COVID-19 has brought staggering income losses to developing countries, threatening hundreds of millions of people with hunger and lost savings. researchers at UC Berkeley studied nine countries throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Even in the first few months of the pandemic, 70% of households reported financial losses. And even when the pandemic ends, most Americans say they’ll continue with…
Montgomery Fire/Rescue is investigating a structure that occurred in the 3600 block of Audubon Road. On Monday, February 8, around 7:26 pm, fire units responded to the call of a single story home on fire. Upon arriving at the scene, firefighters saw smoke visible and declared it a W-3 working fire. Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire with the structure sustaining…
A drug used to treat gout seems to be helping covid patients, that’s according to a study in the British medical journal. researchers in brazil conducted a small trial and found the drug colchicine helped cut the need for oxygen therapy and hospital stays in covid patients. covid, like gout, causes inflammation. A Swedish study finds people infected with COVID-19…
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Safety investigators say the pilot of Kobe Bryant’s helicopter flew through the clouds, an apparent violation of federal standards, and likely became disoriented. Robert Sumwalt, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, said Tuesday that pilot Ara Zobayan was flying under visual flight rules, which means he needed to be able to see where he was…
The time and location of a weekly drive-thru food giveaway held in Selma each Tuesday has changed this week. Pastor John Grayson says the food giveaway will be held at his church instead of Bloch Park Tuesday, February 9. The giveaway will be held today at Gospel Tabernacle Church from noon to 2 PM. The address for the church is…
The entrance to the corporate office of Hope Enterprise Corporation (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Small minority-owned businesses have often struggled to gain access to capital and other tools to grow, a challenge made more daunting by the economic upheaval of the coronavirus pandemic. But a new effort announced Tuesday aims to address those disparities in pockets…
Alabama News Network has launched a new news app, which is now available for Android and iPhone devices in your Google Play Store or Apple App Store. We hope you’ll be excited to use it. To get the new app, you will need to update the old Alabama News Network app. If you have “automatic updates” turned on in your…
Overnight, rain and storms returned to the southern half of Alabama and those continue this morning, but we should see most of the activity wind down my the midday hours. For the afternoon, it will be partly sunny with highs in the upper 60s. MORE RAIN ON THE WAY: Moisture levels rise Wednesday as the sky will be mostly cloudy…
FILE – (Shelby County Jail via AP, File) COLUMBIANA, Ala. (AP) — A former campus police officer convicted of manslaughter in the death of his wife, an adult model who posted racy photos online, was sentenced to 16 years in prison Monday by a judge who said the man still hadn’t taken responsibility for the death. William Jeffrey West, 47,…
This week’s Pay It Forward honorees are Marilyn and Larry Coker from Greenville. She and her husband make sure students have what they need to succeed in the classroom. “She is always a giving person if my class needs tissue, I’m at the backdoor within the next hour or next day her husband is bringing it to me if we…
