The Associated Press
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The White House is opening a weeklong celebration of President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office. Officials kicked off the promotional campaign Monday with a focus on his immigration crackdown. Trump is holding a rally in Michigan on Tuesday and delivering a commencement address at the University of Alabama on Thursday.
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On April 27, 2011, during the four-day 2011 Super Outbreak, one hundred and twelve tornadoes touched down across the southeastern United States, killing 319 in the deadliest day of tornadoes in the U.S. since 1925. On this anniversary, disaster managers say what you do before and during a tornado can make the difference between life and death.
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First , there was “bloody Sunday” and “turnaround Tuesday,” then there was a rally in Boston in 1965 over housing discrimination and school segregation. Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior led the protest in Boston as well as Selma. The sixtieth anniversary of this demonstration in the city known as the “cradle of liberty” is expected to draw thousands of people at the same site to honor and reflect on the historic event.
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Former Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Milroe is poised to join the Seattle Seahawks after sitting out rounds one and two, while watching two teammates get picked by The Dallas Cowboys and the Philadelphia. And then, there's Shedeur Sanders of Colorado.
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Former Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe was left on the sidelines following round one of the NFL draft. Things went better for two former offensive linemen for the Crimson Tide.
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A Mobile, Alabama woman and toddler whose remains were discovered scattered along an oceanfront highway not far from the victims of Long Island's infamous Gilgo Beach killings. The two were identified Wednesday as a U.S. Army veteran from Alabama and her daughter.
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African American church leaders are speaking out over budget cuts being proposed by the Trump White House. The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture features artifacts from, and has sponsored research into, the slave ship Clotilda. The double masted schooner carried the last kidnapped Africans to be held as slaves at the time of the U.S. Civil War.
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A man on Alabama's death row wants his execution to go forward this week, saying he believes in an "eye for an eye." James Osgood, 55, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday at his south Alabama prison.
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Drivers licenses from out of state may be rendered invalid in Alabama, if they’re held by illegal immigrants. In addition to Wyoming and Tennessee, at least a half-dozen other Republican-led states have considered legislation this year to invalidate certain types of out-of-state driver's licenses issued to immigrants illegally in the U.S.
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Budget cuts in Washington are raising concerns for beach safety along the Alabama Gulf coast. The Associated Press is reported staff vacancies as bad as twenty percent at some National Weather Service offices. These are the people who provide forecasts, including beach safety information for both Alabama beach goers and lifeguards.