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Authorities respond to a gunman that opened fire at a Birmingham, Alabama, hospital, wounding two men before turning the gun on himself Wednesday night, police said on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, in Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Birmingham police chief announces plans to retire, a month after city’s 3rd mass shooting this year

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Neighbors leave the scene of a fatal shooting Monday morning, Oct. 21, 2024, in Fall City, Wash. (Kevin Clark/The Seattle Times via AP)

A list of mass killings in the United States this year

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Conservative leadership candidates Kemi Badenoch, from left, Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly and om Tugendhat stand on the podium during the Conservative Party Conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, England, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

4 candidates to lead Britain’s defeated Conservatives bash Labour, and each other

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Blood stains were visible on the sidewalk outside of a nightclub in Birmingham, Ala. on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, after a mass shooting took place. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

A list of mass killings in the United States this year

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This image provided by WBMA shows bystanders near the scene of a shooting in Birmingham, Ala., Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (Bill Castle/WBMA via AP)

Search underway for suspects in Alabama mass shooting that killed 4 and injured 17

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A memorial to Willie Mays is seen inside Rickwood Field before a baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants, Thursday, June 20, 2024, in Birmingham, Ala. Mays, who began his professional career with the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues in 1948 and played at Rickwood Field, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 93. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)

Celebrations honor Negro League players, Willie Mays ahead of MLB game at Rickwood Field

By Alanis Thames - Associated Press

A person drives a golf cart through a construction site at Rickwood Field, Monday, June 10, 2024, in Birmingham, Ala. Rickwood Field, known as one of the oldest professional ballpark in the United States and former home of the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues, will be the site of a special regular season game between the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants on June 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Rickwood Field, Willie Mays’ first pro park and monument of opportunity and oppression, welcomes MLB

By Alanis Thames - Associated Press

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and his wife, Gayle Manchin, arrive for the State Dinner with President Joe Biden and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House, June 22, 2023, in Washington. Gayle Manchin and a colleague of hers, Guy Land, were injured Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, in an accident that happened in Birmingham as they traveled from the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport to an area hotel. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin’s wife, Gayle, hospitalized in stable condition after Birmingham car crash

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Birmingham manager Wayne Rooney shouts instructions, in Birmingham, England, Nov. 4, 2023. England great Wayne Rooney was fired as the manager of second-tier club Birmingham after 15 games on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. Rooney earned only two wins since his controversial appointment in October. Birmingham was sixth in the Championship when he started, and has fallen to 20th. (Bradley Collyer/PA via AP, File) **FILE**

Former D.C. United player/manager Rooney fired after 15 games at second-tier Birmingham

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FILE - Benjamin Zephaniah arrives for the British Book Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, on May 14, 2018. Zephaniah, the British dub poet and political activist who drew huge inspiration from his Caribbean roots, has died. He was 65. In a statement on Instagram, his family said Zephaniah died Thursday Dec. 7, 2023 after being diagnosed with a brain tumor eight weeks ago. (John Stillwell/PA via AP, File)

British poet and self-professed ‘anarchist’ Benjamin Zephaniah dies at age 65

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

New Birmingham City manager Wayne Rooney during his unveiling at St Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham, England, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (Jacob King/PA via AP)

Rooney, Brady set sights on the Premier League with Birmingham

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FILE - Graveside services are held, Sept. 18, 1963, for Carol Robertson, a victim of a bomb blast at an African American church days prior, in Birmingham, Ala. Alabama on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, will mark the 60th anniversary of the 1963 bombing at 16th Street Baptist Church that killed four girls. Lisa McNair, the sister of one of the victims, said as the anniversary is remembered, she hoped people will think about what they can do to combat hate. (AP Photo, File)

Justice delayed is not justice denied

By Gerard Leval

In an image made from video released by the Birmingham Police Dept., a high school band director is seen before he being tasered and arrested after refusing to stop his band from playing after a football game, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, in Birmingham, Ala. (Birmingham Police Dept. via AP)

Alabama school band director says he was ‘just doing my job’ before police arrested him

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Alabama state Sen. Rodger Smitherman discusses a redistricting proposal during debate at the Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., on Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Alabama lawmakers face a Friday, July 21, deadline to draw new congressional lines after the U.S. Supreme Court in June upheld a finding that the current state map — with one majority-Black district out of seven in a state that is 27% Black — likely violates the federal Voting Rights Act. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

Federal judges review Alabama’s new congressional map, lack of 2nd majority-Black district

By Kim Chandler - Associated Press

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady stands on the field before an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns, on Nov. 27, 2022, in Cleveland. Brady has become a minority owner of the English second-tier soccer team Birmingham and wants to bring a winning mentality to an underperforming club. The seven-time Super Bowl champion has partnered with the club’s holding company, U.S.-based Knighthead Capital Management, and becomes chairman of a new advisory board, Brady and Birmingham said Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/David Richard, File)

Tom Brady enters the world of soccer as minority owner of English club Birmingham

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A message about the Juneteenth holiday is displayed on the videoboard during a baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the San Diego Padres in San Francisco, Monday, June 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

MLB to stage Negro Leagues tribute game at Rickwood Field next June honoring Willie Mays

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Leicester City's Ricardo Pereira, second right, scores his side's first goal of the game during the English FA Cup fifth-round soccer match against Birmingham City at the King Power Stadium, Leicester, England, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. (Nick Potts/PA via AP) **FILE**

American financier to buy stake in English club Birmingham

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses supporters before signing legislation to repeal the 1931 abortion ban statute, which criminalized abortion in nearly all cases during a bill signing ceremony, Wednesday, April 5, 2023, in Birmingham, Mich. The abortion ban, which fueled one of the largest ballot drives in state history, had been unenforceable after voters enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution last November. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer strikes 1931 abortion ban from Michigan law

By Joey Cappelletti - Associated Press

Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, arrested for praying “in my head” near a British abortion clinic, is pursuing a court verdict despite having charges “discontinued” by prosecutors. (Photo by Alliance Defending Freedom UK, used with permission.)

British pro-life advocate again arrested for ‘thoughtcrime’ of silent prayer near abortion clinic

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Britain's Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, front, arrives in Downing Street in London, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022 for the first cabinet meeting since Liz Truss was installed as British Prime Minister a day earlier. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

U.K. and allies meet to discuss pipeline security after blasts

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press