NASA, artemis 1The launch of NASA’s newest moon rocket has been delayed due to several last minute engine related issues. The 322-foot rocket was set to lift off the morning of Monday, Aug. 29 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with three test dummies aboard on its first flight to propel a capsule into orbit around the moon. Unfortunately,…
medical marijuanaIt wasn’t unanimous last week, and the measure lost a vote on Tuesday but the Tuscaloosa City Council is moving forward with allowing medical marijuana dispensaries within city limits. If the state of Alabama allows for one to be there, that is. “At this point, we’ll just be waiting on more instructions from the state about the specifics of…
It’s been two and a half years since Pickens County Medical Center in Carrollton closed down. Now, area leaders are spearheading an effort to get it reopened. A petition has been making its way around Pickens County since late last week, and local mayors are collecting as many signatures as possible so they can present them to state lawmakers in…
9/25/21 MFB Alabama vs University of Southern Mississippi Alabama quarterback Bryce Young (9) Photo by University of AlabamaWhen the NCAA lifted restrictions on players profiting from their name, image and likeness, it created instant millionaires of elite college football players like Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud and Alabama quarterback Bryce Young. The NIL benefits for individual athletes can have a…
A growing number of scientists is trying to help people reach a goal humans have been chasing throughout history: staying active and vital in old age. They are part of the skyrocketing scientific field of cellular senescence, which is built upon the idea that cells eventually stop dividing. The body removes most of them, but others linger like zombies, not…
BERLIN (AP) – Mikhail Gorbachev was the last leader of the Soviet Union and is for many the man who restored democracy to many European countries under communist rule. He is being saluted as a rare leader who changed the world and for a time brought hope for peace among the superpowers. But the man who died Tuesday in Moscow…
covid vaccineWASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. regulators have authorized updated COVID-19 boosters, the first to directly target today’s most common omicron strain. The move on Wednesday by the Food and Drug Administration tweaks the recipe of shots made by Pfizer and rival Moderna. The hope is that the modified boosters will blunt yet another winter surge. Until now, vaccines have targeted…
trump investigationWASHINGTON (AP) – Obstruction of justice is emerging as a key focus in the Justice Department’s investigation of classified government documents the FBI seized at former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate. The department says classified documents had been “likely concealed and removed” from Mar-a-Lago as part of an effort to obstruct the federal investigation. A court filing made Tuesday…
crime, handcuffsOPELIKA, Ala. (AP) – Authorities say a woman and her former boyfriend are charged with murder in the death of the woman’s 4-month-old son in east Alabama more than two decades ago. Opelika police say 43-year-old Tomeika Hughley and 42-year-old Bobby Beaty were indicted in the death of Jarquavious Hughley. Police say emergency workers found the boy dead when…
nasa moon rocketBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – NASA will try again Saturday to launch its new moon rocket on a test flight. The first attempt on Monday was thwarted by engine trouble. Managers said Tuesday that they are changing fueling procedures to deal with the issue. The 322-foot rocket remains on the pad at…
By SETH BORENSTEIN AND REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The Atlantic hurricane season has been oddly quiet. There’s been a record-tying zero storms formed in August, which normally is the beginning of peak season. What’s really strange is that all the major factors for a busy season are there: warm water, low winds and a La Nina….
By WVUA 23 News Reporter Elise Anzaldua TUSCALOOSA – The Alabama Crimson Tide is getting ready for the big kickoff game Saturday night Sept. 3 against the Utah State Aggies. Some of the biggest changes coming to home game days this year are alcohol sales and cashless payments. UA Events and Transportation Associate Director Nick Frenz said online payment is…
A man accused of multiple sexual assaults near the University of Alabama campus more than 10 years ago is finally behind bars and facing charges. Alexander Velazquez-Hernandez, who was 24 at the time of the crime, is back in Tuscaloosa 13 years after the crimes in which he is accused happened thanks to assistance from federal law enforcement and the…
Tuscaloosa investigators have arrested a man in connection with an early-morning shooting Tuesday at Creekwood Village apartments. Marquis Rayone Brown, 40, is charged with attempted murder after a man was found shot multiple times around 3 a.m. at the apartment complex. The victim was taken to DCH Regional Medical Center, where he remains in critical condition. Brown remains in the…
It’s Game Week! Gary Harris and Rodney Orr discuss Alabama football’s depth chart going into the season. We’ll go into our major takeaways from the Crimson Tide’s list of starters and back-ups. Plus, Alabama’s first opponent Utah State has already played a game, and the Aggies scored an impressive win over Connecticut. We’ll talk about what the Crimson Tide will…
By WVUA 23 News Reporter Gracie Fusco TUSCALOOSA COUNTY – Each year the Freedom Flag Foundation selects one school from each state to host a piece of steel from the former World Trade Center. This year, Taylorville Primary School was selected as the 2022-2023 host for the National Freedom Flag and World Trade Center Steel Educational Project. The Freedom Flag…
movie, filmNEW YORK (AP) – For the first time in three years, the fall movie industrial complex is lurching back into high gear. Festival red carpets are rolled out. Oscar campaigns are primed. Long-awaited blockbusters, like “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “Avatar: The Way of Water,” are poised for big box office. But after the tumult of the pandemic, can…
farm, seeds, landDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – There is a limited amount of farmland, so when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last spring prompted worries that people would go hungry as wheat remained stuck in blockaded ports, there was little U.S. farmers could do to meet the new demand. But that may be changing. Earlier this summer, the U.S. Department of…
babyNEW YORK (AP) – Overwhelming student debt. The climate crisis. Low salaries. Members of the Gen Z and millennial generations cite them all as reasons they don’t want to bear or raise children. Their reluctance has helped drive down the birth rate in the United States. The U.S. birth rate fell 4% in 2020. It was the largest single-year decrease…
abortionDAYTON, OHIO (AP) – With abortion limits enacted or looming nationwide, an Ohio provider has been referring hundreds of patients to its sister clinic in Indianapolis. Their pregnancies exceed Ohio’s six-week limit, passed when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The women are racing a political clock. Indiana recently passed a near-total abortion ban. It takes effect Sept. 15….
wall street, stocksStocks fell again on Wall Street, posting their third loss in a row as traders worry that high interest rates are here to stay for a while. The S&P 500 fell 1.1% Tuesday, bringing its loss in the past three days to 5.1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq also fell. Energy companies fell along with…
NEW YORK (AP) – New York City will begin posting signs proclaiming the iconic tourist destination Times Square as a “Gun Free Zone.” The 25-block business district in the center of Manhattan is arguably the busiest in the United States. Under a sweeping new state gun law that goes into effect Thursday, it would be one of scores of “sensitive”…
Many have cheered the White House proposal to provide student loan debt relief to millions of Americans as a significant step toward addressing the nation’s racial wealth gap and other inequities facing borrowers of color. President Joe Biden said his plan would address the “especially heavy” debt burden felt among Black and Hispanic borrowers. But Black and Hispanic Americans were…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi’s capital city is struggling with multiple water problems – too much on the ground after heavy rainfall in the past week, and not enough safe water coming through the pipes for people to use. Parts of Jackson were without running water Tuesday because flooding worsened problems…
