3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (446+ words) WASHINGTON " Federal officers handle security screening at all but a small fraction of U. S. airports, but the Trump administration is hoping to change that. Under the Transportation Security Administration's new program called TSA Gold+, private companies would play a much larger…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago  (781+ words) A yearslong court battle over the 21. 7 million tons of coal ash sitting in one of Alabama's most ecologically sensitive areas will continue after an appeals court ruling handed down Monday. The U. S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a lawsuit by…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (605+ words) Updated May 20, 2026 at 5: 42 PM CDT Elon Musk's Space X is getting ready to break new records on Wall Street " and make one of the world's wealthiest men even wealthier. The space-launch company filed financial information with regulators to pull off…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (324+ words) The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday received its first look at the mayor's proposed $615 million budget, which includes significant funding increases for transportation, violence prevention programs and homeless outreach services. "I'm encouraged as we continue to show what is possible…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1039+ words) On a recent Saturday morning, about 20 participants in a workshop at the North Birmingham Public Library faced an array of simulated disaster-response situations: They raced to assemble survival bags, protect important documents, match precautions to risks and juggle their finances…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago  (745+ words) Elections in the four remaining Alabama districts were postponed to an Aug. 11 special primary while state officials restore a previous set of Republican-drawn district boundaries that eliminates one of the state's two majority-Black U. S. House seats currently held by Democrats. The…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago  (637+ words) OAKLAND, Calif. - A jury in California took less than two hours to decide that Elon Musk waited too long to file a lawsuit against his one-time business partner Sam Altman over the direction he's steered the artificial intelligence company Open…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago  (897+ words) The gathering in Montgomery, Alabama, was put together in response to the U. S. Supreme Court ruling that weakened the Voting Rights Act and the resulting rush by southern states to redraw lines. Speakers said they returned to the city, famous for…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (639+ words) U. S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville insists he's maintained his primary residence in Auburn since at least 2019, not at another home in the Florida panhandle. It's an issue because Tuberville is running for Alabama governor and the state constitution requires candidates to have…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (863+ words) Nearly one year after the state restructured the Birmingham-area water utility, the board over Central Alabama Water met Tuesday in Cleveland, in Blount County, to present a conflicting financial outlook. In a report issued May 11 by S&P Global, the…...