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Alabama Power Breach Affects 100,000 Accounts as Cyber Threats Mount
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — About 100,000 Alabama Power customer accounts were affected by unauthorized access to its parent company’s online customer portal, an incident disclosed Monday as national data show thousands of information compromises each year and security officials warn artificial intelligence could accelerate cyberattacks. Southern Company said an unauthorized third party accessed limited information associated…
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Gulf Coast Radar Outage Disrupts Public Weather Data in South Alabama
MOBILE, Ala. — A communications outage that has disrupted public weather-radar data across the Gulf Coast remained unresolved Sunday, leaving south Alabama residents without reliable access to radar imagery as heavy rain and flash-flooding concerns continued. The National Weather Service Mobile/Pensacola office said radar data from the Mobile site, known as KMOB, and the Eglin…
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Alabama Lawsuit Targets Abortion Pill Access
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has joined Louisiana and Arkansas in a new effort to stop health care providers in California, Massachusetts and New York from prescribing and mailing abortion medication to patients in states where abortion is banned, escalating a post-Roe conflict over whether one state’s prohibition can extend across another…
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Ivey Removes Five APT Commissioners After PBS Dispute
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday removed five members of the seven-member Alabama Educational Television Commission, reshaping the governing body of Alabama Public Television days after a state-commissioned survey found broad support for keeping the network’s PBS affiliation. The action is the latest Alabama chapter in a national Republican campaign against public broadcasting,…
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Two Norfolk Southern Trains Derail in Central Alabama in One Day
SPRINGVILLE, Ala. — Two Norfolk Southern freight trains derailed in central Alabama on Thursday — one in Chilton County and another hours later in St. Clair County — disrupting traffic, prompting a precautionary evacuation in Springville and leaving railroad crews with cleanup expected to continue for days. No injuries, hazardous-material releases or immediate threats to…
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Bluff Park Art Show Canceled as Weather Threat Ends 63rd Annual Event
HOOVER, Ala. — The Bluff Park Art Association has canceled Saturday’s 63rd annual Bluff Park Art Show, citing expected weekend weather and safety concerns for artists, visitors, vendors and volunteers. The association announced the cancellation Wednesday, three days before the show was scheduled to run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 3 at Bluff…
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