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Federal judge hears request to block an upcoming nitrogen gas execution in Alabama. The state of Alabama urged a federal judge Tuesday to allow the nation's fourth execution with nitrogen gas to proceed next week, but a doctor who witnessed an earlier execution by the new method told the judge the inmate appeared to be in distress and awake minutes longer than officials predicted.
‘Iced Cherries’: Joe D. Nelson’s take on modern folk and age old …
Nov 22, 2024 · It may be unusual for a musician to refer to his own music as a trope. But that’s what Birmingham singer-songwriter Joe D. Nelson does with his latest album Iced Cherries.. Nelson has spent decades playing the guitar and writing music.
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Ukrainian soldiers and shopkeepers hold on as Russia’s siege of ...
Jan 2, 2025 · POKROVSK, Ukraine — In the final hours of 2024, the embattled Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk suddenly went dark. Its electric grid, long battered by Russian drones and artillery, failed on Monday for what the city’s military administration said would be the last time.
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Oct 31, 2024 · Karla Sofía Gascón is the first openly trans actress to receive an Oscar nomination. The Spanish actress portrays the titular character in Emilia Pérez, a polarizing musical that focuses on the life of a transgender drug lord in Mexico.
In this haunted house horror you see what the ghost sees — and …
Jan 24, 2025 · The haunted-house thriller Presence has a formal conceit so clever, I’m surprised it hasn’t ever been done or attempted before. Maybe another movie has done it that I’m not aware of.This is a ghost story told entirely from the ghost’s point of view: We see what the ghost sees.
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Dec 30, 2024 · Meta agrees to pay Trump $25 million to settle lawsuit over Facebook and Instagram suspensions. Meta agreed to pay President Trump $25 million to settle a 2021 federal lawsuit alleging First Amendment violations after his suspension from Facebook and Instagram in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack.
21 states are getting minimum wage bumps in 2025 | WBHM 90.3
Jan 1, 2025 · Minimum-wage workers in 21 states will see a bigger paycheck come the new year. They’re among the many thousands of laws changing as a new year begins.. Those wage increases will impact an estimated 9.2 million workers and raise pay by a total of $5.7 billion, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a think tank that publishes economic research and examined the expected 2025 wage increases.
Birmingham trainer ‘Coach O’ is ‘driven by something greater’
Dec 20, 2024 · Otis Leverette or “Coach O,” is known for his brutal, unorthodox workouts. The strength and conditioning coach founded his business, ModernDay Fitness, in 2006 and has made a name for himself not just in Birmingham, Alabama, but the entire sports world.His mobile “gym” draws in athletes from NFL pros to teenagers on high school or travel teams, and he makes them all do the same ...
2024 reflections from the Gulf States Newsroom | WBHM 90.3
Dec 26, 2024 · My name is Joseph King, and I cover sports and culture for the Gulf States Newsroom. I’m based in Birmingham. I covered a lot of cool things this year, like Jon Batiste coming to Birmingham and the jazz history in the city, and Major League Baseball honoring the Negro Leagues at Rickwood Field.