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3M, Alabama Communities Reach $98M Pollution Settlement

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DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — 3M will pay $98.4 million to settle lawsuits over contamination from its chemical plant along the Tennessee River in north Alabama under a new settlement. The agreement announced Tuesday was reached through court-ordered mediation with local government agencies, 3M and other companies. It would fund both past and future cleanup work and pay for efforts to…

COVID-19 and Pregnancy: Women Regret not Getting the Vaccine

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PHENIX CITY, Ala. (AP) — Two women from Georgia and Alabama who contracted COVID-19 during their pregnancies are urging other pregnant women to get vaccinated. Kyndal Nipper lost her baby in the final weeks of pregnancy after a seemingly mild case of COVID-19. Amanda Harrison had to be put on a ventilator and her baby was delivered two months early….

Alabama Only State to Limit Media to 1 Witness at Execution

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama will be the third state to carry out a death sentence during the COVID-19 pandemic and is the only one to limit the number of witnesses to a single reporter. The Alabama Department of Corrections says that because of COVID-19 precautions only one reporter will be allowed to witness Thursday’s lethal injection of Willie B….

All-SEC Basketball Teams Announced, Kentucky picked to win Conference Title

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Birmingham, Ala. (October 19, 2021) – Kentucky was predicted to win the 2022 Southeastern Conference men’s basketball championship in voting by a select panel of both SEC and national media members. Vanderbilt sophomore guard Scotty Pippen Jr. was the choice of the media for SEC Men’s Basketball Player of the Year. Alabama’s Jaden Shackelford & Jahvon Quinerly; Arkansas’ JD Notae;…

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