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June 15, 2021 at 5:31 am

Police: Gunman dead after killing 2 at fire hydrant factory VIEW

ALBERTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A worker wielding a handgun fatally shot two people and wounded two others at an Alabama fire hydrant factory early Tuesday...

June 2, 2021 at 2:18 pm

Stolen Confederate chair monument back in place — with glue

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — A Confederate monument that was stolen and became the object of an odd ransom scheme is back in an Alabama cemetery...

Paul Clasby, of Holliston, Mass., left, receives his second shot of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from paramedic Jake Lees, of North Attleborough, Mass., right, at a mass vaccination clinic, Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at Gillette Stadium, in Foxborough, Mass. A month after every adult in the U.S. became eligible for the vaccine, a distinct geographic pattern has emerged: The highest vaccination rates are concentrated in the Northeast, while the lowest ones are mostly in the South. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) NYAG506 NYAG506

May 20, 2021 at 9:36 am

Big gaps in vaccine rates across the US worry health experts VIEW

The highest vaccination rates are concentrated in the Northeast, while the lowest ones are mostly in the South. Experts say the gap reflects a multitude...

May 16, 2021 at 5:03 am

Some aren’t ready to give up masks despite new CDC guidance

Many are ready to put aside the sadness, isolation and wariness of the pandemic. Yet others are still worried about new virus variants and the...

May 14, 2021 at 3:28 am

‘Foot soldiers’ of Birmingham to BLM: ‘Keep on keeping on’

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Charles Avery had barely started marching when police arrested him, forced him into a police vehicle and took him to jail...

April 26, 2021 at 10:02 pm

Alabama marks 2011 tornado outbreak that killed hundreds VIEW

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — With lowered flags and somber ceremonies, Alabama paused Tuesday to mark the 10th anniversary of a horrific tornado outbreak that killed...

April 25, 2021 at 10:20 pm

Pain, loss linger a decade after tornadoes hammer 6 states VIEW

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — For Tom Sanders, it’s the void left by the death of a cousin and the man’s wife, killed when a tornado...

April 8, 2021 at 8:14 am

Trump-loving Alabama county faces uphill vaccination effort

HALEYVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Tending a thrift store that displays a faded Trump flag in a nearly all-white Alabama county with a long history of...

April 7, 2021 at 10:25 am

Alabama revises voter form with religious oath, lawsuit ends

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An atheist group asked a judge Wednesday to end its federal lawsuit against the state of Alabama since officials have revised...

April 3, 2021 at 5:44 am

The final insult: Some dying of COVID while awaiting vaccine

More than 247,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the U.S. since vaccines first became available mid-December.