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Judge won’t recuse in Alabama Democratic Party dispute
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An judge on Thursday refused to step aside in a lawsuit over who is in control of the Alabama Democratic Party as one side of the dispute pushed for the case to be dismissed. Montgomery Circuit Judge Greg Griffin said he won’t recuse in the lawsuit brought by longtime chair...
Hyundai to build Santa Cruz SUV at Alabama plant
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Hyundai will build a pickup-style sport-utility vehicle at its plant in Alabama, which the company said Wednesday is being enlarged in a $410 million expansion project. A statement from the Korean automaker said production of the Santa Cruz compact SUV will begin in 2021 at its...
Reed takes office as Montgomery's first black mayor
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed was sworn in Tuesday as the capital city's first African American leader. Reed took the oath of office after easily winning the mayoral runoff last month. He is the first black mayor of a city that was the first capital of the Confederacy and later the...
The Latest: Mother of missing girl charged with neglect
DEMOPOLIS, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on a missing Florida girl (all times local): 7 p.m. Authorities say they've charged the mother of a missing 5-year-old Florida girl with child neglect and giving false information to investigators. Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams announced the charges against Brianna...
Search for missing Florida girl expands to Alabama
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida say they're expanding the search of a missing 5-year-old girl to Alabama, and the girl's mother is no longer cooperating with their investigation. Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said during a news conference Monday that officers have been deployed to...
Suspect was on bond when UFC fighter's stepdaughter vanished
When UFC fighter Walt Harris' stepdaughter vanished last month, the man later charged in her disappearance was free on bond in an earlier kidnapping case where Alabama prosecutors say he nearly beat a man to death. A police chief is questioning why he was free in the first place. Ibraheem Yazeed was booked into...
Police ID suspect in UFC fighter's missing stepdaughter case
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Authorities have identified an Alabama man who is wanted in connection with the disappearance of UFC heavyweight Walt Harris's stepdaughter. News outlets report a warrant for first-degree kidnapping was issued Thursday for 30-year-old Ibraheem Yazeed in the disappearance of...
People of color make gains in mayoral races across the US
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — People of color made history this week by winning municipal races in places their families were once ignored or prevented from voting, including a New Mexico mayor whose father was forced into a Japanese internment camp during World War II. From Arizona to Massachusetts, the gains...
Alabama city backs off jail time for helping panhandlers
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Leaders in Alabama's capital have rejected a measure that would impose jail time on motorists who give handouts to roadway panhandlers. News outlets report the Montgomery City Council rejected a proposal to criminalize the act of handing money or anything else to someone from a car...
City council to revisit law requiring panhandlers be jailed
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Montgomery, Alabama, City Council is revisiting an ordinance that requires panhandlers be jailed for at least two days. It has been amended to criminalize passing money or objects through car windows to someone on a public road, making such acts punishable with fines or jail....
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