The Supreme Court decided Dec. 13 to hear the case of an Alabama man whose trade secrets theft conviction in Florida for stealing proprietary fishing information from a Florida-based website was vacated because his trial took place in the wrong state. Having the conviction vacated was not enough for software engineer Timothy S. Smith of…
Appeal of Alleged Hacker From Alabama to Be Heard by Supreme Court
December 14, 2022
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Utah, Alabama Ban TikTok From Government Devices, Joining Growing Number of US States
December 13, 2022
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Utah and Alabama on Monday joined a growing number of Republican states in banning video-sharing app TikTok from government devices, amid concerns of threats to the states’ cybersecurity. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican, issued an executive order (pdf) to prohibit TikTok use on all state-owned electronic devices. “China’s access to data collected by TikTok…
A Medical School with Heart: an Institution in the South Trains Doctors to Truly Care
Kevin Leon, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education at UAB, remembers an internship episode that made him decide to stay at the Birmingham institution. “It was my first night as an intern at the ER. At two o’clock in the morning, a patient came in with a rare disorder I had never encountered. I didn’t…
Man Sentenced for Faking Death to Avoid Sex Abuse Charges
MOBILE, Ala.—A man has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for faking his own death in Alabama to avoid criminal charges of impregnating a teenage girl in his home state of Mississippi. Jacob Blair Scott was sentenced Monday in Alabama. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Beaverstock set the federal sentence to run at the same…
Connecting Through Mail
A recent Pew research poll stated that Americans have a 91 percent positive view of the United States Postal Service. However, a poll done by the USPS noted a drastic drop in service for delivering letters and First-Class mail. Of course, one is quick to realize the cause of this decline. Most Americans prefer the…
Alabama Fails to Complete Lethal Injection for 3rd Time
MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Alabama’s string of troubled lethal injections, which worsened late Thursday as prison workers aborted another execution because of a problem with intravenous lines, is unprecedented nationally, a group that tracks capital punishment said Friday. The uncompleted execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith was the state’s second such instance of being unable to kill an inmate…
Young’s 3 Touchdown Passes Lift No. 10 Alabama Past No. 11 Ole Miss
OXFORD, Miss.—Alabama coach Nick Saban wondered which Crimson Tide team would show up in Mississippi. As it turned out, he didn’t need to be worried, especially about quarterback Bryce Young. Young threw three touchdown passes and No. 10 Alabama scored on four consecutive possessions spanning the second and third quarters, rallying to beat No. 11…
Alabama Attorney General Reaches $44 Million Settlement With Walmart to Fund Opioid Abatement
The Alabama Attorney General has reached a $44 million settlement agreement with Walmart to fund opioid abatement in the state. “Many of Alabama’s cities and counties have been pummeled by an epidemic that began with prescription opioids and has intensified to illicit opioids like heroin and fentanyl,” Attorney General Steve Marshall said in a press…
Death of Alabama Student at School Likely Linked to Fentanyl
SELMA, Ala.—One student who died at an Alabama high school and four others who were taken to a hospital probably were sickened by something that had been laced with fentanyl, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Dallas County District Attorney Michael Jackson said investigators were awaiting results from an autopsy and toxicology tests before making a final…
Man Charged in Alabama Church Shooting Fighting Mental Test
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A man facing a potential death penalty in the killing of three people who were shot at an Alabama church dinner in June is fighting a court-ordered mental evaluation requested by prosecutors. Robert Findlay Smith, 70, hasn’t told a court he plans to use a defense of insanity or mental illness and shouldn’t have…
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