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The Harriott II riverboat sits docked in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. A riverfront brawl occurred on Aug. 5 when a crew member was punched for trying to move a pontoon boat that was blocking the riverboat from docking. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

Alabama boat co-captain attacked in viral brawl says he was ‘just doing my job’

By Kim Chandler - Associated Press

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Arrest warrants issued for Alabama riverfront brawl

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Police car against city street background. (File photo credit: Daniel Tadevosyan via Shutterstock)

Eight-year-old Alabama boy arrested after alleged armed carjacking and police chase

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Alabama Solicitor General Edmund LaCour, right, speaks alongside Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall following oral arguments in Merrill v. Milligan, an Alabama redistricting case that could have far-reaching effects on minority voting power across the United States, outside the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Supreme Court opened the door to states’ voting restrictions. Now a new ruling could widen them.

By Christina A. Cassidy and Ayanna Alexander - Associated Press

Wiley College plays Rust College during an NCAA college baseball game at the Black College World Series Thursday, May 11, 2023 in Montgomery, Alabama. The Black College World Series is giving dozens of HBCU players from NAIA and Division II schools a chance to compete for a title beyond their own leagues and perhaps attract attention from Major League Baseball teams. (AP Photo/John Zenor)

Black College World Series hopes to spur MLB careers for HBCU players

By John Zenor - Associated Press

Kathy Vincent, board president of Alabama Arise speaks as a group gathers to protest the state grocery tax outside the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. (Jake Crandall/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

As grocery prices soar, push grows to end sales tax on food

By Kim Chandler - Associated Press

In this image made from video taken from a Nest camera provided by Mia McShan, a cloud of black smoke rises from where a Black Hawk helicopter crashed on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, in Alabama. U.S. military officials say two people on board were killed. (Mia McShan via AP)

Black Hawk helicopter crashes in Alabama, killing 2

By Kimberly Chandler and Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Khadidah Stone stands on the dividing line between her old Alabama congressional District 7, to her right with River City Church, and her new district, District 2, to her left, in downtown Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. The line splits Montgomery between two congressional districts and is the subject of a high-stakes case that will go before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)

Black representation in Alabama tested before Supreme Court

By Kim Chandler, Mark Sherman and Gary Fields - Associated Press

Evelyn England gives a tour of the First White House of the Confederacy to school students on April 27, 2018 in Montgomery, Ala. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

Black worker at Confederate site raises race complaint

By Kim Chandler - Associated Press

In this Thursday, June 25, 2015. file photo, part of a Confederate battle flag is displayed on an elevator in the Alabama Capitol as part of the state seal in Montgomery, Ala. Keith Jackson, an African American law enforcement officer, who is now retired, said for nearly 30 years he wore on his uniform the flag of the Confederacy. It was the same flag that flew when the state fought to keep his parents in segregated schools and the flag that White students would carry during fights at his older brother’s high school. (AP Photo/Martin Swant, File)

Alabama debates removing Confederate flag from coat of arms

By Kim Chandler - Associated Press

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to the president, talks to Montgomery County, Md., speaks to Montgomery County, Md., Executive Marc Elrich as a COVID-19 vaccine is administered to First Baptist Church of Silver Spring, Md., associate Pastor Gareth Murray and other diverse groups of interfaith clergy members at the Washington National Cathedral, to encourage faith communities to get the COVID vaccine, Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Montgomery, Anne Arundel counties relax COVID-19 restrictions

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

Air Force pilot, student killed in jet crash in Alabama

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Reward offered for information in 2014 cold case death

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FILE - New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge (99) stands on first after hitting a bloop single to short center field during the first inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox in New York, in this Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020, file photo. Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge is among roughly 125 players who entered Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, eligible to exchange salary arbitration figures with their teams.(AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Judge, Yankees agree at to $10,175,000, 1-year contract

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Montgomery to halt arrests of panhandlers in settlement pact

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FILE - In this May 28, 1957, file photo, Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, left, Rev. Robert S. Graetz, center, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. talk outside the witness room during a bombing trial in Montgomery, Ala. Abernathy's church and home were bombed as well as the home of Graetz, who has an all-Black congregation. A wave of bombings took place after full integration on buses that resulted from the 13-month Montgomery Bus Boycott. Graetz, the only white minister to support the Montgomery bus boycott, died Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. He was 92. (AP Photo/File)

White minister who supported Montgomery bus boycott dies

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

EPA removes Montgomery site from Superfund list

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Comedian Blueski Blue an advocate for people in need

By SHANNON HEUPEL and The Montgomery Advocate - Associated Press

Montgomery native writes reboot of ‘The Wonder Years’

By SHANNON HEUPEL and Montgomery Advertiser - Associated Press

Grace Jackson leads a march during a Black Lives Matter protest in Montgomery, Ala., Thursday, June 3, 2020. Jackson organized and helped lead a rally and march on June 3 in the wake of George Floyd’s homicide, an event centered on “truth and reconciliation” as millions across the nation grapple with police brutality in Black communities. (Jake Crandall/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

Alabama teen activist seeks truth, change amid protests

By MELISSA BROWN and SAFIYA CHARLES and The Montgomery Advertiser - Associated Press