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'We were ready to die': Tuscaloosa veteran details captivity in Ukraine
Jay Reeves The Associated Press TUSCALOOSA — Even after three months of captivity that included execution threats, physical torture, solitary confinement and food deprivation, it was the ride to freedom that nearly broke Alex Drueke, a U.S. military veteran from Tuscaloosa released last week with nine other prisoners who went to help Ukraine fight off Russian invaders. His hands were bound.
Family: 2 American veterans captured in Ukraine released
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Two U.S. military veterans who disappeared while fighting Russia with Ukrainian forces have been released after about three months in captivity, relatives said Wednesday. Alex Drueke, 39, and Andy Huynh, 27, went missing in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine near the Russian border June 9. Both had traveled to Ukraine on their own and became friends because both are from Alabama.
'An exciting event': Romay Davis, 102-year-old WWII veteran from segregated mail unit, honored
Jay Reeves Romay Davis was recognized for her service during an event in her home of Montgomery on Tuesday. The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was a racially segregated unit. President Joe Biden in March signed a bill authorizing the Congressional Gold Medal for the unit. MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Millions of letters and packages sent to U.S. troops had accumulated in warehouses in Europe by the time Allied troops were pushing toward the heart of Hitler's Germany near the end of World War II.
Historic home where Coretta Scott married MLK now forgotten
MARION, Ala. (AP) — Bullet holes pock a rusted mailbox outside the vacant home where Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott were married in 1953. Part of the old wooden structure has collapsed, as have nearby utility buildings. Most anyplace connected to the best-known voice of the civil rights movement is a magnet for tourists, particularly around the January holiday honoring King's birthday and in February during Black History Month.
Alabama hospitals feeling effects of omicron variant of COVID-19 virus
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — With most of Alabama’s population still not fully vaccinated against COVID-19, major hospitals are dealing with an influx of patients and asking people to limit emergency room visits as the highly contagious omicron variant takes hold.
Alabama hospitals feeling effects of omicron variant of COVID-19 virus
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — With most of Alabama’s population still not fully vaccinated against COVID-19, major hospitals are dealing with an influx of patients and asking people to limit emergency room visits as the highly contagious omicron variant takes hold.
COVID-19 hospitalizations, school cases increasing in Alabama Original
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — COVID-19 numbers are again headed in the wrong direction in Alabama, with hospitalizations up more than 50% from a month ago and school cases climbing in the state with the nation's second-highest death rate during the pandemic.
COVID-19 hospitalizations, school cases increasing in Alabama
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — COVID-19 numbers are again headed in the wrong direction in Alabama, with hospitalizations up more than 50% from a month ago and school cases climbing in the state with the nation's second-highest death rate during the pandemic.
Alabama flooding kills one child, forces rescue of dozens in Pelham
Flash flood warnings were in effect Thursday for a swath of the southeastern U.S. after a stalled weather front drenched Alabama, leaving high water that covered roads, swamped a Piggly Wiggly store, unleashed sewage and forced water rescues. A child's death was blamed on the floods. As much as 6 inches of rain fell in about a day as the low-pressure system lingered over Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.
With pandemic worsening in US, surgeon general worried
The U.S. surgeon general said Sunday that he's concerned about what lies ahead with cases of COVID-19 increasing in every state, millions still unvaccinated and a highly contagious virus variant spreading rapidly. Noting that nearly all coronavirus deaths now are among the tens of millions of people who haven't received shots, despite widespread vaccine availability, Dr. Vivek Murthy painted an unsettling picture of what the future could hold.
History in danger: Selma to Montgomery march campsites on list of threatened places
BIRMINGHAM — The landmark voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 didn't happen in just one day: Participants spent four nights camping along the roughly 55-mile route through Alabama, sleeping in tents and near farm buildings under the watch of guards to prevent white supremacist attacks. Now threatened by decades of weather and wear, the campsites used by those marchers are among the nation's most endangered historic places, according to a new assessment by a preservation group.
History in danger: Selma to Montgomery march campsites on list of threatened places
BIRMINGHAM — The landmark voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 didn't happen in just one day: Participants spent four nights camping along the roughly 55-mile route through Alabama, sleeping in tents and near farm buildings under the watch of guards to prevent white supremacist attacks. Now threatened by decades of weather and wear, the campsites used by those marchers are among the nation's most endangered historic places, according to a new assessment by a preservation group.
Panama Canal opens $5B locks, bullish despite shipping woes
Fireworks exploded as a huge container ship made an inaugural passage through the newly expanded Panama Canal on Sunday, formally launching the Central American nation's multibillion-dollar bet on a bright economic future despite tough times for global shipping.
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