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May 3, 2016

Churches, mosques, synagogues boost security amid alarm over mass shootings and extremism

In Alabama, a Presbyterian church wanted to be able to hire its own police for protection.

May 3, 2016

Birmingham, Ala. mayor, city councilman hug it out after bloody fight

The mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, and a city councilman publicly apologized Thursday after a fight during a council meeting that left both men hospitalized with minor injuries.

May 3, 2016

Birmingham, Alabama mayor fights with councilman at City Hall

The mayor of Alabama's largest city got into a fight with a city councilman during a meeting Tuesday, sending both men to the hospital.

May 3, 2016

Mental exam ordered for Alabama man accused in death of 21-month-old daughter

An Alabama man accused of killing his 21-month-old daughter with a small hatchet has been ordered to undergo a mental exam to determine if he's fit to stand trial.

May 3, 2016

Alabama Islamic leader notifies FBI after unknown, suspicious contacts on social media

A Muslim leader in Alabama says he's notified the FBI after mosque members received suspicious contacts on social media.

May 3, 2016

Is anywhere safe? San Bernardino mass shooting raises fears of attack in smaller cities

Anita Jefferson didn't know much about San Bernardino, California, before the apparent terror attack there.

May 3, 2016

Is anywhere safe? San Bernardino massacre raises fears of attack in smaller cities

The apparent terror attack in San Bernardino, California, is raising fears in other mid-sized cities around the United States.

May 3, 2016

A look at workplace shootings in the United States since 2012

The shooting rampage at an office holiday party in San Bernadino, California, was the latest of several recent acts of gun violence in U.S. workplaces that took the lives of more than one person.

May 3, 2016

Argument over hot dogs turned into nail-spiked lumber assault, police say; man sent to prison

An Alabama man has been sentenced to three years in prison after being accused of assaulting two men with a nail-spiked piece of lumber during an argument over hot dogs.

May 3, 2016

Mother Angelica, founder of global Roman Catholic broadcast network, in declining condition

Aides say the nun who founded an Alabama-based religious broadcasting empire is in declining health.