A group of peaceful protesters in pickup trucks and on motorcycles - all carrying the rebel battle flag - paraded back and forth on Speedway Boulevard in opposition to NASCAR's banning of the confederate flag at its events, kickinthetires.net reported Monday morning. The group protest was organized by Charles Burdette of Lincoln and he said the racing series has received its last dollar from him. The sentiment was the same from the other roughly two-dozen people gathered down from
Cherokee Village Assisted Living residents George and Rebecca Cobb recently celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary at the facility in Centre. not allowed inside the building as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Alabama. They waved and talked to well-wishers before cutting their cake and looking at mementoes from their life together. What's the secret to such Rebecca Cobb said. But it takes more than marriage. We've done many
WASHINGTON (AP) It was June 2015, and Democrats felt the nation's political and cultural winds blowing their way. The Supreme Court ruled in President Barack Obama's favor on landmark gay marriage and health care cases. The White House was awash in rainbow light, a symbol of a liberal cultural takeover that seemed unstoppable. The following year, Donald Trump was elected president, propelled by a revolt of voters who weren't on board. As he barrels toward the November election, Trump is again positioning himself as the spokesperson for voters resisting a new wave of cultural change, ready to ride any backlash from the protests calling for racial equality and police reform and last week's Supreme Court rulings extending protections to gay workers and young immigrants. IS STRONGER THAN EVER Friday, aligning himself with those who believe their voices are increasingly missing from the national dialogue. Trump's efforts to harness the culture wars to mobilize many of those same voters in 2020 may be more difficult than it was four years ago. Polls show that some of the cultural shifts that took hold during Obama's presidency have continued during Trump's tenure, signaling that his election alone couldn't hold back the evolving views of an increasingly diverse nation. As a result, Trump has found himself out of step in recent weeks, even with some of his usual allies. For example, polls show the majority of Americans support the nationwide protests over police brutality - demonstrations Trump threatened to crack down on by deploying the military. The outcry prompted the NFL to shift its position and apologize for not supporting players who protested police
(AP) Will Boyd was at the funeral Saturday morning for a relative who had died after contracting the new coronavirus when he got the call with the news. His brother had also passed away from COVID-19. "The virus is real. It's real. If they don't know it's real, they can come and walk with me to the cemetery," Boyd said of the skeptics. Alabama and much of the Deep South are seeing a spike in coronavirus cases as some have stopped heeding warnings of the virus, alarming public health officials and people who have lost loved ones because of COVID-19. Over the past two weeks, Alabama had the second highest number of new cases per capita in the nation. South Carolina was fourth. Louisiana and Mississippi were also in the top 10. "We are extremely concerned about these numbers. We know if they continue, we will see more hospitalizations and more deaths," Alabama State Health Officer Scott Harris said. As of press time Monday, Alabama had 29,598 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with more than a quarter of the cases reported in the last two weeks. The combination of preexisting health conditions and limited health care access in the region, along with pockets of public skepticism about health officials' advice on the illness, complicate attempts to manage the virus. Dr. Selwyn Vickers, dean of the UAB School of Medicine, said the South has high rates of diabetes, kidney disease, heart disease and high blood pressure - all illnesses that put people at risk for poorer outcomes with COVID-19. But Vickers said human behavior is the most difficult aspect of fighting the disease. "When you open the doors and you look at the beaches, you look at the restaurants and you look at cities that choose not to do masks, or individuals who don't, ... I would say our behaviors create the biggest
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Special to the PH When Rebecca and George Cobb got married during a rainstorm in Montgomery in 1940, no one came because of the bad weather, but last week family and friends turned out on a beautiful June day to celebrate the couple and a milestone few people ever reach - the Cobbs' 80th wedding anniversary. The Cobbs, who are both 98, greeted well-wishers from the screened porch at Cherokee Village Assisted Living because visitors are
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