Alabama Senate race sets up to be contentious slugfest

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — With control of the U.S. Senate on the line, Alabama’s race is shaping up to be a contentious showdown between college football coach backed by President Donald Trump and the body’s most endangered Democrat, who will need to motivate his base and court moderate voters to win political survival. Armed with Trump’s endorsement and fame from years on the sidelines, former Auburn University football coach Tommy Tuberville…