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Oklahoma, Alabama Now Have AI-Powered Vending Machines That Sell Bullets
It’s no secret that Americans love guns. Not only do nearly half of Americans say they live in a household with guns, but the U.S. beats out every other nation on Earth when it comes to gun density (the 2nd most gun-dense country is Yemen, and it’s not even close). The U.S. is actually the only country that has more guns than people. Given all that, it’s not much of a surprise that, in some states, you can now walk into a grocery store and buy bullets from a vending machine as if you were ordering a candy bar or a soda.
19 people arrested on drug charges in Fort Walton Beach
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) -The Fort Walton Beach Police Department’s narcotics investigation has led to the arrest of 19 people. In March 2022, the Fort Walton Beach Police Department’s Special Investigation Unit began looking into the alleged distribution of fentanyl and other narcotics by 37-year-old Christopher Manuel Davis.
NAS Whiting Field recognized as best base in the Navy
Naval Air Station Whiting Field was recently recognized as the recipient of the 2024 Commander in Chief’s Annual Award for Installation Excellence for the Navy. The Commander in Chief's Annual Award for Installation Excellence recognizes the outstanding and innovative efforts of the people who operate and maintain U.S. military installations. The six recipients of this highly competitive presidential award were selected for their exemplary support of Department of Defense missions.
Three restaurants, 1 hotel, over 100 residential units and more proposed for Perdido Key
Perdido Key could soon have a new hub of commercial, residential and hospitality activity following a development project proposal submitted to Escambia County last month named Valencia Square. The Valencia Square project proposes building multiple restaurants, a hotel, an office space, single-family townhomes and a multi-family condominium across 50 acres...
USA’s Prakash Wins DNA Repair Award
Dr. Aishwarya Prakash has been named recipient of the 2024 Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society (EMGS) Samuel H. Wilson Award for Studies on DNA Repair. An associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and pharmacology at the Whiddon College of Medicine at the University of South Alabama (USA), Prakash was chosen from among applications submitted by investigators within 10 years of starting an independent position. She has been invited to give an oral presentation during the annual meeting. The title for her talk and abstract is “Gene-Environment Synergisms and Their Role in Cancer.” She joined the USA Health Mitchell Cancer Institute in 2016 as an assistant professor of oncologic sciences after completing her postdoctoral research at the University of Vermont. Her work focuses on DNA repair mechanisms in mitochondria. She earned her PhD in cancer research at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2010. She also received specialized training in crystallography at Brookhaven National Labs in Long Island, New York.
Alabama Department of Education targeted in cyberattack
Alabama State Schools Superintendent Eric Mackey said Wednesday that the Alabama State Department of Education’s computer systems had been breached last month, and that students and employees of the department may have been affected. Speaking at a press conference in Montgomery, Mackey said the breach took place on June...
Update: Heat advisory issued for South Alabama until Saturday evening
On Saturday at 9:52 a.m. an updated heat advisory was issued by the National Weather Service valid for Saturday between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. for Washington, Clarke, Wilcox, Monroe, Conecuh, Butler, Crenshaw, Escambia, Covington, Mobile and Baldwin counties. The weather service describes, "Heat index values up to 109 degrees...
Mobile County man’s truck and boat stolen, taken on high-speed chase through Houston
Waking up early in the morning to discover his truck and boat had been stolen and taken on an hourlong high-speed chase wasn’t exactly the Independence Day Garrett Walters had in mind. But there he was Thursday, assessing the damage and trying to figure out how his girlfriend would...
National Geographic documentary shares story of Clotilda descendants
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Clotilda, the last slave ship to come into the United States. This story has taken over 150 years to tell and is now coming to your screens. In 1984, nine descendants of the original 110 slaves came together to register as the Africatown Direct Descendant of the Clotilda Inc.
Mobile Police arrest suspect in Fern Valley Road shooting
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A local man was arrested Thursday in connection with a Wednesday morning shooting on Fern Valley Road, according to the Mobile Police Department. 33-year-old Anthony Mikail Benjamin of Mobile was arrested and charged with first-degree assault and discharging a gun into an occupied vehicle. According to an MPD news release, officers […]
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