The dogs, hoses, and armored cars were not effective in the way that Bull Connor and much of white Birmingham wanted them to be. They did not stop the demonstrations, and they did not prevent desegregation.

The two Russian figure skating coaches killed in the American Airlines crash were two-time Olympians and former world champions in the pairs event.

The Mike Slive Foundation has named the recipients of six prostate cancer research grants. The grants are aimed at continuing the foundation’s stated mission

Excuse me, but there’s something wrong here,’ she said. ‘I’m standing and you’re sitting.’ When the men looked up, my mother pointed to her

ICE announced 1,016 arrests and 814 detainers in the latest of a series of daily enforcement updates since President Trump took office last week.

Last season featured self-inflicted public relations blunders, a six-game losing streak and three losses by more than 30 points.

The NFL announced the five finalists for the AP Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year awards on Thursday, and Alabama was represented on both lists. Running back Derrick Henry (2013-2015) and defensive back Pat Surtain II (2018-2020) were finalists on the offensive and defensive sides respectively.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s sermon to judge people by the content of their character not by the color of the skin still thunders like a hammer on an anvil today, writes Armstrong Williams.

Baptists gathered at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex for sessions ... He won 69% of the vote at the NBCUSA’s annual session in Baltimore, with 31% voting “no.” The Rev. Alvin Love, a Chicago-area pastor and one of the four other ministers ...

What a moment in America, land of irony. Donald Trump returns to the White House on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Two national figures were never more different, an assessment that has much to do with the color of their skin.

The most-watched non-NFL program on St. Louis TV last year was the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, on KSDK (Channel 5), coming in at No. 26. The top-ranked scripted show is "Tracker," at No. 31, but there is a sports-related caveat to that — it aired on KMOV (Channel 4) immediately after its coverage of the Chiefs' Super Bowl victory last February.

Six cities saw an increase in homicides from 2023 to 2024, according to a study by the Council on Criminal Justice.