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Rep. Terri Sewell appointed to powerful House Ways and Means Committee

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U.S. Representative Terri Sewell

Special to The Times

After traumatic experience, Lawson State student has plans to help rape survivors

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Kristen Ray (Ariel Worthy, The Birmingham Times)

By Ariel Worthy

The Birmingham Times

UAB offers support for students recovering from drug addiction

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UAB student Ben Rodden, a former addict, credits UAB’s Collegiate Recovery Community for helping him and other students in recovery maintain their sobriety. (Provided photo)

By Shannon Thomason

UAB News

A man’s journey from angry Vietnam vet to accomplished artist

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Potter Charles Smith creates finely detailed, widely admired works of art in his Mobile studio, but he says even his crude early creations filled him with the sense that “I made this.” (Mark Sandlin, Alabama NewsCenter)

By Tommy Black

Alabama News Center

Federal judge who pushed rights of prisoners, gays retiring

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U.S. District Court Judge Thelton Henderson

By Sudhin Thanawala

Associated Press

Mayoral candidate Randall Woodfin on why he’s running

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Randall Woodfin

Special to The Times

City Councilor Lashunda Scales donates $25,000 to Springville Road Library

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City CouncilorLashunda Scales

Special to The Times

Birmingham transplant lab worker now part of UAB’s world-record kidney chain

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Divyank Saini, a UAB lab technologist, donated a kidney to a female patient through the UAB Kidney Chain (Tyler Greer, UAB News)

By Tyler Greer

UAB News

To celebrate inaugural or not? Trump critics are divided

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In this Dec. 8, 2016, file photo, construction continues for the Inauguration and swearing-in ceremonies for President-elect Donald Trump on the Capitol steps in Washington. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Associated Press)

By Nancy Benac

Associated Press

“black-ish” makes history at Golden Globes

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Tracee Ellis Ross poses in the press room with the award for best performance by an actress in a television series - musical or comedy for "Black-ish" at the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

By David Bauder

AP Television Writer