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Former Southern Miss Receiver Charged With Capital Murder
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A former Southern Miss wide receiver from Adamsville has been charged with capital murder in a June shooting in Birmingham, police said. Jaylond Adams, 28, was arrested Thursday in the 400 block of Green Springs Highway and charged with capital murder and first-degree robbery in the June 18 death of Cornelius Parker,…
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UAB Opens $192 Million Shelby Biosciences Research Building
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The University of Alabama at Birmingham opened its $192 million Shelby Biosciences Research Building on Oct. 20, adding laboratory space for biomedical and behavioral research and room to recruit as many as 80 additional researchers. The eight-story, 228,735-square-foot facility brings together researchers from UAB’s Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine and the…
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Gunfire, a Fleeing Pickup and a Death: Carbon Hill Home Invasion Suspect Taken Into Custody
CARBON HILL, Ala. — A kicked-in door, a burst of gunfire and a fleeing pickup truck left one woman dead and police searching for her alleged accomplice after a reported home invasion in Carbon Hill. Authorities later took Dustin Patrick Tucker, 38, into custody, police said. Tucker was taken into custody Oct. 16, two days…
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Birmingham and Trussville Pick Designer for $150M Crossing Project
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Birmingham and Trussville took the first concrete step Monday toward unclogging one of the region’s most maddening choke points: the rail corridor between Woodlawn and Trussville. At an event at Sloss Furnaces, the two cities announced that engineering firm Kimley-Horn will lead the design and environmental review of REDESIGN Alabama, a project…
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Ivey Commutes Toforest Johnson’s Death Sentence After Decades of Questions About Conviction
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Gov. Kay Ivey commuted Toforest Johnson’s death sentence Tuesday to life in prison without parole, sparing the longtime Alabama inmate from execution in a case that has drawn scrutiny from prosecutors, former judges and celebrity supporters over the reliability of his conviction. Johnson, 53, was sentenced to death in 1998 for the…
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Marshall Backs Vaccine Objectors as Major Faiths Accept Shots
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has joined a multistate effort asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a West Virginia family’s religious challenge to school vaccination requirements, although major religious traditions generally accept vaccination and many encourage it. Marshall announced Monday, Oct. 19, that Alabama joined a Nebraska-led coalition supporting parents whose…
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