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In this Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019, photo, former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga. Carter has been admitted to Emory University Hospital for a procedure to relieve pressure on his brain, caused by bleeding due to his recent falls. A spokeswoman says the procedure is scheduled for Tuesday morning, Nov. 12. (AP Photo/John Amis) NYHK105 NYHK105

November 12, 2019 at 4:29 am

Former President Carter out of surgery, no complications

ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter was recovering Tuesday following surgery to relieve pressure on his brain from bleeding linked to recent falls. A...

November 11, 2019 at 6:11 pm

Former President Jimmy Carter enters hospital for surgery

ATLANTA (AP) — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was admitted to a hospital on Monday evening for a surgery to relieve pressure on his brain,...

November 4, 2019 at 8:33 am

Crash leads police to missing teen, escapee in Alabama

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A registered sex offender who scaled a jail wall to escape was arrested Monday along with a teenage girl who went...

November 3, 2019 at 7:50 am

Former President Jimmy Carter is back teaching Sunday school VIEW

PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter taught a Bible lesson on life after death Sunday less than two weeks after breaking his pelvis...

October 30, 2019 at 10:57 pm

Fake chimneys for birds that need vertical hollows to rest VIEW

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — People from New England to Texas are building fake chimneys as nesting spots and migration motels for chimney swifts, little birds...

October 25, 2019 at 8:51 am

Funeral set for girl abducted, killed in Alabama

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A funeral service is set for this weekend for a 3-year-old Alabama girl who was abducted from a birthday party and...

October 25, 2019 at 7:33 am

Cyclone heads to Gulf coast as rain douses Southeast

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Storms with heavy rains doused the drought-parched South on Friday, prompting alerts for floods and tornadoes as Post-Tropical Cyclone Olga headed...

October 24, 2019 at 7:46 am

Southern drought shows first improvement in weeks

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A fast-developing "flash drought" that threatened crops and helped spark wildfires across the South is showing the first real improvement in...

October 22, 2019 at 10:07 pm

Trump lynching claim renews pain for kin of actual victims VIEW

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Willie Edwards Jr., a black truck driver, was killed by Ku Klux Klansmen who forced him to jump off a bridge...

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October 22, 2019 at 6:34 pm

Body of missing Alabama girl found; 2 being charged

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Investigators searching through garbage found the body of a 3-year-old girl who was missing more than a week, and authorities are...