Severe thunderstorm causes bounce house to go airborne in Alabama
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Severe thunderstorm causes bounce house to go airborne in Alabama

ByNews Polite

A severe thunderstorm in northern Alabama on Saturday interrupted a gathering in the town of Hillsboro, catching attendees off guard and forcing them to run for shelter.  The thunderstorm erupted around 1 p.m. local time and produced significant rainfall, cloud-to-ground lightning and damaging wind gusts. Joshua Cofield was one of the attendees…

Remains of US last known slave ship, the Clotilda, buried in Alabama river to remain underwater
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Remains of US last known slave ship, the Clotilda, buried in Alabama river to remain underwater

ByNews Polite

The last known US slave ship is too “broken” and decayed to be extracted from the murky waters of the Alabama Gulf Coast without being dismembered, a task force of archaeologists, engineers and historians announced following a yearslong investigation. The task force headed by the Alabama Historical Commission said Thursday that the…

Worker dies after being sucked into jet engine at Alabama airport
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Worker dies after being sucked into jet engine at Alabama airport

ByNews Polite

A ground worker who was fatally injured on the ramp of a regional airport in Alabama was “ingested into the engine” of an American Airlines jetliner parked at the gate, officials said. The worker was sucked into the Embraer 170’s engine about 3 p.m. Saturday at Montgomery Regional Airport, where it…

Supreme Court hears arguments in key case on Alabama redistricting map
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Supreme Court hears arguments in key case on Alabama redistricting map

ByNews Polite

​The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday over whether Alabama’s new congressional map disenfranchises black voters — a case that could have repercussions across the country.​ At issue is a map of the state’s seven House districts based on the 2020 Census, which civil rights and other liberal groups contend…