky

ESPN has weighed in with a matchup predictor prediction for the Alabama Crimson Tide against Kentucky.

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Sep 10 • 10:07 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kentucky vs Alabama: Defensive X-Factors in week two

Kentucky hosts Alabama on Saturday for a big conference clash. We look at potential defensive X-factors and who can make an impact in this game.

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Sep 10 • 9:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kentucky vs Alabama: Offensive X-Factors in week two

With Alabama coming to Lexington for a conference clash with Kentucky, we take a look at offensive X-factors in what could be a high scoring game.

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Sep 10 • 8:44 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Does Kentucky Have Any Chance to Upset Alabama?

Let’s get one thing out of the way. Alabama should beat Kentucky. The Crimson Tide are around 10.5-point favorites , have considerably more talent and looked dominant in their 48-10 Week 1 victory over East Carolina. But does Kentucky have a chance? Absolutely. Make Keelon Russell Look Young This is the biggest key. Keelon Russell…

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Sep 9 • 1:41 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Why pro athletes like Mo Bamba, Tom Brady and Lewis Hamilton are opening sports card shops

Mo Bamba, Cooper Flagg, Tom Brady and Lewis Hamilton are all opening card shops as athletes become more ingrained in the hobby.

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Sep 9 • 12:01 PM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
USA TODAY Sports Super 10 Alabama flag football rankings, Week 3

With Alabama flag football season in full swing, see the teams who have jumped to impressive starts.

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Sep 9 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
ASL Environmental Sciences Brings ADCP Training To PRODIGY Field School

ASL Environmental Sciences equipped graduate students with hands-on ADCP mooring experience at the 2026 PRODIGY field school in Bamfield, British Columbia, covering the full cycle from mooring design and deployment to data analysis. The company plans continued involvement through 2028.

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Sep 9 • 9:08 AM EDT • Science • oceannews.com
Fishing the Good Fight supports men facing mental health challenges

Former University of Alabama football player Jennings Hester founded the nonprofit Fishing the Good Fight to provide men with mental health support through fly fishing retreats and community activities.

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Sep 9 • 6:30 AM EDT • Health • roughdraftatlanta.com
Ricky Bromberg, President of Alabama's oldest business + Bham civic leader, dies at 67

💔 BHAM LOSES A BELOVED LEADER: Ricky Bromberg, President of Bromberg & Co. passed away September 2 at 67. He spent his life showing up for customers, community, and everyone lucky enough to know him.

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Sep 8 • 3:53 PM EDT • Business • bhamnow.com
Scripps Sports Expands Nashville Predators Television Coverage to Seven Additional Markets Across Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama

Multi-Year Media Rights Agreement Brings Predators Hockey to Broader Regional Audience With Comprehensive Broadcast Package

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Sep 8 • 3:00 PM EDT • Sports • nhl.com
Health: The Fight For The Health Of 9/11 First Responders

A quarter century after 9/11, the health of those who responded to the attacks continues to be affected.Some 3,000 people died across three locations that day. An estimated 400,000 people were exposed to toxic contaminants and risked physical injury in the hours and days that followed. That’s according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Since the dust and debris have settled, more than 96,000 have been diagnosed with physical and mental health conditions related to 9/11.In 2010, President Barack Obama signed the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, establishing the World Trade Center Health Program and reopening the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund. Today, more than 150,000 people are enrolled in the program.But that program wouldn’t exist without the advocacy of survivors and first responders who put their bodies and lives on the line following the attacks. How did that fight for care unfold?For more information about the Rutgers WTC Health Program, click here. And to learn more about applying, click here.Find more of our programs online. Listen to 1A sponsor-free by signing up for 1A+ at plus.npr.org/the1a.

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Sep 8 • 1:07 PM EDT • Health • npr.org
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Auburn launches new AI course for business leaders in Birmingham

As AI (artificial intelligence) becomes increasingly integrated into our everyday lives, it's transforming everything from the way we search for information

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Sep 8 • 10:47 AM EDT • Business • thebamabuzz.com
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President of one of Alabama’s oldest businesses dead at 67: ‘A true Southern gentleman’

Founded in 1836, the Alabama company is the oldest family-owned retailer in the U.S.

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Sep 8 • 9:05 AM EDT • Business • al.com
Alabama Department of Mental Health highlights life-saving resources for Prevention, Recovery Months

This September, the Alabama Department of Mental Health and statewide partners are working to raise awareness, fight stigma, and share life-saving resources.

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Sep 8 • 7:21 AM EDT • Health • fox10tv.com
Alabama Department of Mental Health highlights life-saving resources for Prevention, Recovery Months

This September, the Alabama Department of Mental Health and statewide partners are working to raise awareness, fight stigma, and share life-saving resources.

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Sep 8 • 7:21 AM EDT • Health • wdbj7.com
Alabama Department of Mental Health highlights life-saving resources for Prevention, Recovery Months

This September, the Alabama Department of Mental Health and statewide partners are working to raise awareness, fight stigma, and share life-saving resources.

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Sep 8 • 7:21 AM EDT • Health • live5news.com
Alabama Department of Mental Health highlights life-saving resources for Prevention and Recovery Months

This September, the Alabama Department of Mental Health and statewide partners are working to raise awareness, fight stigma, and share life-saving resources.

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Sep 8 • 7:13 AM EDT • Health • wsfa.com
Trump's beef import plan draws criticism from Alabama organizations, politicians

The president's move, which he said aimed to reduce prices, drew rare rebukes from state organizations generally supportive of him.

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Sep 8 • 6:01 AM EDT • Politics • alabamareflector.com
Alabama representative criticizes ongoing prison mental health litigation

Rep. Chris England, D-Tuscaloosa wants information on how much it would cost to settle the ongoing case against continuing to pursue it in court.

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Sep 8 • 5:57 AM EDT • Health • alabamareflector.com
Detroit's Labor Day misses headliners like Clinton and Obama. Will they return?

The Labor Day parade in Detroit "doesn't seem like it's a priority anymore, for labor or for potential headliners," consultant Adrian Hemond said.

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Sep 7 • 4:12 PM EDT • Politics • detroitnews.com