Tag: Alabama

US Labor Board Sets Dates for Union Vote at Amazon Warehouse in Alabama

SAN FRANCISCO—The U.S. National Labor Relations Board said on Tuesday that it will send unionization ballots to workers at an Amazon.com Inc. warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama on Feb. 4. Ballots in the election, which is a re-run after the NLRB found Amazon interfered in the vote last year, will be counted starting on March 28,…


Mother, 2 Children Killed in Alabama House Fire

A mother and two school-age children were killed early Monday when fire gutted a home in north Alabama, officials said. Winston County Coroner Tracey Holley said Cara Evans, 44, and her two children, 8-year-old Annabelle and 4-year-old Jacob, died in the blaze, WIAT-TV reported. The cause of the blaze wasn’t immediately known, but photos from…


Overnight Storms Bring Damage to Parts of US South

HAZEL GREEN, Ala.—A line of severe storms damaged homes, knocked out power, and downed trees in parts of the southern United States late Saturday into Sunday morning. Authorities closed roads in Hazel Green, Alabama, after power lines came down and homes suffered damage. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office shared photos online including one of a…


Repeat or Revenge: Alabama vs. Georgia, Again, for CFP Title

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla.—Alabama has a chance to repeat. Georgia has a chance for revenge. The rematch is set, and it will decide the College Football Playoff national championship. After a pair of easy wins in the semifinals on Friday night, the Crimson Tide and the Bulldogs—the only two teams to be ranked No. 1 in…


Breakthrough Bearcats Ready for CFP Semi Against Champ Bama

ARLINGTON, Texas—Cincinnati has heard for more than three weeks about becoming the first non-Power Five team to break into the College Football Playoff, and then what a big underdog the Bearcats are against Alabama. “It’s definitely been a long time, especially, you know, with the nerves or excitement or whatever you may want to call…


Former NFL Player Glenn Foster Dies After Arrest in Alabama

REFORM, Ala.—Alabama authorities are investigating after former NFL player Glenn Foster Jr. died in custody following a high-speed chase that resulted in his arrest and then a fight involving officers in the county jail where he was being held. The 31-year-old former New Orleans Saints player died Monday at a medical facility in Northport, Alabama,…


5 GOP Senators Donate to Opponent of Trump-Endorsed Senate Candidate in Alabama

Five Republican senators donated a total of $25,000 to the Senate campaign of Katie Britt, the primary opponent of the Trump-endorsed Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) Britt served as the chief of staff for Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), whose seat she and Brooks are now vying for. She announced her run for Senate in June, two…


Alabama Woman Accused of Shoplifting at Walmart Awarded $2.1 Million in Damages

An Alabama woman was awarded $2.1 million in damages after filing a lawsuit against Walmart for wrongfully accusing her of shoplifting, in a 2016 incident. A Mobile County jury ruled in favor of Lesleigh Nurse on Nov. 30. Under the lawsuit, Nurse stated that Walmart staff stopped her from leaving a Walmart store with groceries…


Retired Alabama Deputy Killed in Shooting Recalled Fondly

CAMDEN, ALA.—Madison “Skip” Nicholson retired from his job as a deputy with the Wilcox County Sheriff’s Department a couple years ago, but he never really left. He was still around the office many days, partly because he was serving as a constable and serving legal documents in the rural west Alabama county. Nicholson, 78, was…


Alabama Inmate Who Survived Execution Attempt Dies of Cancer

MONTGOMERY, Ala.—An Alabama inmate whose lethal injection was halted because medical staff couldn’t find a suitable vein for the execution has died of natural causes almost four years later, his lawyer said Monday. Doyle Lee Hamm, who was convicted in the slaying of a motel clerk in 1987, died of natural causes on death row,…