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Alabama marks site of Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 jail letter

August 24, 2021 at 2:44 a.m.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter helped unveil a historical marker on Tuesday in the Alabama city where he penned his famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail," as...

Alabama marks site of Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 jail letter

May 13, 2019 at 11:36 p.m.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter helped unveil a historical marker on Tuesday in the Alabama city where he penned his famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail," as...

Alabama Senate passes bill tightening rules for abortion clinics

December 24, 2018 at 12:55 a.m.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala (Reuters) - The Alabama Senate passed an abortion bill on Tuesday critics say would limit access to the procedure with stricter requirements for clinics that provide it. The...

Alabama officials probe fallen airport sign that killed boy

August 24, 2021 at 1:32 a.m.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Alabama authorities are investigating what caused an airport sign in a recently renovated space to fall and kill a 10-year old boy and leave his mother...

Travel Postcard: 48 hours in the Florida Keys

May 9, 2019 at 9:21 p.m.

KEY WEST, Fla (Reuters) - The Florida Keys are the end of the road, where the legendary U.S. Route 1 stops for the ocean at mile zero, a classic American...

Alabama boy rescued from bunker eating, laughing

August 22, 2019 at 8:40 a.m.

MIDLAND CITY, Alabama (Reuters) - He played with a toy dinosaur and laughed with family and friends. His school district planned a birthday celebration, and his classmates returned to kindergarten....

Alabama boy rescued from bunker eating, laughing

August 23, 2021 at 10:45 p.m.

MIDLAND CITY, Alabama (Reuters) - He played with a toy dinosaur and laughed with family and friends. His school district planned a birthday celebration, and his classmates returned to kindergarten....

Alabama hostage standoff ends with child safe, gunman dead

August 22, 2019 at 8:34 a.m.

MIDLAND CITY, Alabama (Reuters) - U.S. authorities stormed an underground bunker in rural Alabama on Monday, rescuing a 5-year-old boy held hostage for nearly a week and leaving his kidnapper...

Alabama hostage standoff ends with child safe, gunman dead

August 23, 2021 at 10:25 p.m.

MIDLAND CITY, Alabama (Reuters) - U.S. authorities stormed an underground bunker in rural Alabama on Monday, rescuing a 5-year-old boy held hostage for nearly a week and leaving his kidnapper...

Judge orders end to HIV prison segregation in Alabama

December 25, 2018 at 11:45 a.m.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge ruled on Friday to end the segregation of prisoners with HIV in Alabama, agreeing that it violates the Americans with Disabilities Act...

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