WASHINGTON — A Smithsonian museum exhibit about the maritime journey that millions of Africans were forced to take across the Atlantic to slavery in the […]
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Video Alabama father and son inform David Muir about redeeming decades-long birthday promise
Alabama father and son tell David Muir about redeeming decades-long birthday promise Jimmy Rush and his 99-year-old dad are the first customers of Wintzell’s Oyster […]
Texas man going through execution for fatally stabbing girlfriend and her 8-year-old son
HOUSTON — A North Texas man faced execution on Wednesday for fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son nearly 13 years ago. Cedric Ricks […]
Past the Potomac River, sewage spills threaten cities with outdated infrastructure
WASHINGTON — The January collapse of a pipe as wide as a car dumped so much sewage into the Potomac River that officials tracked a […]
Alabama governor commutes loss of life sentence of inmate whose confederate fired deadly shot
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate who was set to be executed this week, […]
After coaching in deep snow and bitter chilly, ex-reality present star seeks to win the Iditarod once more
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Riches and paid appearances haven’t followed Jessie Holmes since he won the world’s most famous sled dog race, the Iditarod, last year. […]
After a president-filled celebration, Rev. Jesse Jackson’s household gathers for a personal homegoing
CHICAGO — A day after former presidents, sitting governors and local Chicago residents alike attended a vibrant, televised celebration for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson […]
Alabama man dealing with execution for lethal theft asks for clemency as he did not kill sufferer
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Charles “Sonny” Burton said no one was supposed to get hurt during the 1991 AutoZone robbery that landed him on death row, […]
Bernard LaFayette, Selma voting rights organizer, dies at 85
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the […]
Alabama man, on loss of life row since 1990, to get new trial
MONTGOMERY, Ala, — One of Alabama’s longest-serving death row inmates could soon receive a new trial after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the state’s appeal […]
