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How much damage did Hurricane Isaias cause in Florida and Alabama? Four dead, hundreds of thousands without power

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Hurricane Isaias killed four people, damaged buildings, triggered widespread power outages and raised flooding concerns across the Southeast. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Hurricane Isaias left at least four people dead, damaged homes and businesses, and knocked out electricity across parts of the southern United States after making landfall in Florida. Hurricane Isaias killed four people, damaged buildings, triggered widespread power outages and raised flooding concerns across the Southeast. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) The storm weakened … Read more

Amare Woods, Cameron Lewis, Kayla Smith: 3 University of South Alabama students charged over alleged Trump threats on social media

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Three University of South Alabama students face federal charges over alleged social media threats against Trump before his Alabama rally. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Three University of South Alabama students have been arrested and charged with allegedly making threats against President Donald Trump on social media before his campaign rally at the Mobile, Alabama, campus. Three University of South Alabama students face federal charges over alleged social media threats against Trump before his Alabama rally. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) (AP … Read more

In 1994, 100 obsolete battle tanks were sunk off Alabama; three decades later, they remain underwater fish habitat

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Alabama’s 1994 reef program involved sinking 100 battle tanks to create artificial reefs. (AI-generated/ChatGPT)

Battle tanks were built to roll across land, not to rest on the sea floor. Yet in 1994, 100 of them took a one-way trip to the bottom of the ocean off Alabama, and fish were supposed to move in. In 1993, the military needed a way to retire obsolete battle tanks. According to the … Read more

An Alabama man fought a power company over a 74-mile transmission line planned across his 416-acre retirement property; after crews moved within 500 yards, a judge temporarily blocked them from entering

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An Alabama man fought a power company over a 74-mile transmission line planned across his 416-acre retirement property; after crews moved within 500 yards, a judge temporarily blocked them from entering

A landowner in Shelby County, Alabama, has won a temporary court order stopping utility crews from clearing land on his 416-acre retirement property. The order has paused construction work on part of a major regional power project. Circuit Judge Jonathan A. Spann issued a preliminary injunction blocking Alabama Power from entering Fenn Church’s property. The … Read more

An Alabama couple bought 21 acres in Jackson Hole in the 1990s; decades later, their family retreat is asking $40 million

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An Alabama couple bought 21 acres in Jackson Hole in the 1990s; decades later, their family retreat is asking $40 million

PC: LATHAM JENKINS/ The Wall Street Journal An Alabama couple who bought a 21-acre property in Jackson Hole in the 1990s has spent decades turning it into a family retreat with a Western-style lodge, guest cottage and creek and riverfront grounds. Investor Jon Rotenstreich and his wife, Susan, initially lived in the two-bedroom guest cottage … Read more

Alabama has cleared a $2.52 billion federal loan for its largest infrastructure project ever; the new Mobile River bridge aims to end a decades-old bottleneck and reroute hazmat trucks

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Alabama has cleared a $2.52 billion federal loan for its largest infrastructure project ever; the new Mobile River bridge aims to end a decades-old bottleneck and reroute hazmat trucks

A $2.52 billion federal loan has been approved to build the Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project, clearing the way for the largest infrastructure project in Alabama’s history. US Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced the approval of the low-interest loan, which provides key funding for the $4.15 billion project aimed at fixing … Read more

An Alabama developer paid $4.6 million for 65 acres after the city unanimously backed the project; the land will become housing, shops, medical offices and workplaces

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An Alabama developer paid $4.6 million for 65 acres after the city unanimously backed the project; the land will become housing, shops, medical offices and workplaces

An Alabama developer has acquired about 65 acres in Hoover for $4.6 million, securing the remaining land needed for the third phase of Stadium Trace Village, a large mixed-use development that is already reshaping one of the city’s major commercial corridors. Broad Metro LLC completed the purchase on August 17, according to the company and … Read more

In 1912, Alabama monk Brother Joseph Zoettl began recreating landmarks he had mostly never seen; 46 years later, at age 80, he finished the last of 125 miniatures

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In 1912, Alabama monk Brother Joseph Zoettl began recreating landmarks he had mostly never seen; 46 years later, at age 80, he finished the last of 125 miniatures

Alabama monk Brother Joseph Zoettl In 1912, a Bavarian-born Benedictine monk at St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman, Alabama, began building miniature cement copies of some of the world’s best-known religious sites, using postcards, pieces of marble and donated costume jewellery as his main guides. Brother Joseph Zoettl spent the next 46 years turning a four-acre … Read more

In 2002, Alabama architecture students stacked 72,000 worn carpet tiles into the walls of a family home; Rural Studio has now built more than 200 projects

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In 2002, Alabama architecture students stacked 72,000 worn carpet tiles into the walls of a family home; Rural Studio has now built more than 200 projects

A house in Alabama contains walls adorned with 72,000 individual stacked tiles held in compression by a heavy wooden-ring beam. Belonging to the Harris family, the abode contains a bedroom above and a tornado shelter below. The minds behind the idea trace back to Rural Studio, an off-campus design-build program, rooted in Hale County and … Read more

Meet Kinley Rasmus, the 12-year-old Alabama girl who became only the 25th girl to play in the Little League World Series and struck out six batters in a win

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Meet Kinley Rasmus, the 12-year-old Alabama girl who became only the 25th girl to play in the Little League World Series and struck out six batters in a win

Meet Kinley Rasmus, the 12-year-old Alabama girl who became only the 25th girl to play in the Little League World Series Kinley Rasmus entered the Little League World Series with a famous baseball surname and left her own mark on the tournament’s history. The 12-year-old from Phenix City, Alabama, became only the 25th girl to … Read more