Author: Kim Chandler
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Alabama governor signs legislation protecting IVF providers from legal liability into law
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Alabama has a new law protecting in vitro fertilization providers from legal liability
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Alabama lawmakers advance legislation to protect IVF providers, with final approval still ahead
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Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation to protect in vitro fertilization providers
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Kamala Harris leads Bloody Sunday memorial as marchers’ voices ring out for voting rights
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Vice President Kamala Harris led marchers in Selma, Alabama, on the 59 anniversary of Bloody Sunday, saying the fight for voting rights goes on even today
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Putin offers more talks with West to defuse Ukraine tensions
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MOSCOW • Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the U.S. and its allies have ignored Russia’s top security demands but added that Moscow remains open to more talks with the West on easing soaring tensions over Ukraine. Putin argued that it’s possible to negotiate an end to the standoff if interests of all parties,…
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Report: Sessions to announce Alabama Senate bid
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WASHINGTON • Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions will announce that he is entering the race for his old U.S. Senate seat in Alabama, two Republicans with direct knowledge of his plans said Wednesday. Sessions, 72, will be making a return to the political stage a year after stepping down as President Donald Trump’s first attorney…
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23 dead, dozens missing in tornado-blasted Alabama community
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BEAUREGARD, Ala. • Rescue crews using dogs and drones searched for victims amid splintered lumber and twisted metal Monday after the deadliest U.S. tornado in nearly six years ripped through a rural Alabama community. At least 23 people were killed, some of them children. Dozens were missing in Lee County nearly a day later, according…
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Police: Man killed by officer at mall was not the shooter
HOOVER, Ala. • Protesters on Saturday marched through an Alabama shopping mall where police killed a black man they later acknowledged was not the triggerman in a Thanksgiving night shooting that wounded two people. An officer shot and killed 21-year-old Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr. of Hueytown while responding to the Thursday mall shooting. Police said…
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Roy Moore files lawsuit to block Alabama Senate result
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Democrat Doug Jones’ historic victory over Republican Roy Moore was declared official Thursday as Alabama election officials certified him the winner of the special Senate election earlier this month, despite claims of voter irregularities from his opponent. Jones defeated Moore on Dec. 12 by about 22,000 votes in a stunning victory in…
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Democrat Doug Jones wins stunning red-state Alabama Senate upset
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — In a stunning victory aided by scandal, Democrat Doug Jones won Alabama’s special Senate election on Tuesday, beating back history, an embattled Republican opponent and President Donald Trump, who urgently endorsed GOP rebel Roy Moore despite a litany of sexual misconduct allegations. It was the first Democratic Senate victory in a quarter-century…
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Turbulent Senate race now in hands of Alabama voters
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Depending on who is making the case, Alabama’s special Senate election Tuesday is about either continuing the “Trump miracle” in Washington or allowing “decency” to prevail back home. At the center is Roy Moore — “Judge Moore,” to his supporters. The 70-year-old Republican was twice ousted as state Supreme Court chief justice…