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Regions Financial: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Regions Financial Corp. (RF) on Friday reported second-quarter net income of $501 million. The Birmingham, Alabama-based bank said it had earnings of 52 cents per share. The results topped Wall Street expectations....
Alabama State, Alcorn State favored to win SWAC division titles
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama State's Eddie Robinson Jr. was hired at his alma mater without any coaching experience, and now he has raised the Hornets to division front-runner status. The Hornets were picked to win the East Division by the Southwestern Athletic Conference head...
ServisFirst: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — ServisFirst Bancshares Inc. (SFBS) on Monday reported net income of $52.1 million in its second quarter. On a per-share basis, the Birmingham, Alabama-based company said it had profit of 95 cents. The holding company...
2 shootings in Birmingham kill 7 people, including young child, Alabama police say
Four people died in a shooting at a Birmingham nightclub late Saturday, while an earlier shooting outside a home in the city killed three people, including a young child, authorities in Alabama said. Officers responded shortly after 11 p.m. to a report of multiple people shot outside...
Federal prosecutors seek 14-month imprisonment for former Alabama lawmaker
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Federal prosecutors are recommending that former Alabama state Rep. John Rogers be sentenced to 14 months' imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to diverting state grant funds. The 83-year-old Birmingham Democrat had been the longest-serving...
Surprise, surprise! Unlikely Wimbledon contenders Krejcikova and Paolini meet in the women's final
LONDON (AP) — Barbora Krejcikova had a bad back and just a handful of wins this season before Wimbledon. So, yeah, she's pretty surprised to have reached the final at the All England Club on Saturday against No. 7 Jasmine Paolini, who is equally amazed to be one step away from the...
Alabama state Sen. Garlan Gudger injured in jet ski accident, airlifted to hospital
CULLMAN, Ala. (AP) — Alabama state Sen. Garlan Gudger was airlifted Thursday to a Birmingham hospital after being injured in a jet ski accident on Smith Lake during the July Fourth holiday. The Cullman Republican is in the intensive care unit at UAB Hospital after undergoing...
Inmate asks court to block second nitrogen execution in Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Lawyers for an Alabama inmate on Friday asked a judge to block the nation’s second scheduled execution using nitrogen gas, arguing the first was a “horrific scene” that violates the ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Alan Eugene Miller, who survived...
Celebrations honor Willie Mays and Negro League players ahead of MLB game at Rickwood Field
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — As Ajay Stone strolled around historic Rickwood Field and gazed at tributes displayed in honor of Willie Mays and other Negro Leaguers, he clutched a cherished memory under his arm. It was a picture from 2004 of Mays holding Stone's then-10-month-old...
Tributes to Willie Mays pour in as mural is unveiled in Alabama
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Willie Mays gave a message to his longtime friend Dusty Baker just a day before he died. Mays, who died Tuesday afternoon at 93 years old, knew that he wouldn't be able to make the trip to Birmingham, Alabama, for a week of festivities honoring the...
