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BESSEMER, Ala. — A barrage of gunfire erupted outside Amazon’s massive BHM1 fulfillment center in Bessemer late Sunday, leaving one person dead in the latest high-profile shooting linked to the retail giant’s warehouses nationwide. The victim’s identity, the exact number of rounds fired and whether any arrests have been made had not been publicly released early Monday, as loc...


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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Two women are dead and four juveniles are recovering after a minivan they were riding in was struck by a freight train in the 1000 block of 24th Street Southwest when investigators say the driver went around a lowered crossing arm early Friday morning.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the women as Carolyn Elaine Berry, 47, and Alde...


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ELMORE, Ala. — Two incarcerated men were killed Thursday during a fight involving a weapon at Elmore Correctional Facility, deepening alarm over an Alabama prison system that federal officials say is unconstitutionally violent and advocates describe as among the deadliest in the nation.

The Alabama Department of Corrections said Damon Lamar Calhoun, 35, and Londell ...


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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 books including “The Handmaid’s Tale” out of the teen section and into the adult stacks. The clash has turned the Eastern Shore library into a symbol of Alabama’s widening battle over boo...


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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 reports of gunfire in the area, which sits just off the busy Lakeshore commercial corridor on Birmingham’s southwest side. Police confirmed a woman was shot, and multiple pat...


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