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Alabama Library Board Keeps Funding Freeze on Fairhope Over ‘Handmaid’s Tale,’ Other Books
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama’s state library board has again refused to restore funding to the Fairhope Public Library, extending a nearly yearlong freeze tied to the library’s refusal to move…
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Woman Shot on Oak Grove Road Near Lakeshore Parkway, Birmingham Police Investigating
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Birmingham police are investigating a Wednesday morning shooting that left a woman wounded off Lakeshore Parkway. Officers responded to the 1200 block of Oak Grove Road after…
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Alabama Bill to Arm Local Police with Immigration Powers Draws Federal Echoes
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A bill prefiled by Rep. Ernie Yarbrough, R-Trinity, would hand Alabama sheriffs and police broad new authority to arrest and detain people they suspect are undocumented immigrants,…
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Dead Dogs Found in Backyard Lead to Animal Cruelty Arrests in Lee County
BEAUREGARD, Ala. — Three people are in the Lee County Jail after deputies say they found 29 dead dogs piled in a backyard and more than two dozen others emaciated…
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Teen Killed, Classmate Wounded in West Birmingham Shooting
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A Pleasant Grove High School senior was killed and a classmate wounded in a Saturday night shooting that underscored lingering gun violence in Birmingham even as the…
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Jefferson County Shuts Down Bid to Expand Zoning at Infamous ‘Boobie Trap’ Site
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. — One of Alabama’s most notorious strip clubs may be gone, but the fight over what comes next at the former Wesley’s Boobie Trap property is very…
