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Hollman Hand ATHENS – Athens is applying for a $200,000 Homeland Security grant for funding of emergency operations and coordination

Texas has the highest number of hospitals receiving warnings citing a lack of pricing information for services. CEO of Direct Care Alliance, David Balat, says it's not they are breaking the law, they're just not complying within specifics of an executive order. "It might be formatting; some things might be missing. They just need to get that cleaned up. I think the warning system is working the way it should." Balat said.

The Morgan County Emergency Management Agency is applying for a roughly $150,000 Homeland Security grant to update the interior and exterior Morgan County Courthouse cameras.

The Limestone County Sheriff's Office has received a $179,590 grant for a tactical response vehicle and equipment for its SWAT team.

Heavy rain and storms could bring flooding and severe weather to the Capital Region and Hudson Valley on Tuesday.

Gatlin Massey Daly ATHENS — Limestone County took another step toward building its new animal shelter this week, approving contracts with an engineering firm and an architectural firm for the project.

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Sunday- German authorities launched an intensive manhunt for Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots. Ballout was killed following a nearly 24-hour search. Prosecutors said he had previously sought to join the militant Islamic State group.

The tech company announced an autonomous agent went'rogue' during a security test and triggered a hack that compromised the infrastructure of the AI start-up Hugging Face. Alata CEO, Matt Rosen, says there was 17,000 attacks and it found its way through the back door. "They went to an Open-Source Chinese Model that doesn't have the same controls, and it was able to help identify and defend the attack." He said.

A new survey shows more employees aren’t willing to leave a job out of fear they will lose health benefits. The findings released by the West Health Gallup Center show 24 percent of Americans- that’s about 23 million adults feel trapped in their occupations – stuck by the rising cost of healthcare.