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Boeing’s new Starliner space capsule is on the launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, next door to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The vehicle, on top of an Alabama built Atlas-V rocket, is scheduled for an early May blastoff to the International Space Station.
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NASA says the new Boeing Starliner spacecraft could launch to the International Space Station as soon as May 1. The capsule will sit on top of an Atlas-5 rocket, built at the United Launch Alliance factory in Decatur. This will be the first time astronauts have been carried to orbit aboard an Atlas-5.
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An Alabama police chief said he believes department policies were violated when officers shot and killed a man during a dispute with a tow truck driver, but did not elaborate on what those policies were.
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A police chief in Alabama apologized Wednesday for his department giving incorrect information about what was said before officers shot and killed a homeowner during a dispute with a tow truck driver. Decatur Police Chief Todd Pinion wrote in a statement that the department gave an inaccurate description of officer’s commands during the Sept. 29 shooting of Steve Perkins.
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The Cook Museum of Natural Science is hosting its Biomes Bonanza Multi-Day Camp through Friday. During this camp, children will learn about the Earth’s many biomes, including deserts, forests, oceans and the tundra.
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Weighing more than a diesel truck and moving through the sky without any propellers, hot air balloons are a sight to see. And visitors and residents in Decatur have a chance to see these balloons in action this Memorial Day weekend.
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A Decatur councilman is being critcized for a racially insensitive social media post from 2018. Hunter Pepper has apologized and said he was "extrememly…
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DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — Investors have saved an Alabama craft brewery that was poised to close because of a downturn in business caused by the coronavirus…
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DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to force the city of Decatur to follow the results of a 2010 referendum and adopt…
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DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — A federal review has determined that an Alabama housing agency segregated residents by race. The Decatur Daily reports that a study…