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No. 7 Alabama overcomes botched recovery of an onside kick to beat South Carolina 27-25

Oct. 12, 2024 17:52 PM EDT

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama was pushed to the brink of a second straight Southeastern Conference upset loss. This time the Crimson Tide survived, if only barely. No. 7 Alabama (5-1, 2-1) botched the recovery of an onside kick to give South Carolina one last...

Boeing will lay off 10% of its employees as a strike by factory workers cripples airplane production

Oct. 11, 2024 20:14 PM EDT

Boeing plans to lay off about 10% of its workers in the coming months, about 17,000 people, as it continues to lose money and tries to deal with a strike that is crippling production of the company’s best-selling airline planes. New CEO Kelly Ortberg told staff in a memo Friday...

Condemned inmate Richard Moore wants someone other than South Carolina's governor to decide clemency

Oct. 10, 2024 19:11 PM EDT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina inmate scheduled to be executed in just over three weeks is asking a federal judge to take away the power of granting clemency from the governor who is a former state attorney general and place it with a parole board. The South Carolina...

A federal judge rejects a call to reopen voter registration in Georgia after Hurricane Helene

Oct. 10, 2024 18:34 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge said Thursday that she won't order the presidential battleground state of Georgia to reopen voter registration for November’s elections despite recent disruptions to registration caused by Hurricane Helene. U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross rejected...

Wisconsin dams are failing more frequently, a new report finds

Oct. 10, 2024 12:52 PM EDT

Wisconsin is seeing more frequent dam failures in another sign that the storms blowing through the state are growing stronger. Wisconsin recorded 34 dam failures from 2000 through 2023, the second-highest total for that period behind only South Carolina, the Wisconsin Policy Form...

No. 7 Alabama seeking a strong bounce-back performance, but so is South Carolina

Oct. 10, 2024 12:38 PM EDT

Alabama's stunning loss was splashed across headlines and screens nationwide. South Carolina didn't get nearly so much attention but is trying to bounce back from its own embarrassing performance. It's time to see how they both respond on Saturday at Bryant-Denny...

No. 7 Alabama hosts South Carolina after stunning loss at Vanderbilt

Oct. 10, 2024 11:37 AM EDT

South Carolina (3-2, 1-2 SEC) at No. 7 Alabama (4-1, 1-1), Saturday, 12 p.m. ET (ABC) BetMGM College Football Odds: Alabama by 21-1/2. Series record: Alabama leads 13-3 WHAT’S AT STAKE? Both teams have a lot of extra motivation for this...

South Carolina death row inmate told to choose between execution methods

Oct. 08, 2024 19:16 PM EDT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina prison officials told death row inmate Richard Moore on Tuesday that he can choose between a firing squad, the electric chair and lethal injection for his Nov. 1 execution. State law gives Moore until Oct. 18 to decide or by default he will be...

FEMA administrator continues pushback against false claims as Helene death toll hits 230

Oct. 07, 2024 21:09 PM EDT

LAKE LURE, N.C. (AP) — The head of the U.S. disaster response agency continued to forcefully push back Monday against false claims and conspiracy theories about her agency’s response to Hurricane Helene as the death toll from the storm continued to climb. Federal Emergency...

The Titan's former lead engineer says he felt pressured to get the submersible ready

Oct. 07, 2024 16:14 PM EDT

The lead engineer for an experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreck of the Titanic testified Monday that he felt pressured to get the vessel ready to dive and refused to pilot it for a journey several years earlier. “'I'm not getting in it,'” Tony Nissen said he...