Scenes From Eight States Battered by Weekend Storms
A survey of the damage from a cross-country storm system that tore through the South and Midwest over the weekend. Source link
Alabama
As Trump Slashes Federal Jobs, Alabama’s ‘Rocket City’ Braces for Impact
Over galaxy-themed beers at InnerSpace Brewing in Huntsville, Ala., Stewart Money has heard it all recently from government engineers and contractors winding down after work: anxiety about how cuts to the federal work force could affect their own jobs in the city’s aerospace and related industries, and speculation that defense investments under President Trump might … Read more
Alabama enacts fast-tracked law to protect IVF services
Its passage comes less than a month after state fertility services paused when a court ruled that frozen embryos are children. Source link
Major Alabama hospital pauses IVF after court rules frozen embryos are children
The Medical Association of the State of Alabama said in a statement: “The significance of this decision impacts all Alabamians and will likely lead to fewer babies – children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins – as fertility options become limited for those who want to have a family.” Source link
Alabama executes a man with nitrogen gas, the first time the new method has been used
Alabama executed a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas on Thursday, putting him to death with a first-of-its-kind method that once again put the US at the forefront of the debate over capital punishment. The state said the method would be humane, but critics called it cruel and experimental. Officials said Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was … Read more
Storms, tornadoes slam US South, killing at least 7 people
A giant, swirling storm system billowing across the South on Thursday killed at least six people in central Alabama, where a tornado ripped roofs off homes and uprooted trees in historic Selma, while another person was killed in Georgia, where severe winds knocked out power to tens of thousands of people. In Autauga County, Alabama, … Read more
Jeff Cook, guitarist and co-founder of the band Alabama, dead at 73 | CNN
CNN — Jeff Cook, one of the original members of the country band Alabama, has died, according to the group’s representative, Don Murry Grubbs. He was 73. Cook died at his vacation home in Destin, Florida on Monday “with his family and close friends by his side,” according to a press release and a statement … Read more
Alabama Criminalizes Transgender Medical Treatments For Minors
May 9, 2022 — Alabama became the first state to make it illegal for doctors to provide gender-affirming medical care to transgender people under the age of 19, The Associated Press reported. The Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act took effect Sunday and makes it a crime to treat transgender youths with puberty blockers and … Read more
CDC Issues Alert for Hepatitis in Children With Adenovirus Infection
April 21, 2022 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a health advisory urging state and local authorities to watch for cases of hepatitis in children with adenovirus infection. Nine hepatitis cases in which children tested positive for adenovirus have occurred in Alabama since October 2021 among children aged 1-6, with two … Read more
Alabama’s Deaths Outpace Births for First Time in History
Sept. 20, 2021 — For the first time in Alabama’s known history, the state’s deaths have outpaced its births — a bleak consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Our state literally shrunk in 2020,” Scott Harris, MD, Alabama’s state health officer, said at a news conference. “It hasn’t happened before, nor has it even been close … Read more