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Four Inmates Charged in Beating Death at Elmore Prison
ELMORE, Ala. — Four inmates at Elmore Correctional Facility have been charged with murder in the beating death of fellow prisoner Cason Helms, an incident advocates say underscores the deadly conditions inside Alabama’s prisons. Helms, 41, was killed in June after he was attacked by a group of incarcerated men at the central Alabama facility,…
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Fairfield Weighs Colocation Data Center as City Seeks Facts Over Fears
FAIRFIELD, Ala. — Fairfield city leaders are asking residents to focus on facts, not social media speculation, as the city considers a proposed colocation data center that officials say differs sharply from the massive hyperscale AI campuses drawing national scrutiny. The project, still in early stages, would bring a colocation facility to the western Jefferson…
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Jones Calls for Data Center Moratorium as Tuberville Doubles Down on AI Infrastructure Push
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones is pressing for an “immediate moratorium” on new data centers in Alabama, arguing that residents are being kept in the dark about projects that will reshape local power and water use, while U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville is embracing the facilities as a cornerstone of the state’s economic…
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Birmingham Zoo to Open New Axolotl Habitat
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Birmingham Zoo is adding one of the internet’s most recognizable amphibians to its animal roster, opening a new axolotl habitat to the public Wednesday, July 22. The exhibit features axolotls, a species of salamander native to Mexico that is known for its feathery external gills, permanent aquatic life stage and wide,…
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Alabama Lawsuit Says ChatGPT Urged Woman to Die for ‘Divine Prophecy’
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The mother of a Jefferson County woman who died after walking into interstate traffic has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit alleging the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT convinced her daughter that killing herself would fulfill a divine prophecy. The complaint, filed this week in Jefferson County, says 29-year-old Christian Faith Madison, an accountant and…
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Two Blount County Corrections Officers Indicted in Inmate’s Death as Bond is Set
ONEONTA, Ala. — Two former corrections officers at the Blount County Detention Center have been charged in connection with the death of a 23-year-old inmate, a case that has drawn renewed attention after a judge set bond this week. A Blount County grand jury indicted Joseph Michael Blaine Evans, 26, of Oneonta, and Liletzy Valdez…
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