Kent Faulk

Alabama uses Japanese American Internment era law to charge immigrants who don’t self-register Alabama is finding new ways to criminally charge undocumented immigrants

Do we need to say it louder? Here. Louder.

" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."

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Update: SCOTUS denies Hunt's request to stop tonight's execution.

Gregory Hunt set to die by nitrogen gas in Alabama for brutal 1988 Walker County murder Gregory Hunt is set to be executed at 6 p.m. Tuesday for the 1988 slaying of Karen Sanders Lane. She was 32 when murdered in her friend's Walker County apartment.

Follow AL.com tonight for execution updates. AL.com reporter Savannah Treyen-Fernandes will witness www.al.com/news/2025/06...

Alabama Death Row inmate set for execution is in wrong state, lawsuit argues The inmate's attorneys say he shouldn’t be in the state’s prison system at all, despite admitting guilt to slaying a woman in Jefferson County three decades ago.

If not for a deal between Alabama's and Michigan's governors more than a decade ago to transfer Demetrius Frazier to Alabama he wouldn't be facing executing in about 3 weeks.
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Alabama TikTok users face uncertain future as U.S. Supreme Court weighs ban The fate of the popular social media site will be the subject of oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday.

For some in Alabama, TikTok is more than just entertainment. It's work $$$. www.al.com/news/2025/01...

Walmart among top job advertisers in Alabama; see which employer is hiring the most Nursing, retail, and truck driving were the most in-demand professions

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The deadliest year in Birmingham history: These are the 151 lives lost in homicides in 2024 Mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters were among those lost to violence in Birmingham's deadliest year since 1933.

Year-long tragedy in Birmingham …. www.al.com/news/2025/01...

Alabama’s parole rate more than doubled in 2024: ‘Accountability has changed things’ AL.com spent 2024 delving into Alabama’s broken parole system, which had all but stopped releasing eligible prisoners in 2023. And as the reporting continued, the system began to change.

I believe Ivana Hrynkiw’s reports had a lot to do with this change… www.al.com/news/2024/12...

‘It’s a dry forest’ with men throwing matches: A history of homicide in Birmingham A new city built on coal and iron ore mining, steel mills and railroads, Birmingham was violent from its beginnings in 1871.

Birmingham has seemingly always had a violent side even since its early days. www.al.com/news/2022/11...

Birmingham breaks 1933 homicide record with city’s 149th violent death of 2024 Police were called to 224 3rd Ave. S. at about 7:34 p.m.

Not since the Great Depression - when the city had about 60,000 more residents - has it been this deadly www.al.com/news/2024/12...

According to AI Google search: The population of Birmingham, Alabama in 1933 was just under 269,000 people. At the time, the city had a homicide rate of 5.7 per 10,000 people. In 2024, the homicide rate in Birmingham increased to 7 per 10,000 residents.

Birmingham’s 2024 homicide total now highest in recent history: 145th victim 1 of 4 shot in single night Until 2022's 144 homicides, the highest number recorded in recent memory was 141 in 1991. Birmingham’s all-time record was in 1933 with 148 killings.

With more than a month to go in 2024 Birmingham is very likely to hit a murderous record it doesn't want
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The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.

What other websites could or should The Onion buy to turn into a parody of itself?
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Alabama DA facing second mass shooting in less than two years: ‘They all just seem so senseless’ The prosecutor handling the Dadeville shooting that killed four and injured 32 others is tasked with the Tuskegee homecoming shooting investigation.

Five killed and 48 injured or wounded in two mass shootings in the same mainly rural area of Alabama (not Birmingham) in less than 2 years. What's going on? See this from Carol Robinson www.al.com/news/2024/11...

Opinion | Alabama’s absurd gambling predicament exposed again With Alabama operators opening resort casinos in other states, this state's gambling predicament becomes even more absurd.

"With Alabama operators opening resort casinos in other states, this state’s gambling predicament becomes even more absurd."

How Alabama revived their playoff hopes in Tiger Stadium Beat Everyone: An AL.com Alabama Football Podcast · Episode

We have an Alabama football podcast over at AL dot com. I think it's pretty good. I appeared on this episode, and uttered the phrase "Nick Saban can kick rocks"
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