BIRM, Ala., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- The corruption trial of Birmingham's mayor is bad for business because it reinforces negative stereotypes about Alabama, local political leaders said.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 12 (UPI) -- The mayor of Birmingham, Ala., has issued formal pardons to participants in the 1960s civil rights movement that changed race relations in the United States.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 21 (UPI) -- Five police officers in Birmingham, Ala., were fired for allegedly beating an unconscious suspect following a crash that ended a police chase, officials said.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The mayor of Birmingham, Ala., pleaded innocent in federal court Monday to bribery and fraud charges in connection with a multibillion-dollar sewer bond deal.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 12 (UPI) -- Jefferson County, Ala., is staring at possible bankruptcy resulting from advice a former county finance official said he didn't understand.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 11 (UPI) -- The mayor of Birmingham, Ala., is being investigated to determine if he gave favors to a local investment banking firm, the U.S. securities watchdog said.
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Former Alabama state Sen. Charles Langford, a civil rights lawyer who represented Rosa Parks during the Montgomery bus boycott, has died at the age of 84.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A fatal fire on Chicago's Southwest Side has left three people dead and three others in extremely critical condition. Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford told the Chicago Sun-Times the blaze started around 10 p.m. Thursday night in a 2 1/2-st
CHICAGO, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Fire killed at least six children and injured several other people on Chicago's north side Sunday.
TUPELO, Miss., Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Former United Press International Senior Editor David L. Langford died of cancer Tuesday in Tupelo, Miss., at age 69.
