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Republicans debate ahead of runoff for Alabama congressional seat

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The two Republicans running for Alabama’s redrawn 2nd Congressional District clashed in a debate that aired Monday ahead of next week’s runoff. Dick Brewbaker, a businessman and former state senator, and Caroleene Dobson, an attorney and political newcomer, are vying for the GOP nomination in the April 16 runoff. The winner will face the Democratic nominee …

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Biden could be left off Alabama's general election ballot if key deadline is missed, election official warns

President Biden’s name may not appear on another state’s general election ballot in November after Alabama’s chief election official warned Democrats about missing a key deadline in the state’s election process. In a letter sent Tuesday to officials of both the Alabama Democratic Party and the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen, a Republican, said the …

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Alabama man found with Easter eggs containing nearly 200 fentanyl pills, synthetic cannabis: police

An Alabama man was caught red-handed with Easter eggs filled with nearly 200 fentanyl pills– rather than chocolate treats. The Colbert County Sheriff’s Office announced in a Facebook post that agents with the county’s drug task force pulled over 29-year-old Jamarious Dequan Qualls on April 1 at around 11:45 a.m. Police quickly learned that Qualls had a misdemeanor warrant for …

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Martin Luther King Jr. assassination anniversary: Here are 5 landmarks that reveal civil rights struggles

Martin Luther King Jr. was shot dead 56 years ago today in Memphis, Tennessee. His assassin “hoped to kill MLK’s great and widespread dream of unity,” Alveda King, the civil rights leader’s niece, shared with Fox News Digital in a message to be posted on Thursday morning, April 4, on social media. The killer failed in his mission, King wrote …

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Liberal groups sue to block new Alabama voting law banning ballot harvesting

A coalition of activist groups in Alabama are suing to overturn a new law that places restrictions on who can receive payment for handling ballots. The groups are challenging SB1’s ban on paying or receiving payment to distribute or collect ballot applications. The activists allege that the ban on payment compromises the voting capacity of disabled and elderly individuals who …

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Alabama widow blasts luxe Montana lodge for husband's carbon monoxide death on honeymoon

The manager of a Montana vacation lodge is on trial this week after an Alabama woman sued the three-star property in Big Sky following her husband’s carbon monoxide poisoning death when they were honeymooning at the lodge in January 2021. Catharine Hudgens is suing Rainbow Ranch, its general manager, several plumbers and other unnamed defendants, alleging that their negligence led …

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Sweet home Alabama orange rolls have taken 'state by storm' of sugar, butter, citrus

Roll, orange roll. The home of the Alabama Crimson Tide has a curious obsession with pastries painted in the citrus tint of gridiron rival Tennessee Volunteers. “There’s a chunk of Alabama that has fallen hard for orange rolls,” Melissa Hall, co-director of the Southern Foodways Alliance in Oxford, Mississippi, told Fox News Digital. EASY-DRINKING HERBAL BEER GRUIT INSPIRED BY ERA …

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Alabama inmate set for second-ever nitrogen gas execution sues: 'pain and disgrace'

An Alabama inmate seeking to block the state’s attempt to make him the second person put to death by nitrogen gas has filed a lawsuit arguing the first execution under the new method was “botched” and caused cruel and prolonged suffering. Attorneys for Alan Eugene Miller, who survived a 2022 lethal injection attempt, filed the lawsuit Friday in federal court …

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GOP state AGs press Supreme Court to take up Hawaii climate change case they say is 'grave threat'

FIRST ON FOX — A group of nearly two-dozen Republican attorneys general is asking the Supreme Court to intervene in a climate change liability case out of Hawaii they say could have “grave” consequences for American energy production. In February, a coalition of major oil companies asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on the city of Honolulu’s lawsuit that …

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Alabama convict who robbed, killed elderly couple gets execution date

Alabama has set a May 30 execution date for a man convicted in the 2004 slaying of a couple during a robbery. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey set the date for the execution by lethal injection of Jamie Mills, 50. The Alabama Supreme Court last week authorized the governor to set an execution date. MISSOURI SETS EXECUTION DATE FOR SECOND DEATH …

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