Congressional politics, a surprise inside a teddy bear and why some of us have gone rural, according to the Census folks.

Paxlovid, spending bill, weather

Forever chemicals, a lack of pediatricians, and in-demand Christmas gifts.

Politics and Alabama Power; an airport computer toss; winter weather.

Electric-vehicle charging stations; the aging state; a honeymoon ruined.

Turning on TikTok; the Jan. 6 panel and Mo Brooks; so many Crimson Tide players in the NFL.

Meta's data center construction in Huntsville; Birmingham-Southern's troubled finances; and oyster season in Mobile Bay.

A union protest in Vestavia, a net-zero development in Huntsville, and a Casey White jailbreak movie on Tubi.

A lawsuit over a prison death, Huntsville real-estate's outlook, and a case of sharing fishing information.

A tumbling pension fund, military aid to Ukraine, and a cat-food caper.

State government ban on TikTok; illegal street racing; alcohol delivery.

The Methodist split, state and local taxes, and weather.

Charles Barkley's latest gifts, the annual ABC limited-quantity liquor release, and some fun with 2022 Google search data.

Arrested for unpaid garbage bills; higher power bills next year; a cockfighting operation; a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Octavia Spencer.

We have the nation's highest emitter of greenhouse gases. Also, we offer a couple measures of how conservative we are - one based on legislative votes and one based on alleged doodles on some ballots.

Hot pursuit, execution review and the big football defensive awards.

More on the man who fell off a cruise ship and survived, a roundup of Alabama's bowls and bowl-bound teams, and a former Crimson Tide coach who has retired from coaching high school ball.

A Choctaw Indian tribe hoping for official federal recognition; the demolition of part of the old Huntsville High School, which dates back to 1928; where Alabamians are most likely to move should they leave the Yellowhammer State; and the newest Super 7 high school football state champs.