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A proposal to authorize a state lottery and allow casinos with slot machines and video poker, but not table games, at seven sites in the state remains stalled in the Alabama Legislature but could get another vote in the session's final three days.

It's Springtime and beautiful greenery and plants are growing and blooming all around.

The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday declined to reconsider a controversial ruling that said frozen embryos are considered children under a state law. Justices in a 7-2 decision without comment rejected a request to revisit the ruling that drew international attention and prompted fertility clinics to cease services earlier this year. Alabama justices in February ruled that three couples could pursue wrongful death lawsuits for their "extrauterine children" after their frozen embryos were destroyed in an accident at a storage facility.

NASA is counting down the hours before Monday night's planned liftoff of an Atlas-V rocket, built in Alabama. The launch vehicle is carrying Boeing's new Starliner space capsule with two astronauts on board. This is the first time since Project Gemini in the 1960's that people have flown on a rocket built for unmanned missions. Gemini paved the way to the Apollo moon landings. NASA is interested in the mission since the new vehicle represents another way to get crew members to and from the International Space Station. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson says everything about this mission blazes a new trail for the agency…

This week, Don reviews Salvage This World by Michael Farris Smith. For centuries, prophets of various kinds have been telling us we live in the end times.

Two veterans from NASA's space shuttle program are within hours from a historic blastoff involving a rocket built in Alabama. The Atlas five is set to carry a new space capsule called Starliner. NASA is interested in the mission since the new vehicle represents another way to get crew members to and from the International Space Station. Astronaut pilot Sunita Williams* says tonight's planned liftoff try is a step-by-step process for her and the launch team…

The labor and employment law firm Duddy, Goodwin & Pollard studied workplace racism over fourteen years.

Updated May 07, 2024 at 11:40 AM ET NEW YORK — Stormy Daniels, also known as Stephanie Clifford, is now on the witness stand, testifying in the criminal trial against former President Donald Trump.

Fans of University of Alabama football are mourning the loss of former star player Hootie Ingram. It's what he did off the field that may be his greatest accomplishment. As Athletic Director, Ingram hired coach Gene Stallings who led Alabama to the 1992 national championship. It was the Crimson Tide's first college football title since the departure of legendary coach Bear Bryant. During his days as an Alabama player, Ingram was a defensive back who led the nation with ten interceptions when he was a sophomore in 1952. He later spent three years as head coach at Clemson before coming back to the Crimson Tide as Athletic Director.

Two NASA astronauts may have to wait ten days before blasting off aboard a rocket built in Decatur. NASA and Boeing say they're are rolling the Atlas five carrying the new Starliner space capsule off the launch pad for repairs. A faulty valve prompted launch managers to cancel Monday night's liftoff. The part will need to be replaced. Steve Stitch heads up NASA's commercial launch effort. He spoke with reporters before the launch scrub. Stitch says NASA hired Boeing to build another way to get crew members to and from the International Space Station.