In wake of mass shootings, Alabama lawmakers eye ban on Glock switches and public safety bills. After a violent year marked by multiple mass shootings in Alabama, Republican Gov. Kay Ivey and many lawmakers from both parties are backing a proposed ban on so-called Glock switches and other conversion devices that make semi-automatic weapons fire like machine guns.

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6 days ago · In mid-January, the Steel City Men’s Chorus gathered for their first rehearsal of the 2025 season. The Pilgrim Church in Birmingham rang clear with music as choral members sang together from the pews. Director Elizabeth Fisher kept time from the front of the sanctuary. The chorus rehearsed a song ...

Jan 9, 2025 · Tyler Burt knows the streets of the French Quarter like the back of his hand. A graduate student at Loyola University by day and a pedicab driver by night, the California native moved to New Orleans just over a year and a half ago.

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Jan 24, 2025 · The haunted-house thriller Presence has a formal conceit so clever, I’m surprised it hasn’t ever been done or attempted before. Maybe another movie has done it that I’m not aware of.This is a ghost story told entirely from the ghost’s point of view: We see what the ghost sees.

Dec 20, 2024 · Otis Leverette or “Coach O,” is known for his brutal, unorthodox workouts. The strength and conditioning coach founded his business, ModernDay Fitness, in 2006 and has made a name for himself not just in Birmingham, Alabama, but the entire sports world.His mobile “gym” draws in athletes from NFL pros to teenagers on high school or travel teams, and he makes them all do the same ...

Jan 3, 2025 · Birmingham’s new trash, recycling and bulk waste collection schedule kicks off on Monday, January 6. Residents can expect regular trash pickup on one specific day each week and recycling collection on the same day every other week.

Jan 1, 2025 · Minimum-wage workers in 21 states will see a bigger paycheck come the new year. They’re among the many thousands of laws changing as a new year begins.. Those wage increases will impact an estimated 9.2 million workers and raise pay by a total of $5.7 billion, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a think tank that publishes economic research and examined the expected 2025 wage increases.

A large new study finds adults diagnosed with ADHD live shorter lives than they should. The research, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, found that men diagnosed with ADHD were dying roughly 7 years younger compared to their counterparts without a diagnosis of ADHD.Women with ADHD lived an average of about 9 years less.