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How Stevie Wonder's 'Happy Birthday' helped form US holiday
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — In the summer of 1979, Stevie Wonder called Coretta Scott King to tell her about a dream he had. “I said to her, you know, ‘I had a dream about this song. And I imagined in this dream I was doing this song. We were marching, too, with petition signs to make for Dr....
Ex-cop avoids federal lockup, faces state charges in beating
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge in Alabama has given five years of probation to a white ex-policeman who admitted trying to obstruct investigators looking into charges that he beat a Black driver who had gotten into an argument with his wife. Former Selma police officer Matthew Blaine Till pleaded...
2 in 5 Americans live where COVID-19 strains hospital ICUs
Straining to handle record numbers of COVID-19 patients, hundreds of the nation's intensive care units are running out of space and supplies and competing to hire temporary traveling nurses at soaring rates. Many of the facilities are clustered in the South and West. An Associated Press analysis of federal...
Demolished Union Hill cafeteria was scene of many memories
SOMERVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Union Hill School’s old cafeteria will always have a special place in the heart of Melissa Johnson, a reading specialist at the school. She met her husband, Keith, in the cafeteria, and it’s where he eventually proposed to her. “My husband taught the gifted...
Birmingham VA expands vaccine program; more doses still key
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Birmingham VA Health Care System is expanding its ability to vaccinate veterans against the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, provided it can get enough doses of the vaccine. A partnership with the United Way of Central Alabama will allow the agency to provide as many as 1,000...
Father arrested in abduction of 2 kids from NY foster home
GREECE, N.Y. (AP) — The father of two children who were forcibly taken from their western New York foster home and later found in Alabama has been arrested in the kidnapping, police announced. The Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester reports that Dimitri Cash Sr. was arrested Saturday on charges of...
James leads North Alabama over Jacksonville 76-54
FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — Mervin James recorded 18 points and 12 rebounds to carry North Alabama to a 76-54 win over Jacksonville on Saturday night. James Anderson II had 15 points for North Alabama (9-3, 5-1 Atlantic Sun Conference), which won its fifth straight game. Emanuel Littles added 11 rebounds. North...
The Latest: New virus clusters hit China's north provinces
BEIJING — A Chinese city has brought 2,600 temporary treatment rooms online as the country’s north battles new clusters of coronavirus. The single-occupancy rooms in the city of Nangong in Hebei province just outside Beijing are each equipped with their own heaters, toilets, showers and other...
No. 18 Alabama wins 9th straight, 81-73 over Mississippi St
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — No. 18 Alabama faced down a challenge and kept its winning streak alive, if not the Crimson Tide's string of blowouts. Herbert Jones had 17 points and seven assists to help Alabama win its ninth straight game with an 81-73 victory over Mississippi State on Saturday night. This one...
Crosby scores 19 to carry Alcorn St. over Alabama St. 57-52
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Troymain Crosby scored 19 points and Alcorn State held off Alabama State 57-52 on Saturday to end its six-game losing streak. Kurk Lee had 14 points and six assists for Alcorn State (3-6, 3-1 Southwestern Athletic Conference) and Tyree Corbett grabbed 11 rebounds. Brandon Battle had...
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