2+ hour, 4+ min ago   (531+ words) WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court has rejected a request by Joe Biden to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter before he was elected president. A divided three-judge panel from the U.S....

1+ hour, 44+ min ago   (884+ words) World War II veteran Ben Roberts rides ahead of members of American Legion Post 15 during his 103rd birthday celebration at The Neighborhood at Priceville on Friday. [JERONIMO NISA/DECATUR DAILY] Ben Roberts [DECATUR DAILY FILE] World War II veteran Ben Roberts…...

2+ hour, 4+ min ago   (230+ words) District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín said in a Monday ruling that the class-action settlement provides "meaningful relief" to affected authors and publishers. About 91% of the more than 482,000 books covered by the ruling have been claimed by authors or publishers who are…...

1+ hour, 49+ min ago   (1141+ words) State Rep. Parker Moore on Tuesday defended the development of data centers in Alabama as a national security necessity, arguing that public opposition has been influenced by foreign disinformation and confusion between data centers and bitcoin-mining facilities. “We are essentially…...

1+ hour, 59+ min ago   (784+ words) WASHINGTON — In a hotly contested race in Alabama's newly redrawn 2nd Congressional District, incumbent Rep. Shomari Figures has about a $200,000 cash advantage over Republican frontrunner, state Rep. Rhett Marques. After a series of Supreme Court rulings allowing it, Alabama Republicans reverted…...

1+ hour, 49+ min ago   (934+ words) Making north Alabama more accessible for travelers with disabilities is becoming one of the region's biggest tourism initiatives, according to Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourist Association President and CEO Tami Reist. Speaking this month to the Kiwanis Club of Decatur, Reist…...

2+ hour, 4+ min ago   (285+ words) I am not sure whether it is excitement for El-Sayed or desperation for economic relief that is fueling the energy behind his candidacy. What I do know is his name is the one I see more often on signs in…...

10+ hour, 41+ min ago   (209+ words) Tweaks to a proposed ordinance limiting data centers could m… The city has closed the section of Sherman Street Southeast between 10th Avenue … As summer temperatures drive up air conditioning use, Decatur Utilities this week encouraged customers to take several steps…...

15+ hour, 22+ min ago   (188+ words) The Alabama Department of Public Health is reporting 28 cases of cyclosporiasis statewide, with most in north Alabama, as part of an ongoing national outbreak of the gastrointestinal illness caused by the parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis. According to ADPH, the illness is…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (190+ words) Participants in the Gross Out Camp at Point Mallard look for caterpillars among sassafras leaves as they explore the woods during a hike on Tuesday. [JERONIMO NISA/DECATUR DAILY] An eastern bluebird feeds her hungry nestling in this Southwest Decatur…...