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Digital News Content Producer

WAKA Action 8 News is accepting applications for a full-time digital news content producer for CBS affiliate, WAKA CBS 8 and ABC affiliate, WNCF ABC 32, in Montgomery, AL. The successful candidate will have experience writing and producing news content for a website and be able to post news video/photos on the website and our social media platforms from our…

Biden’s New Evictions Moratorium Faces Legality Doubts

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden may have averted a flood of evictions and solved a growing political problem when his administration reinstated a temporary ban on evictions because of the COVID-19 crisis. But he left his lawyers with legal arguments that even he acknowledges might not stand up in court. A Supreme Court justice warned the administration in June…

Hundreds Rally for Striking Coal Miners in Alabama

BROOKWOOD, Ala. (AP) – Hundreds of union members are rallying for Alabama miners who’ve been on strike against Warrior Met Coal Inc. since early April. The demonstration held Wednesday in the town of Brookwood included speakers, music, and donations to help the striking miners. Roughly 1,100 union members are on strike at two Warrior Met mines and other facilities. The…

Birmingham Hospitals: Most COVID Patients are Unvaccinated

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Hospitals in Birmingham are seeing a surge in COVID-19 patients and doctors are pleading with the public to get vaccinated. Officials say the overwhelming majority of current COVID-19 patients are unvaccinated, and patients tend to be younger than they were at the start of the pandemic before vaccines were available. Doctors and administrators at seven Birmingham…