Hurricane Sally swamps U.S. Gulf Coast with massive floods and 'unreal' rain
Hurricane Sally uprooted trees, flooded streets and cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses on Wednesday as it brought what the U.S. National Hurricane Center called "historic and catastrophic" flooding to the Alabama-Florida coast. Sally, which made landfall early Wednesday near Gulf ...
Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa announces he's entering 2020 NFL Draft
Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa put an end to the initial question about his future, announcing Monday that he is entering the NFL Draft and closing the book on a college career that began with a splash and ended with a devastating injury. Now the questions ...
An Alabama woman who joined the Islamic State group in Syria won't be allowed to return to the United States with her toddler son because she is not an American citizen, the U.S. said on Wednesday. Her lawyer is challenging that claim. In a brief ...
Airbus spends $300 million on new Alabama plant for A220 jetliner
Airbus SE expanded its industrial presence in the United States on Wednesday, starting construction on a new assembly plant for the Canadian developed A220 jetliner, 18 months after agreeing to buy the plane in the midst of a U.S.-Ottawa trade dispute. The European plane-maker said ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Alabama arch-conservative's victory seen putting establishment Republicans on notice
The anti-establishment wave that propelled Donald Trump to the White House is developing into a political force that perhaps even the president cannot control and could shake his Republican Party ahead of next year's congressional elections. That became clear on Tuesday night when Trump's favored ...
College Football Playoff needs to expand to be fair
Now, more than ever, it's time for the U.S. College Football Playoff field to expand to six, possibly even eight teams. Up from its present four. The mess that was this year's CFP selection process demands it. For the uninitiated, here's how the loopy thing works. A 12-person ...
A major storm system brought a mix of bad weather on Tuesday to much of the central United States, with a band of tornadoes downing trees in Alabama and Mississippi and heavy snow blanketing the northern Midwest. The National Weather Service said eight tornadoes had ...
Criteria for College Football Playoff too convoluted
The more things change in the chase for the U.S. collegiate football title, the more they stay the same. Yes, we now have the College Football Playoff — CFP — in place of the old BCS (Bowl Championship Series) setup. But the often dubious selection methodology ...
College football fanatic delivers predictions for upcoming season
Donning his favorite turban — the one adorned with a replica ruby — MASwami gazes into his New York City souvenir snow globe and reveals his "Pigskin Prognostications" for the upcoming college football season. ■ Ohio State will reach the final four if it can ...
