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Alabama A&M Sees 45 Percent Increase in Apparel Sales

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Alabama A&M Sees 45 Percent Increase in Apparel Sales Alabama A&M University experienced a 45 percent increase in revenue from licensed apparel this year. The addition of several new vendors and the streamlining of processes […]

Alabama community mourns after crash kills parents, 8-year-old son, injures 4-year-old

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By Carol Robinson An Alabama community is mourning the loss of a mother, father and one of their two children who were killed in a weekend crash in Phenix City. Those killed were Ami Napier, 32, […]

Alabama A&M campus shooting: 20-year-old arrested after leaving hospital

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By William Thornton Huntsville police have arrested a second man in connection with a shooting on the campus of Alabama A&M University last week. On Friday, Christopher Thomas, 20, was booked into the Madison County Jail around […]

Racist graffiti in Montgomery neighborhood a possible hate crime: ‘I am enraged,’ lawmaker says

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By Carol Robinson Vandalism in a Montgomery neighborhood over the weekend is being investigated as a hate crime. Montgomery police were dispatched at 6:40 a.m. Saturday to the 4300 block of Richardson Road, which is in […]

Workers at northeast Alabama Starbucks strike to protest working conditions

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By Amy Yurkanin | A Starbucks in northeast Alabama was closed Sunday after workers there organized a strike to protest working conditions and unfair labor practices, according to a statement released by Starbucks Workers United. Workers […]

Kay Ivey: Promoting students before they can read is a ‘major disservice’

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By Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey This is a guest opinion column As Alabama students are beginning the new school year, there is already discussion on the promotion policy included in the Alabama Literacy Act that […]

2024 MLB game at Rickwood Field will put ‘millions of eyes on Birmingham’

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By Joseph D. Bryant Reif Blue is just as familiar with Rickwood Field as he is with his own house. The old ballpark was the scene of some of his most memorable moments as a student and then […]

Thousands converge on National Mall to mark the March on Washington’s 60th anniversary

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By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands converged on the National Mall on Saturday for the 60th anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington, saying a country that remains riven by racial inequality […]

Families feel betrayed by transgender care ruling: ‘I don’t want to feel like I have to leave Alabama’

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By Jemma Stephenson and Alabama Reflector When she heard a federal court had allowed Alabama to criminalize medicine for transgender youth, Cardelia Howell-Diamond wanted to cry. Out of anger. “We felt pretty betrayed by the U.S. […]

IRS raises interest rates

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By Leada Gore Interest rates charged by the Internal Revenue Service will be increasing Oct. 1. For individuals, the rate for overpayments and underpayments will be 8% per year, compounded daily. Other charges include: For taxpayers […]