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Birmingham’s Mounted Police Unit gives city school students veterinary medicine as a career choice

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Wilkerson Middle School students listen intently as Birmingham Police Officer Kimball Karmondi talks to them. A pair of officers and a veterinarian talked to Wilkerson seventh-graders about mounted patrol horses and career opportunities.

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times

Gifted poet, performer and mentor, Priscilla Hancock Cooper recalls stellar moments at the BCRI

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Priscilla Hancock Cooper said she will still work with the Institute on special projects.

Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times

Fusion Awards honors ​Birmingham’s, givers, entrepreneurs and game-changers

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Erskine "Chuck" Faush, Jr, (seated center) and the Barry Walker family during the Birmingham Fusion Awards at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex on May 5. (Stephonia Taylor McLinn photo).

Times Staff Report

Birmingham Auto Dealers Donate $105K to 3 Area Charities

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A.G. Gaston Boys & Girls Club was one of three charities to receive $35,000 each from Birmingham Automobile Dealers Association.

Times staff report

Photos: Erykah Badu, Babyface celebrate music at Funk Fest

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By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times

Rep. Terri Sewell Sounds Alarm Over Firing of FBI Director

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U.S. Representative Terri Sewell

By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times

Trump fires FBI Director James Comey

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FILE- In this May 3, 2017, file photo, FBI Director James Comey listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump has fired Comey. In a statement on Tuesday, May 9, Trump says Comey’s firing “will mark a new beginning” for the FBI. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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Jefferson County Commissioner David Carrington announces bid for Alabama governor

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Jefferson County Commissioner David Carrington tosses his hat into the ring as candidate for Alabama governor in the 2018 race. (Reginald Allen Jr./For The Birmingham Times).

By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times

Honda Donates 2017 Pilot SUV to Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

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From left: BCRI’s Board Member Mike Oatridge; President and CEO Andrea L. Taylor: Outreach Coordinator Charles Woods III; Vice President of Development Jennifer Hall; Vice President of Finance and Operations Carol Wells; and Vice President of Education and Exhibitions Ahmad Ward. (Bob Farley photo).

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