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The calendar might imply that summer is unofficially over. Mother Nature begs to differ. You couldn’t escape the heat, wherever you went during Labor Day weekend.

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump faced off in a presidential debate on Sept. 10, with Harris focusing on the economy and healthcare, while Trump was unable to provide a plan to replace Obamacare.
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As most of us know sometimes Hollywood is known for the unusual. The 2024 Los Angeles Rams opened the season on the road in Detroit NBC’s Sunday Night Football. For those that couldn’t make the trip the team hosted a viewing party at the world famous Hollywood Forever Cemetary.  

According to the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics data, the U.S. economy added 142,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in August, less than the 165,000 economists had predicted. While the job growth missed forecasts, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2% from July’s 4.3%, suggesting continued strength in the labor market under the Biden-Harris administration.

By Cody D. Short | cshort@al.com On Thursday, John Carroll Catholic High School honored the first four Black students who attended the school with a celebration of the 60th anniversary since the school became integrated. Alabama schools were slow to integrate, after a series of dramatic incidents that shaped Birmingham in 1963. But Catholic schools […]