A former sheriff’s deputy was found guilty of reckless homicide at trial Thursday for shooting a Black man who was bringing ...

"It's an incredibly dangerous thing that they did," she recalled. "They could have snapped his neck." ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Chuck Norris, the legendary martial artist and “Walker, Texas Ranger” star, has died at 86 after a medical ...

It feels like yesterday—well, I guess more like 10+ years ago—when I was in high school, and the only belt that was considered fashionable/allowed to be seen in daylight was the Gucci belt. If it didn ...

Baby Bugs’ new EP Bible Belt is a slight shift from their previous albums, proving a test for their fanbase. Though it maintains the nursery-rhyme-like melodies Bugs is known for, this EP is ...

Content creators Haley and MonDarius “Money” Black are officially parents, and their 1.6 million TikTok followers are celebrating their new roles as internet aunties and uncles. The couple behind ...

A supermassive black hole that’s 10 million times the mass of the Sun is hurtling through space, leaving a trail of gas that’s spawning newborn stars in its wake. Astronomers have long theorized about ...

In 2018, Christopher Joe’s father urged him and his siblings to think of creative ways they could use their 200-acre farmland in Hale County, in Alabama’s Black Belt. The wheels started turning in Joe ...

Each generation should do better than the one before, but unfortunately, Black Gen Xers and Millennials are faring a lot worse economically than Baby Boomers. But now, those positive trends seem to be ...

In 2004, as he signed the Executive Order creating the 12-county Black Belt Action Commission, Governor Bob Riley said to the Tuscaloosa News, “The Black Belt has been studied and studied…some might ...

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