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Students, area groups warn about the dangers of tobacco use

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Students from Jefferson Christian Academy and The Altamont School were at Kelly Ingram Park on March 13, celebrating Kick Butt Day. (Solomon Crenshaw Jr., The Birmingham Times)

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.

For The Birmingham Times

Career Day gives Alabama students hands-on experience with engineering

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Ninth-grade students from Gadsden and Birmingham got everything from hands-on to virtual reality exposure to the many types of engineering and skilled jobs available through Alabama Power. (Brittany Faush-Johnson, Alabama NewsCenter)

By Allison Westlake

Alabama NewsCenter

Alabama among top 10 states for doctors to practice

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A recent Wallethub study showed that Alabama is number 9 out of 51 states and Washington, D.C. for physicians to practice. (Adobe stock photo)

Special to The Times

Black women publishers drive the black press

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By Stacy M. Brown

NNPA Newswire Contributor

Black Lives Matter groups joining forces with wage activists

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The "Fight Racism, Raise Pay'' aims to raise the minimum wage.

By Errin Haines Whack

Associated Press

Opera tells story of Negro Leagues’ baseball star Josh Gibson

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Sean Gibson, the Executive Director of the Josh Gibson Foundation, right, holds a replica Pittsburgh Crawfords jersey with Pittsburgh Opera General Director Christopher Hahn. (Keith Srakocic, Associated Press)

By Beth J. Harpaz

AP Travel Editor

Rachel Dolezal struggles after racial identity scandal

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In this March 20, 2017 photo, Rachel Dolezal poses for a photo with her son, Langston in the bureau of the Associated Press in Spokane, Wash. Dolezal, who has legally changed her name to Nkechi Amare Diallo, rose to prominence as a black civil rights leader, but then lost her job when her parents exposed her as being white and is now struggling to make a living. (Nicholas K. Geranios, Associated Press)

By Nicholas K. Geranios

Associated Press

Drama ‘Shots Fired’ takes layered look at police shootings

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(From left) Stephan James and Sanaa Lathan in 'Shots Fired.' Shots Fired’ debuted Wednesday at 8 p.m. Eastern on Fox. (FOX photo)

By Lynn Elber

AP Television Writer

Frank Martin is the best Final Four story around

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South Carolina’s Frank Martin is taking the Gamecocks to the first Final Four in program history. (Courtesy photo)

Alejandro Danois

The Shadow League

Trump’s failure

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Dr. Jesse Lewis, Sr.

Dr. Jesse Lewis, Sr.