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ServisFirst: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — ServisFirst Bancshares Inc. (SFBS) on Monday reported profit of $65.2 million in its fourth quarter. The Birmingham, Alabama-based company said it had profit of $1.19 per share. The holding company for ServisFirst...
Alabama man charged with 11 homicides —including two mass shootings — pleads not guilty
An Alabama man charged with homicide in two separate mass shootings pleaded not guilty in state court on Wednesday. Damien McDaniel, 22, is accused of killing 11 people between July and September of last year in Birmingham, Alabama — which would account for over 7% of all homicides...
Regions Financial: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Regions Financial Corp. (RF) on Friday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $534 million. The bank, based in Birmingham, Alabama, said it had earnings of 56 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 59 cents...
Family of an Alabama man killed by police will get a $750,000 settlement
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama city will pay $750,000 to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit against a police officer who fatally shot one person and wounded another in 2019, after defendants appealed the original $4.5 million awarded by a federal jury almost a year ago. The...
British author David Lodge, twice nominated for Booker Prize, dies at 89
LONDON (AP) — David Lodge, a witty and prolific British novelist and critic who gently satirized academia, religion and even his own loss of hearing in such highly praised narratives as the Booker Prize finalists “Small World” and “Nice Work,” has died. He was 89. Lodge's...
'Dinosaur highway' tracks dating back 166 million years are discovered in England
LONDON (AP) — A worker digging up clay in a southern England limestone quarry noticed unusual bumps that led to the discovery of a “dinosaur highway” and nearly 200 tracks that date back 166 million years, researchers said Thursday. The extraordinary find made after a team of...
'Baby Driver' actor Hudson Meek, 16, dies in a fall from a moving vehicle
VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (AP) — Teenage actor Hudson Meek has died after he fell out of a moving vehicle in Alabama, authorities said. Meek, 16, was hurt on Dec. 19 while on a street in Vestavia Hills, a suburb of Birmingham. He died two days later, according to the Jefferson County...
Prosecutor seeks death penalty for 8 charged with kidnapping and killing an Alabama woman
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the eight people charged in the kidnapping, assault and killing of a 20-year-old mother. Jefferson County deputy district attorney Charissa Henrich filed notice with the court on Friday that she would...
Everton vs. Liverpool postponed because of Storm Darragh. Other Premier League games remain on
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — The Merseyside derby between Everton and Liverpool was postponed on Saturday because of Storm Darragh, which brought dangerous winds and heavy rain to the west coast. The Premier League match was due to kick off at 12.30 p.m. U.K. time, but Everton issued...
