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Vulcan: Q3 Earnings Snapshot
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Vulcan Materials Co. (VMC) on Wednesday reported third-quarter earnings of $207.6 million. The Birmingham, Alabama-based company said it had profit of $1.56 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and to account for...
Encompass Health: Q3 Earnings Snapshot
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Encompass Health Corp. (EHC) on Monday reported third-quarter net income of $108.2 million. The Birmingham, Alabama-based company said it had net income of $1.06 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $1.03...
An Alabama city's ex-finance director pleads guilty to embezzling nearly $1M
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The former finance director for a city in a suburb of the central Alabama city of Birmingham has pleaded guilty to embezzling nearly $1 million. Robert Winston Burgett entered the plea Wednesday to three counts of wire fraud in federal court in Birmingham,...
Birmingham police chief announces plans to retire, a month after city's 3rd mass shooting this year
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama police chief announced plans to retire Thursday, just over a month after a mass shooting renewed scrutiny of the department's efforts to quell surging gun violence and homicides. Birmingham Police Chief Scott Thurmond, 50, announced at a press...
ServisFirst: Q3 Earnings Snapshot
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — ServisFirst Bancshares Inc. (SFBS) on Monday reported net income of $59.9 million in its third quarter. The Birmingham, Alabama-based company said it had net income of $1.10 per share. The holding company for...
Regions Financial: Q3 Earnings Snapshot
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Regions Financial Corp. (RF) on Friday reported third-quarter profit of $490 million. The bank, based in Birmingham, Alabama, said it had earnings of 49 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 57 cents...
A man has been charged with murder in connection with an Alabama shooting that left 4 dead
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A man has been charged in connection with a mass shooting outside a nightclub that left four people dead and wounded more than a dozen in Birmingham, Alabama, last month, police said Wednesday. Damien McDaniel, 22, was arrested and charged with capital...
Mortgage company will pay over $8M to resolve lending discrimination allegations
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A mortgage company accused of engaging in a pattern of lending discrimination by redlining predominantly Black neighborhoods in Alabama has agreed to pay $8 million plus a nearly $2 million civil penalty to resolve the allegations, federal officials said Tuesday. ...
Harris says the right to be safe is a civil right as Biden signs order on gun technology
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris said Thursday she believes the right to be safe is a civil right — and that means a right to live free from gun violence — as President Joe Biden signed an executive order that seeks to restrict new technologies that make guns easier to fire and...
Glock pistols are popular among criminals because they're easily modified, report says
BALTIMORE (AP) — Glock pistols are a popular choice for people committing gun crimes, in part because they can be easily converted into fully automatic weapons using a small device, according to a new report based on data from nearly three dozen U.S. cities. Often called Glock...
