Birmingham Times
When smokers kick the habit the benefits start right away
By Glenn Ellis
Are you wondering why you’re still smoking cigarettes? Unless you enjoy the taste of more than 7,000 harmful chemicals entering your body...
People, Places and Things
By Gwen DeRu
TODAY
JASON EADY and G.W. HENDERSON, at The Nick Rocks.
COMEDIAN GINA YASHERE, at the StarDome Comedy Club.
DARK ROOMS and THE ECHO, 7 p.m....
Jefferson County Commissioner David Carrington ends bid for Alabama Governor
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Jefferson County Commissioner David Carrington announced today that he is ending his campaign for governor of Alabama.
Carrington had announced his...
‘Marriage is only as beautiful as you make it . ....
By Chanda Temple
Special to The Birmingham Times
“You Had Me at Hello’’ is a new column that highlights married couples’ love stories. If you would...
Birmingham International Church lives up to its name
By Erica Wright
For the Birmingham Times
The Rev. Ron Higey is certified as both a pastor and a counselor. That helped with the healing process...
Irma, downgraded to tropical storm, sets sights on Alabama
Times Staff Report
As Floridians continued to ride out what used to be Hurricane Irma, their neighbors to the north, including here in Alabama, braced...
Sloane Stephens wins all-American US Open women’s final
Associated Press
Sloane Stephens never looked shaken by the setting or the stakes in her first Grand Slam final. Her opponent, Madison Keys, most definitely...
For DACA Recipients, Only Sure Thing is Uncertainty
By Elena Shore
New America Media
SAN FRANCISCO -- Luis Quiroz was on the bus heading to school when he first heard the news.
The 27-year-old DACA...
Grammy winning Gospel Icon CeCe Winans to perform at Balance Women’s...
Times Staff Report
Grammy Award winning gospel artist CeCe Winans will headline Greater Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church’s three-day Balance Women’s Conference 2017, set for Sept....
Oliver Robinson Pleads Guilty to Bribery Conspiracy, Fraud and Tax Evasion
Usdoj.gov
Oliver L. Robinson Jr., a former Alabama legislator, pleaded guilty today in federal court to accepting bribes from a Birmingham lawyer and an Alabama...