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A minor league baseball team in Alabama has changed its name to the Rocket City Trash Pandas following months of brainstorming. News outlets report the Mobile BayBears will take on the new moniker when the team moves to Madison, a Huntsville suburb. The owner of ...
Alabama man fined $1,500 for touching endangered Hawaiian monk seal and harassing sea turtle
An Alabama man was fined $1,500 for touching a Hawaiian monk seal as well as harassing a sea turtle on Kauai, and then posting the videos on social media. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, said the Alabama resident, who was vacationing on ...
Raid to save 11 starving kids at New Mexico desert compound opens tale of guns and exorcism
A raid on a New Mexico desert compound turned up 11 children wearing rags and living in filth, and also broke open a bizarre tale of guns, exorcism, and a search for a missing young boy who suffers from seizures and is nowhere to ...
China tried to step up pressure on Washington in their growing tariff war Thursday by suggesting U.S. companies lobby American leaders, while a South Korean union warned President Donald Trump's threat of higher auto import duties could lead to job losses in Alabama. Beijing and ...
Toyota Motor Corp. announced Thursday that it will invest $170 million and add 400 jobs at its Mississippi assembly plant as it shifts some production of the Corolla sedan from Canada. The company said it will retool the Blue Springs plant beginning later this year ...
With room to expand, giant Toyota-Mazda plant signals big win for U.S. Southeast
The prized $1.6 billion car factory awarded to Alabama by Toyota Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp. could be an even bigger win than expected, as the site's size leaves plenty of room for future expansions. The 2,500-acre (1,000-hecatre) Huntsville location announced Wednesday is more ...
$1.6 billion Toyota-Mazda plant employing 4,000 to be built in Alabama: source
Japanese automakers Toyota and Mazda have picked Alabama as the site of a new $1.6 billion (¥179.2 billion) joint-venture auto manufacturing plant, a person briefed on the decision said Tuesday. The plant will employ about 4,000 people and will be built in the Huntsville area ...
To add another championship to the greatest dynasty college football has ever seen, Alabama turned to its quarterback of the future, and Tua Tagovailoa proved that his time is now. The freshman quarterback, who had played mostly mop-up duty this season, came off the bench ...
Trump faces perilous political reality in aftermath of Alabama election upset
President Donald Trump faced a new, more perilous political reality Wednesday, after a stunning Democratic victory at the polls in America's deeply conservative South threw the depth and breadth of his support into serious doubt. Doug Jones' win in a special Senate race in Alabama ...
Democrats smell blood and bask in Alabama poll win as Republicans point fingers at Steve Bannon
Democrats said on Wednesday their U.S. Senate victory in Alabama could lead to a sweeping comeback for the party in 2018 elections, while Republicans sought to assess blame for a defeat in one of the country's most conservative states. Doug Jones, a Democrat and former ...
In a stunning victory aided by scandal, Democrat Doug Jones won Alabama's special Senate election on Tuesday, beating back history, an embattled Republican opponent and U.S. President Donald Trump, who urgently endorsed GOP rebel Roy Moore despite a litany of sexual misconduct allegations. It was ...
