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Tulane hosts Southern Miss after Montgomery's 21-point game
Southern Miss Golden Eagles (4-4) at Tulane Green Wave (4-6) New Orleans; Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Green Wave -5.5; over/under is 148.5 BOTTOM LINE: Southern Miss takes on Tulane after Cobie Montgomery scored 21 points in Southern...
Montgomery leads Southern Miss against Tulane after 21-point outing
Southern Miss Golden Eagles (4-4) at Tulane Green Wave (4-6) New Orleans; Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Southern Miss takes on Tulane after Cobie Montgomery scored 21 points in Southern Miss' 81-64 win against the Alabama State Hornets. The Green...
Federal judge rules Alabama city must allow gay pride float at Christmas parade
PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered an Alabama city to allow an LGBTQ+ pride group to participate in the city's Christmas parade on Friday, after the mayor initially blocked the group from the annual event citing unspecified “safety concerns.” U.S. District...
Montgomery's 21 lead Southern Miss past Alabama State 81-64
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Cobie Montgomery had 21 points in Southern Miss' 81-64 win over Alabama State on Thursday. Montgomery shot 6 for 10 (6 for 9 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line for the Golden Eagles (4-4). Denijay Harris scored 20 points and added 20...
Today in History: December 1, Rosa Parks refuses to give up bus seat
Today is Sunday, Dec. 1, the 336th day of 2024. There are 30 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a Black seamstress, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus; the incident...
After Trump's win, Black women are rethinking their role as America's reliable political organizers
ATLANTA (AP) — As she checked into a recent flight to Mexico for vacation, Teja Smith chuckled at the idea of joining another Women’s March on Washington. As a Black woman, she just couldn’t see herself helping to replicate the largest act of resistance against then-President...
Montgomery scores 19 as Bradley defeats Wright State 77-74
CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Zek Montgomery had 19 points in Bradley's 77-74 victory over Wright State on Friday night. Montgomery went 7 of 13 from the field (3 for 4 from 3-point range) for the Braves (5-1). Almar Atlason scored 12 points while shooting 4 for 7 (2 for 4 from 3-point...
Man who set off makeshift bomb outside Alabama attorney general's office sentenced to nine years
MONTOGMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man who detonated a homemade explosive device outside the state attorney general's office was sentenced to nine years in federal prison on Thursday. Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert, 27, plead guilty in August to the charge of malicious use of an...
Statue of the late US Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon, is unveiled in his native Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A statue of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon, has been unveiled in Alabama's capital city. The likeness, called Steadfast Stride Toward Justice, sits in the Equal Justice Initiative's Legacy Plaza in Montgomery. It joins statues of Rosa...
Man jailed after Tuskegee University shooting says he fired his gun, but denies shooting at anyone
A man accused of having a machine gun at Tuskegee University during a hail of gunfire that left one man dead and at least 16 others hurt told a federal agent that he fired his weapon during the shooting, but denied aiming at anyone. The new details are contained in a newly unsealed...
