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Still Dealing with Ida’s Impacts Today

Ida continues to weaken and it a tropical depression centered over North Mississippi this morning. We remain east of the center of circulation, so Alabama will still have to deal with the affects of Ida today. LATEST ON IDA: The center of Tropical Depression Ida was located near latitude 34.1 North, longitude 88.9 West. The depression is moving toward the…

ASU Student Spends Weekend Evacuating Family from New Orleans

For Alabama State University senior, Ashton Pollard, this past weekend was not the first time he had to evacuate his family from their hometown because of a hurricane threat. “My mother and siblings and I relocated to Atlanta back in 2005 because of Hurricane Katrina,” said Pollard, “this is probably the third time I’ve evacuated my family.” Once the city…

Taliban guard says last US planes have flown out of Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – A Taliban guard at Kabul’s airport says the last U.S. planes have flown out after 20 years of war. Hemad Sherzad says five planes departed around midnight. Celebratory gunfire erupted across the Afghan capital early Tuesday. The U.S. confirmed the withdrawal of its last troops, which was due to take place by a self-imposed Tuesday deadline….