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Alabama governor Kay Ivey, a Republican, issued a statewide order for residents to wear face masks in public spaces. The order, which will take effect on Thursday, follows a surge in coronavirus cases in the state, with a concomitant rise in hospitalizations in several areas including Montgomery, Madison, Jefferson, and Mobile counties. Residents will be …

Former attorney general Jeff Sessions on Tuesday lost a primary runoff for his former Alabama Senate seat, after President Trump endorsed his opponent and heaped scorn on Sessions in the months and weeks leading up to the contest. Following his appointment as attorney general in 2017, Sessions recused himself from the Russia investigation to avoid …

Controversial YouTube star Jake Paul is in the hot seat again, this time for hosting a massive party at his California mansion Saturday — despite renewed COVID-19 restrictions in the Golden State. Wild video footage from the bash posted to social media and later by obtained by FOX 11 in Los Angeles shows dozens of …

The Minneapolis police chief announced Wednesday that he will immediately withdraw from negotiations with the city’s police union as the department considers a suite of reforms after George Floyd’s death. Chief Medaria Arradondo said the city’s contract with the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis will be subject to a review that will focus on the …

The head of New York State’s police unions slammed criticism of officers following George Floyd demonstrations, saying police were being treated like “animals.” “I am not Derek Chauvin; they are not him,” Mike O’Meara, president of the New York Association of Police Benevolent Associations, told reporters on Tuesday while gesturing to officers gathered behind him. “He …

Another 1.9 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, bringing the total of jobless claims since the coronavirus pandemic began up to 42 million. The level of new claims outpaced the Dow Jones estimate of 1.775 million. However, last week’s new claims were still lower than the previous week’s total, which were revised upwards …

Joe Judge got his big break in coaching when he landed at Alabama in 2009, hired as special teams assistant on Nick Saban’s staff. Judge worked directly under Bobby Williams, the Crimson Tide special teams coordinator. This weekend, Nick Williams unveiled the Giants blue, red and white “ny’ logo as his new Twitter profile picture. …

More than 3.8 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, meaning the coronavirus crisis has sidelined more than 30 million workers, new federal data show. That means 18.6 percent of the nation’s workforce — more people than the entire state of Texas — tried to collect unemployment checks in the last six weeks as …

Nick Saban doesn’t want NFL teams to make the same mistake with Tua Tagovailoa that he made with Drew Brees 14 years ago. Saban was the head coach of the Miami Dolphins in 2006 when they considered signing Brees as a free agent but ultimately passed due to injury concerns. Tagovailoa was Saban’s quarterback the …

Alabama cannot block abortions as part of the state’s measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic, a federal judge ruled on Sunday. The state may not include abortions in its ban on elective medical procedures, one of the steps Alabama is taking to enforce social distancing and stem the spread of the virus outbreak, U.S. district judge …