MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s solicitor general has been nominated to serve as a judge on the federal bench. President Donald Trump named Edmund G. LaCour Jr. to fill a vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District, The White House announced in a news release Wednesday. Before joining the Alabama Attorney General’s Office in 2018, LaCour was…
Consumer giant Johnson & Johnson has announced it will soon be removing talc-containing baby powder from store shelves. The move comes after numerous lawsuits against the company from women who say they developed ovarian cancer after using the product. “Yesterday, J&J took a step in the right direction,” Ted Meadows of the Beasley Allen Law Firm said. Only the United…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fred Willard, the comedic actor whose improv style kept him relevant for more than 50 years in films like “This Is Spinal Tap,” “Best In Show” and “Anchorman,” has died. He was 86. Willard’s daughter, Hope Mulbarger, said in a statement Saturday that her father died peacefully Friday night. The cause of his death has not…
ATLANTA (AP) – The social justice arm of Jay-Z’s Roc Nation entertainment company is calling on Georgia officials to take quick action in the case of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who authorities said was killed by two white men as he ran through a Georgia neighborhood. Musicians Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, Alicia Keys, Mario “Yo Gotti” Mims, and others signed…
(AP Photo/Michele Limina) Rock and roll pioneer “Little Richard” Penniman died this morning. He was 87 years old. The cause of death hasn’t been released. Little Richard’s piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour helped introduce black R&B to white America. Little Richard, who was born in Macon, Georgia, in 1932, was one of rock ‘n’ roll’s founding fathers who…
Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy, the duo whose extraordinary magic tricks astonished millions until Horn was critically injured in 2003 by one of the act’s famed white tigers, has died. He was 75. Horn died of complications from the coronavirus on Friday in a Las Vegas hospital, according to a statement released by publicist Dave Kirvin. “Today, the world…
BRUNSWICK, GA: On May 7th, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested Gregory McMichael, 64, and Travis McMichael, 34, for the death of Ahmaud Arbery. They were both charged with murder and aggravated assault. The McMichaels were taken into custody and will be booked into the Glynn County Jail. On February 23, 2020, Ahmaud Arbery was in the Satilla Shores neighborhood…
(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) Don Shula, who won the most games of any NFL coach and led the Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in league history, died today at his home, the team said. He was 90. Shula was the father of former University of Alabama head football coach Mike Shula, who led the Crimson Tide from 2003-06. Shula…
Blue Bell Creameries has pleaded guilty to distributing contaminated goods and its former CEO has been charged with conspiracy and attempted wire fraud in connection to a 2015 listeria outbreak that left three people dead, federal prosecutors have announced. Blue Bell Creameries agreed to pay more than $19 million in fines and forfeiture as part of a plea agreement that…
FILE – (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has categorically denied allegations from a former Senate staffer that he sexually assaulted her in the early 1990s, saying “this never happened.” Biden’s first public remarks on the allegation by a former employee, Tara Reade, come at a critical moment for the presumptive Democratic nominee as he tries to relieve…
