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Ice cream adds sweet taste for peasant farmers in Haiti

May 14, 2019 at 5:35 a.m.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Entrepreneurs from one of the grittiest cities in the United States have joined forces with peasant farmers in Haiti to help transform the country's bitter poverty...

Ice cream adds sweet taste for peasant farmers in Haiti

August 25, 2021 at 1:14 a.m.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Entrepreneurs from one of the grittiest cities in the United States have joined forces with peasant farmers in Haiti to help transform the country's bitter poverty...

Inmates at Alabama women’s prison face sexual abuse: U.S. Justice

August 25, 2021 at 12:42 a.m.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Inmates at an Alabama women's prison have been sexually abused and harassed by guards and in some instances allegedly forced to perform sex acts to obtain...

Alabama man loses battle to keep wife buried in his front yard

August 24, 2021 at 10:21 p.m.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - An Alabama man lost his fight on Friday to keep his wife buried in the front yard of the home they shared for decades. The remains...

Smoke rises from a number of cars that derailed and exploded from a train carrying crude oil in Aliceville, Alabama.

Crude oil tank cars ablaze after train derails in Alabama

November 4, 2021 at 12:33 a.m.

ALICEVILLE, Alabama (Reuters) - Several oil tank cars that burst into flames after a train derailed in rural Alabama were expected to keep burning into Saturday, potentially reigniting the push...

Crude oil tank cars ablaze after train derails in Alabama

December 24, 2018 at 11:28 a.m.

ALICEVILLE, Alabama (Reuters) - Several oil tank cars that burst into flames after a train derailed in rural Alabama were expected to keep burning into Saturday, potentially reigniting the push...

Business-backed Republican tops Tea Party rival in Alabama primary

November 4, 2021 at 12:33 a.m.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - A business-backed former state senator beat a Tea Party movement rival on Tuesday in an Alabama congressional primary that highlighted tensions between the Republican Party's pragmatic...

Business-backed Republican tops Tea Party rival in Alabama primary

May 23, 2019 at 9:22 p.m.

Alabama man loses bid to keep wife buried in his front yard

August 22, 2019 at 2:07 p.m.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - An Alabama man lost his appeal on Friday to keep his wife buried in the front yard of the home they shared for decades. The state's...

Alabama zoo to probe death of artificially conceived rhino calf

August 24, 2021 at 9:36 p.m.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala (Reuters) - A necropsy will be performed on a four-month old rhinoceros believed to have been the first of its species to be born through artificial insemination in...

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