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ServisFirst: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Jan. 27, 2025 16:40 PM EST

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

Jan. 23, 2025 15:17 PM EST

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

Jan. 17, 2025 06:21 AM EST

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

Jan. 14, 2025 18:10 PM EST

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

Jan. 03, 2025 12:02 PM EST

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...