Aug 21, 2024

It's a good day to take a listen to the podcast. We have discussion about Delta 8 -- what it is and how it has caused legal trouble for people even if it's legal.

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Carnival Cruise Line is offering a unique cruise out of Mobile beginning in 2026. It will require a time and money investment, by the way.

But AL.com's Lawrence Specker reports that the Carnival Spirit will shove off from Mobile on April 12, 2026, and end up in Seattle 16 days later. Sixteen days. Columbus probably got antsy after 16 days at sea. 

The ship will spend the summer cruising from Seattle to Alaska, then return to Mobile in October. The ship takes 5-, 6-, 8- and 12-day cruises while it's working out of Mobile.

The cruise from Mobile to Seattle will include a stop in Cartagena, Colombia; a trip through the Panama Canal; and visits to Puntarenas, Costa Rica, and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

As for cost, if you're two people staying in an interior room it'll run you just over $3,000.

He didn't get arrested last week for allegedly blocking necessary information from the town clerk, but Tarrant Mayor Wayman Newton is heading to court anyway, this time to face an impeachment lawsuit, reports AL.com's Joseph D. Bryant.

Five residents of the town filed the lawsuit, alleging “willful neglect of duty, corruption in office, incompetency, and other offenses involving moral turpitude.” The accusations describe a corrupt, inept administration and includes allegations that Newton has used his office to pay family members and benefit his own company.

Newton called the lawsuit frivolous, and said it was brought by supporters of the city council. Relations between the mayor and council have been contentious for years.

Scott Morro is the attorney who filed the unusual impeachment lawsuit on behalf of the five citizens. “It is unusual, but it’s part of the constitution," he said. "So it’s a bold move, it’s a rare move, but in this city it’s a necessary move.”

A couple of new measures are being taken to help discourage or fight crime in Birmingham.

The Birmingham City Council has signed off on an agreement with the Birmingham Board of Education to share video taken by cameras on school property, reports AL.com's Greg Garrison.

BPD has been increasing its access to cameras throughout the city, and now police will able to tap into areas around school buildings.

And the city has also launched a program called "Project Safe Streets" that impedes access to neighborhoods, reports AL.com's Alaina Bookman. This one inevitably came with disagreement among residents. It involves placing barriers at entry points to a neighborhood to target speeding, shootings, theft, prostitution and violent crime. 

Currently the barriers have been placed throughout the East Lake neighborhood. 

“You were able to show you’re not afraid of him. You would challenge, and he got to show he will stand up for his players.”

Terry Saban to Paul Finebaum (according to Finebaum) after he and Alabama football coach Nick Saban engaged in a famously intense exchange at the 2016 SEC Media Days.

We talk with reporter Amy Yurkanin, who has done reporting on Delta 8, hemp, and the trouble a pregnant woman found herself in after using a legal product.

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