Health
Self-Diagnosing: Is It Crohn’s or Just Bad Gas?
It’s easy to run to the internet, get on a search engine and succumb to minutes and hours of searching up what could possibly be wrong. A bad headache and a simple Google search will […]
Articles by Bouldin
Crime
Alabama community mourns after crash kills parents, 8-year-old son, injures 4-year-old
By Carol Robinson An Alabama community is mourning the loss of a mother, father and one of their two children who were killed in a weekend crash in Phenix City. Those killed were Ami Napier, 32, […]
Crime
Alabama A&M campus shooting: 20-year-old arrested after leaving hospital
By William Thornton Huntsville police have arrested a second man in connection with a shooting on the campus of Alabama A&M University last week. On Friday, Christopher Thomas, 20, was booked into the Madison County Jail around […]
Crime
Racist graffiti in Montgomery neighborhood a possible hate crime: ‘I am enraged,’ lawmaker says
By Carol Robinson Vandalism in a Montgomery neighborhood over the weekend is being investigated as a hate crime. Montgomery police were dispatched at 6:40 a.m. Saturday to the 4300 block of Richardson Road, which is in […]
Commentary
Kay Ivey: Promoting students before they can read is a ‘major disservice’
By Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey This is a guest opinion column As Alabama students are beginning the new school year, there is already discussion on the promotion policy included in the Alabama Literacy Act that […]
State News
Workers at northeast Alabama Starbucks strike to protest working conditions
By Amy Yurkanin | A Starbucks in northeast Alabama was closed Sunday after workers there organized a strike to protest working conditions and unfair labor practices, according to a statement released by Starbucks Workers United. Workers […]
National News
Thousands converge on National Mall to mark the March on Washington’s 60th anniversary
By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands converged on the National Mall on Saturday for the 60th anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington, saying a country that remains riven by racial inequality […]
State News
2024 MLB game at Rickwood Field will put ‘millions of eyes on Birmingham’
By Joseph D. Bryant Reif Blue is just as familiar with Rickwood Field as he is with his own house. The old ballpark was the scene of some of his most memorable moments as a student and then […]
Politics
Families feel betrayed by transgender care ruling: ‘I don’t want to feel like I have to leave Alabama’
By Jemma Stephenson and Alabama Reflector When she heard a federal court had allowed Alabama to criminalize medicine for transgender youth, Cardelia Howell-Diamond wanted to cry. Out of anger. “We felt pretty betrayed by the U.S. […]
City News
IRS raises interest rates
By Leada Gore Interest rates charged by the Internal Revenue Service will be increasing Oct. 1. For individuals, the rate for overpayments and underpayments will be 8% per year, compounded daily. Other charges include: For taxpayers […]