The Alabama Board of Education has decided to ban in public schools in the state the teaching of Marxist-invented critical race theory, which holds that white people and the nation itself are inherently racist. The moves came as public resistance to critical race theory (CRT) grows and intensifies among parents in communities across the nation…
Alabama Governor Issues Limited State of Emergency Over COVID-19
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday issued a state of emergency as state hospitals face a surge in COVID-19 cases. Ivey issued a limited state of emergency aimed at giving medical providers flexibility on staffing and capacity decisions and easier shipment of emergency equipment and supplies. The Republican governor stressed she would not be issuing…
Lawsuit Filed Over Alabama Interstate Crash That Killed 10
MONTGOMERY, Ala.—The driver of a girl’s home van in which eight children died in a fiery interstate crash in Alabama has filed suit against trucking companies based in California and Georgia and a driver, her lawyers said Monday. The federal lawsuit, which seeks an unspecified amount of money, recounts a desperate attempt by the woman,…
Alabama Health Official Says 65,000 Vaccine Doses Have Gone to Waste
Alabama State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris said Friday that 65,511 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 have gone to waste in the state as it grapples with a surge in cases and seeks to boost vaccine uptake. At a briefing Friday, Harris said the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 daily case graph is “almost vertical…
Deadly Crash Began When Tractor-Trailer Hit Vehicles: Report
MONTGOMERY, Ala.—A crash that killed 10 people—including nine children—on a rain-slicked Alabama interstate happened after a tractor-trailer truck slammed into vehicles that had slowed down because of minor crashes, according to a preliminary report released Tuesday. The National Highway Safety Board’s initial findings on the fiery June 19 crash that involved 12 vehicles present a…
Suspect Arrested in Ambush Killing of Alabama Police Officer
SELMA, Ala.—A man sought in the killing of an Alabama police officer who was gunned down in an ambush while taking a lunch break has been arrested, authorities said Wednesday. Javonte Stubbs, 18, was arrested overnight in the death of Selma Police Officer Marquis Moorer and the wounding of Moorer’s female companion, Dallas County District…
Teaching Critical Race Theory to US Military Puts the World at Risk: Rep. Mo Brooks
Critical race theory “divides people based on … skin pigmentation, or ethnicity, something that people have no control over,” says Republican Congressman for Alabama Mo Brooks. This meets his definition of racism. And with China threatening to “crack the heads” of its enemies, a recent Russian cyberattack on a U.S. pipeline, and terrorist activity rife…
Alabama’s Governor Latest Republican Leader to Implore People to Get COVID-19 Vaccine
Alabama’s Republican governor made a plea for residents to get COVID-19 vaccines and blamed unvaccinated individuals for the rise in cases. “We’ve got to get folks to take the shot,” said Gov. Kay Ivey in a news conference. “Folks are supposed to have common sense. But it’s time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks, not…
Survivor of Wreck That Killed 8: ‘I’m Not Strong. My God Is’
AUBURN, Ala.—A girls home director who was driving a van that crashed in Alabama, killing two of her own children, two nephews, and four other youths, wept Thursday at a remembrance where she said religious faith has sustained her since the wreck. Standing before a crowd of hundreds, Candice Gulley, the only person to survive…
Service Set for 8 Killed in Wreck of Alabama Girls Home Van
AUBURN, Ala.—A remembrance is set for eight young people killed when a van returning to an Alabama girls home after a week at the beach wrecked in a fiery crash during a tropical storm last month. The victims of the 17-vehicle accident, which also killed two other people in a separate car, will be remembered…
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