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During the broadcast of a Major League Baseball game in Birmingham, Ala., to honour the Negro Leagues, Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson offered up a raw remembrance of being barred from restaurants and hotels when he played in the minors in the 1960s. CBC | World News
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Defending champion UConn returns to Final 4 with rout of Illinois, will face Alabama
Defending national champion UConn powered its way back into the men’s Final Four behind a 30-0 run led by Donovan Clingan, who finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds as the Huskies crushed Illinois 77-52 on Saturday night in Boston. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Alabama signs law protecting IVF providers from legal liability
Alabama’s governor swiftly signed legislation into law late Wednesday shielding doctors from potential legal liability raised by a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children, after facing pressure to get in vitro fertilization services restarted in the state. CBC | World News
Read More »Alabama carries out first execution in U.S. using nitrogen gas
Alabama executed a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas Thursday, putting him to death with a first-of-its-kind method that once again put the U.S. at the forefront of the debate over capital punishment. CBC | World News
Read More »Alabama killer Kenneth Eugene Smith set to be first US inmate executed by nitrogen
A panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Kenneth Eugene Smith’s request for an injunction to stop his scheduled execution by nitrogen hypoxia Thursday. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »It’s not fit for putting down animals, but Alabama plans to use nitrogen hypoxia on death row inmate
Some medical experts are accusing Alabama of using an experimental procedure to carry out a death sentence later this week for a 58-year-old inmate. CBC | World News
Read More »Michigan wins OT thriller over Alabama to reach college football national championship
Blake Corum rushed for a 17-yard touchdown on the second snap of overtime, and top-seeded Michigan advanced to its first College Football Playoff championship game with a 27-20 victory over fourth-seeded Alabama in the Rose Bowl on Monday in Pasadena, Calif. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Urgent dog warning: Deadly Alabama rot disease outbreak hits UK killing more than 98 dogs
DOGS in the UK are at risk of contracting the deadly Alabama rot disease, which killed at least 98 dogs in the UK since 2017, as cases are confirmed near London. What are the symptoms? Daily Express :: Life and Style Feed
Read More »At least 8 killed after fire, explosions at Alabama marina
At least eight people were killed early Monday in an explosive fire that consumed dozens of vessels docked at a marina along the Tennessee River in northern Alabama. CBC | World News
Read More »Mitch McConnell supports write-in campaign for Alabama Senate seat
The U.S. Senate’s top Republican says the party still hopes to retain the Alabama Senate seat at the centre of a scandal involving Republican candidate Roy Moore, and that may involve a write-in campaign. CBC | World News
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