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Birmingham’s Batman still changing lives 31 years after his death

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Bianca Donerson holds her son Xavier Rister and stands next to the Nissan Xterra she received in the first Willie J. Perry Foundation's Wheels of Change giveaway. (Solomon Crenshaw Jr., Alabama NewsCenter)

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.

Alabama NewsCenter

UAB coach Bill Clark: Yesterday’s gone, the future is now

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UAB head football coach Bill Clark (Photo courtesy of UAB)

By Wayne Hester

Alabama NewsCenter

Bib & Tucker Sew-Op threads a bright light in Woodlawn

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Lillis Taylor wants sewing to become a cottage industry for the elderly and working mothers in Birmingham. (Karim Shamsi-Basha/Alabama NewsCenter).

By Karim Shamsi-Basha

Alabama NewsCenter

Lottery legislation must include specifics on spending proceeds

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Alabama State Senator Rodger M. Smitherman

By Rodger M. Smitherman

William Bell delivers message on behalf of nation’s mayors

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Mayor William Belll

By Michael H. Cottman

Urban News Service

Teen Drivers and The Law

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By Samuetta Hill Drew

Report blasts Baltimore police over racial bias, force

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Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, discusses the department's findings on the investigation into the Baltimore City Police Department as Police Commissioner Kevin Davis, left, and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, right, listens on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016 at City Hall in Baltimore. (Brian Witte, Associated Press)

By Juliet Linderman and Eric Tucker

Associated Press

Family of Muslim teen arrested for homemade clock files suit

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By Emily Schmall

Associated Press

The intersection of sports and activism: fighting for cover

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Ibtihaj Muhammad speaks out against Islamophobia and is celebrated for making sports history as the first Black Muslim woman to represent the United States in hijab. (US Olympics photo)

Shireen Ahmed

Contributor

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Enough with all the excuses

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By Tijuana J. Williams