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These Materials Could Cripple America’s Defense Industrial Base
War on the Rocks
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August 28, 2025
The Pentagon’s arsenal and defense industrial base is built on materials that China can turn off like a light switch. Growing uncertainty in critical mineral markets and the open weaponization of supply chains by China has prompted a paradigm...
Troup’s Take – Bringing the news takes dedication
The Advertiser-Gleam - Alabama
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In a recent editorial, Gleam editor Anthony Campbell reiterated our goals: "To make the newspaper entertaining and informative to our readers." Anthony went on to say, "If I find a story interesting, I think somebody else probably will too." In...
South Alabama women’s basketball reflects on Greece tour’s impact ahead of new season
Mobile Courant - Alabama
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August 28, 2025
The South Alabama Women's Basketball team recently completed a tour in Greece during the first week of August. The trip included visits to historical sites, opportunities for community service, and two games against international teams. Head Coach...
Job numbers and a historic theatre’s re-opening: Down in Alabama
AL.com - Alabama
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August 28, 2025
Past and future The Crescent Theatre in Mobile is not dead yet. The venue dates to the vaudeville era in 1885. Patrons there have seen burlesque shows and silent films. The space was used for restaurants as well over the decades before it was...
Alabama man sentenced to 14 years for attempted murder of truck driver in Belmont County
WTOV9 - Ohio
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BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio — An Alabama man was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Monday for the attempted murder of fellow truck driver Michael Brundage. The incident occurred on Jan. 30, 2024, on Interstate 470. Malcolm Williams will serve a maximum...
The 'world's oldest baby' is challenging what we think we know about IVF
Deseret News - Utah
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September 2, 2025
Lindsey and Tim Pierce first held their newborn son in July — more than three decades after he was conceived. Born from a frozen embryo the Ohio couple adopted, Thaddeus Daniel Pierce is being called “the world’s oldest baby” because he is the...
Tri-State MAGNET Initiative Targets Automotive Industry Innovation
Business Facilities
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August 27, 2025
In a move aimed at leveraging regional ecosystems and assets related to the automotive vehicle and battery industries, the governors of Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi, along with power company executives and university presidents have...
Alabama counties oppose online sales tax law changes
1819 News
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The Association of County Commissions of Alabama (ACCA) passed a resolution last week encouraging legislators to oppose any legislative changes to the state's online sales tax law, Simplified Sellers Use Tax (SSUT) program. The resolution was...
NetsDaily Off-Season Report – No. 19
NetsDaily - New York
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September 2, 2025
First the obligatory roster update which is finally starting to get interesting. Media Day is September 23 and first day of practice two days later. That same day,will be be the grand opening of the Brooklyn Basketball Center across the street...
New Alabama Shakes song ‘Another Life’ dropping Friday
ALT 99.7 - South Carolina
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August 27, 2025
Alabama Shakes' Brittany Howard at 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. (Disney/Michael J. Le Brecht II) The Alabama Shakes reunion will soon officially include new music. The “Hold On” outfit is set to release a song called “Another...
Alabama shipbuilder receives $1.9 million in tax incentives for $7.8 million expansion
AL.com - Alabama
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August 25, 2025
A Coden-based vessel and workboat manufacturer, Master Boat Builders, is receiving nearly $1.9 million in tax incentives to support a $7.8 million expansion and modernization project in Mobile County. The project includes several key components: a...
Alabama is done with DEI and Cracker Barrel is the latest proof
Yellowhammer News - Alabama
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August 25, 2025
The conversation around the Cracker Barrel rebrand is not hard to understand, but some in the media seem to be unable to grasp what people are mad about. On the right, figures like U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and legislators...
Master Boat Builders expanding operations in Alabama with $7.8M investment
The Bama Buzz - Alabama
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August 27, 2025
Master Boat Builders is located in Mobile County. (Alabama Department of Commerce) A new $7.8 million project is helping expand Master Boat Builders footprint near the Alabama coastline. The company, stationed in Coden, announced Monday it is...
These interns don’t just get coffee—they make new friends, gain real skills, explore Alabama + more
The Bama Buzz - Alabama
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August 27, 2025
Reviewed by: Cindy Hatcher Sponsored Antonio, Isabella, Ajani and their intern mascot. (Callie Morrison / The Bama Buzz) We all know the Hollywood cliché of an intern: fetching coffee, running errands—you get it. But here in Birmingham, and at...
Looking Back at the Grandstand's Biggest Moments
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine - Minnesota
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September 1, 2025
This year marks another milestone for the venue synonymous with the State Fair: the Grandstand. Though it has been rebuilt and remodeled many times over, the original Grandstand took root in 1885, making it 140 years old this August. In honor of...
Rookie battleground: Cowboys vs. Eagles breakdown for draft picks
Blogging The Boys - Texas
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September 1, 2025
Rookie battleground: Cowboys vs. Eagles breakdown for draft picks/UDFAs The NFL is a young man’s game, so each week we dive into each team’s rookie class and how they stack up against each other. (Grades for each player are the overall offensive...
Strange case in local courts
The Advertiser-Gleam - Alabama
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Heather Jones, 33, of Albertville, was arrested on Thursday, Aug. 21, for the unlawful practice of law after filing a motion on a defendant’s behalf in Phase 2 Drug Court at the Marshall County Courthouse. Jones, an alleged law school student,...
MAGNET seeks to drive industry to the South
The Center Square
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August 27, 2025
(The Center Square) – Three Southeastern states have launched a regional research project on automobile and battery production, hoping to further develop those industries in the region and create more jobs. Mississippi-Alabama-Georgia Network for...
University of Alabama touts involvement in tri-state manufacturing partnership
WVUA 23 - Alabama
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The University of Alabama has teamed up with state leaders and power companies in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi to establish a regional economic development initiative focused on further expanding the Southeast's automotive manufacturing...
Calera’s Creations Galore and Moore wins award from Main Street Alabama
The Shelby County Reporter - Alabama
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August 27, 2025
Published 3:54 pm Wednesday, August 27, 2025 By DANIEL LOCKE | Staff Writer JASPER – During the 2025 aLABama Conference, Main Street Alabama selected Calera’s Creations Galore and Moore, a bakery and ice cream shop, as its first-ever Alabama...