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Black Women Will Elect the Next President

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Black women will pick either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump as the country's next president.

By Freddie Allen

National Newspaper Publishers Association

Birmingham’s business community needs a national park

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Kelly Ingram Park. (Ken Lund, Flickr Creative Commons)

By Nan Baldwin

Special to The Times

Five questions every woman should ask her doctor about her breast health

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If your primary care physician does not ask about your family's history of cancer, ask to share it. (Provided photo)

By Tyler Greer

UAB News

Neighborhoods important factor in risk of stroke for all races

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This study showed that residents in more disadvantaged neighborhoods had greater stroke risk than those who lived in more advantaged neighborhoods. (Provided photo)

By Alicia Rohan

UAB News

50 years later, Black Panthers look back at party’s founding

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Bobby Seale, who co-founded the Black Panther Party, stands outside the Eastside Arts Alliance and Cultural Center in Oakland, Calif. Hundreds of former Black Panthers from around the world are expected to gather in Oakland, Calif., for a four-day conference that started Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

By Janie Har

Associated Press

Michael Harriot: ‘Black stories aren’t always about the first black president’

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Michael Harriot (Ariel Worthy, The Birmingham Times)

By Ariel Worthy

The Birmingham Times

Stillman Golf Tournament raises scholarship funds for area students

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From left, Dr. Jesse Lewis, Dr. Peter Millet, Angelean Bibb, Donte Jackson, Chris Osborne and Leonard Smoot were among the participants in the Stillman Golf Tournament. (Provided photo)

Special to The Times

Birmingham Selected to Join National What Works Cities Initiative

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Birmingham has been chosen to participate in the National What Works Cities Initiative. (James Willamor, Flickr Creative Commons)

Special to The Times

Obama, First Lady host final White House Musical event

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First lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama arrive at a BET event on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

By Darlene Superville

Associated Press

As Medicaid loses stigma, its fate rides on stormy election

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In this Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 photo, Nicholas Novak poses for a photo in Lynwood, Ill. Novak, a part-time worker needed an operation and found out Medicaid would cover his $46,000 bill. The coverage was made eligible through Obama's Medicaid expansion. Medicaid has long been the stepchild of government health care programs. Now it's finally coming into its own, even as the 2016 presidential election could change its fate. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

Associated Press