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Body of missing Alabama mother found; boyfriend in custody
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A two-day search for a missing Alabama mother of four has ended after her body was found in southwest Birmingham, authorities said. The U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Birmingham Police Department's Crime Reduction Team found...
Today in History: April 12, Civil War begins with gunfire at Fort Sumter
Today in History Today is Friday, April 12, the 103rd day of 2024. There are 263 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 12, 1861, the U.S. Civil War began as Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter in South Carolina. ...
Mississippi schools offer scholarships to students at soon-to-close Birmingham Southern
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — After hearing the news of the impending closure of Alabama's Birmingham-Southern College, Mississippi University of Women said it welcomes affected students and will provide scholarship offers to those who qualify. “I am saddened by the closure of...
A veteran with dementia got lost going shopping. He died months after an officer body-slammed him
When Carl Grant awoke from emergency surgery and couldn’t move, he apologized to family gathered around his hospital bed. In the fog of dementia, the U.S. Marine Corps veteran thought he’d been paralyzed in the Vietnam War. The truth: It was February 2020, he was 68, and a police...
Why did more than 1,000 people die after police subdued them with force that isn't meant to kill?
Carl Grant, a Vietnam veteran with dementia, wandered out of a hospital room to charge a cellphone he imagined he had. When he wouldn’t sit still, the police officer escorting Grant body-slammed him, ricocheting the patient’s head off the floor. Taylor Ware, a former Marine and...
Struggling private Birmingham-Southern College in Alabama says it will close at end of May
Birmingham-Southern College, a private liberal arts college in Alabama, will close at the end of May after running into financial difficulties and being unable to secure a financial lifeline from the state, officials announced Tuesday. The College Board of Trustees voted unanimously...
Samford rides Bucky Ball to historic season, first NCAA Tournament in 24 years. On deck is Kansas
Bucky McMillan was a Birmingham teenager the last time Samford went to the NCAA Tournament, on his way to being a player at one hometown college and then a highly successful coach at a local high school. McMillan stayed put for his next role, too, with similar results. ...
Diversified Energy: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Diversified Energy (DEC) on Tuesday reported earnings of $758 million in its fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the Birmingham, Alabama-based company said it had net income of $15.95. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains,...
Hibbett: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Hibbett, Inc. (HIBB) on Friday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $30.9 million. On a per-share basis, the Birmingham, Alabama-based company said it had profit of $2.55. The results did not meet Wall Street...
Pencils down: SATs are going all digital, and students have mixed reviews of the new format
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — As SAT season kicks off this weekend, students across the U.S. for the first time will take it with computers and tablets — and not the pencils they've used since the college admissions test was introduced nearly a century ago. It's not unfamiliar...
