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Mother daughter duo create coloring books to celebrate black culture

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Vanae James-Bey and her mother, Veronica Bey, released a coloring book titled The Indigenous Adventures of Princess Vanae, which explores the history and culture of black indigenous people in Africa and the Americas. (provided photo)

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UAB doctor among team to treat 2,700 Syrian refugees

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Ahmad and a team of medical professionals traveled to Amman, Jordan for a medical mission trip.

By Alicia Rohan
UAB News

UAB scholars study in Japan, Cuba, and France

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University of Alabama at Birmingham (Photo Credit: UAB.edu)

By Tiffany Westry Womack

Publix customers raise over $150,000 for Central Alabama Food Bank

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james Mowery, Publix District Manager,, presents the Food for All check to Kathryn Strickland, CEO of the Central Alabama Food Bank. They are surrounded by Publix associates who work in the Birmingham area. (Provided Photo)

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Mobb Deep’s Prodigy passes after fight with sickle cell anemia

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Rapper Prodigy of Mobb Deep died Tuesday following a lifelong struggle with sickle cell anemia. He was 42. (Photo Credit: The Shadow League)

By J.R. Gamble
The Shadow League

Glenn Ellis: Death by legal intervention

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Glenn Ellis

By Glenn Ellis

Motorcycle clubs in Birmingham get a handle on community service

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No. 1 Stunna members Snow ( left) and Swiss Miss ( right) perform a burnout. By spinning their tires against each other, the friction causes them to smoke. Reginald Allen, for the Birmingham Times.

By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times

Tracy K. Smith named new U.S. poet laureate

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Newly appointed Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith at the Poetry and Literature Center in Washington, D.C., on May 22, 2017. (Shawn Miller)

By Ron Charles
The Washington Post