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Southern Poverty Law Center to pay anti-extremist U.K. group in settlement
An American liberal watchdog group apologized and will pay more than $3 million under an agreement announced Monday after labeling a British organization and its founder as anti-Muslim extremists. The nonprofit Southern Poverty Law Center of Montgomery issued written and video statements saying it was ...
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 ...
Alabama's choice: Vote for a Democrat or an accused sexual predator
When Alabama voters cast ballots to select a U.S. senator they will face a choice that echoes the country's partisan political divide: elect a Democrat or pick a man accused of preying on teenaged girls. The Republican candidate — backed by U.S. President Donald Trump ...
Embattled Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore led his Democratic opponent by 6 percentage points in a CBS News poll released on Sunday, with most Alabama Republicans saying the allegations of sexual misconduct against him are false. Moore was leading Democrat Doug Jones 49 to ...
Silent for more than a week, President Donald Trump all but endorsed embattled Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore on Tuesday, discounting the sexual assault allegations against him and insisting repeatedly that voters must not support Moore's "liberal" rival. The president said he would announce ...
