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January 16, 2020 at 12:20 pm

Mother’s suit blames suicide of 9-year-old girl on bullying

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The mother of a 9-year-old girl who took her own life filed suit Thursday blaming the fourth-grader's death on educators she...

January 15, 2020 at 9:10 am

Pressure building on rural north Mississippi dam VIEW

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Authorities worked to lower the level of a rain-swollen lake in rural north Mississippi on Wednesday, hoping to avoid the failure...

January 12, 2020 at 8:56 am

Alabama county to preserve jail remnant where MLK was held

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama county is preserving what's left of the lockup where officials say Martin Luther King Jr. served his final time...

January 10, 2020 at 6:14 am

Defense: No alcohol in fatal crash involving ex-astronaut

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Lawyers for a retired NASA astronaut charged with murder in a fatal car crash that killed two young sisters contend tests...

December 21, 2019 at 6:58 am

The Jim Crow film that just won’t die, “Song of the South”

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Racially segregated movie theaters and whites-only water fountains disappeared decades ago after court rulings struck down the legal framework of Jim...

Debris is wrapped around a utility pole after severe weather came through the area on John Allison Dr. in Alexandria, La., Monday, Dec. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Brad Kemp) LABK106 LABK106

December 17, 2019 at 6:32 am

4 dead, several injured across South in outbreak of twisters VIEW

ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — A swarm of tornadoes and other storms that left a trail of destruction across the Southeast killed four people, injured at...

December 16, 2019 at 5:46 am

3 dead as suspected twisters, other storms batter the South VIEW

ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — Three people are confirmed dead and a dozen more injured as a powerful storm front packing suspected tornadoes smashed into buildings,...

December 12, 2019 at 2:12 pm

NTSB blames inadequate work for deadly blast in Alabama

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A federal investigation released Thursday cited inadequate work by an excavation company as the probable cause of a pipeline explosion that...

December 11, 2019 at 3:27 pm

Kim Kardashian West sues doctor over ‘Vampire Facial’

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Reality TV star and businesswoman Kim Kardashian West is suing an Alabama doctor over claims he wrongly used her image to...

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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...