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Blountsville Podcaster Preaching End Times Dies by Suicide During Arrest on Child Sex Charges
BLOUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A Blountsville man who hosted a Christian podcast focused on End Times prophecy and moral renewal took his own life Wednesday morning as Blount County sheriff’s deputies moved in to arrest him on child sex charges. Richard Anthony Yuhas, 58, died at his home on U.S. 231 in Blountsville about 9 a.m.…
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State-Sanctioned Canceling: How Kirk’s Death Fueled a New Wave of Employer Firings
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A former University of Alabama instructor’s lawsuit over a Facebook post about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has become a flashpoint in a national trend: more than 600 people have been fired or punished for social media posts about Kirk’s death, and many are now winning settlements or reinstatements in…
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Greene County Suspends Ambulance Service as Rural Alabama EMS Teeters
GREENE COUNTY, Ala. — Greene County has suspended its county-run ambulance service, the latest breakdown in a rural emergency care system that leaders warn is failing across Alabama’s Black Belt. The suspension comes as neighboring Pickens County moves to stabilize its own service with voter-approved funding, underscoring how uneven local support is leaving some communities…
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Breeze Airways Brings Cheap, Convenient Nonstops to Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Travelers at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport now have a new way to reach Florida and North Carolina without connections, as Breeze Airways began twice-weekly nonstop service July 3 with introductory fares as low as $49. The Utah-based carrier launched flights between Birmingham and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Birmingham and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, operating…
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Former Casino Boat ‘Argosy VI’ Sunk to Expand Alabama’s Artificial Reef Zone
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. — A former Ohio River casino riverboat that once billed itself as the world’s largest was intentionally sunk off Alabama’s Gulf Coast this week to become one of the state’s biggest artificial reefs, adding to a program that dates to the 1950s and now spans more than 1,100 square miles of offshore…
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AI-Generated Hoax Claims Alabama Weeklies were Bought and Shut Down
BOSTON — An investigation by Nieman Journalism Lab, an AI watchdog group, found that an AI-generated site circulated a fabricated story claiming a company had bought and shuttered dozens of small Alabama newspapers, a false narrative that briefly spread across social platforms and content-aggregation services. A fake story circulating online claimed that 1819 News had…
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