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Woman got into Alabama Police Van Days Before Death

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Investigators say video from a city surveillance camera showed a woman get into a parked police van on her own, 12 days before she was found dead inside the van in Huntsville, Alabama. Police showed the video during a news conference Friday, after showing it to the family of 29-year-old Christina Nance. Civil rights attorney Ben…

$260,000 Given for Victims of Alabama Plant Shooting

ALBERTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Donors have given more than $260,000 to help victims of a mass shooting at an Alabama fire extinguisher plant earlier this year. A nonprofit group is making plans to distribute the money. A public meeting is scheduled for Tuesday in Albertville. That’s the city where two people were killed and two others were injured in June…

Alabama Seeks to Purge Racist Sections of Constitution

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers are moving forward on a proposal to strip racist language from the state’s constitution. The constitution was written in 1901 to entrench white supremacy and still has language allowing segregated schools and poll taxes.  The Committee on the Recompilation of the Constitution on Wednesday decided to move forward on recommendations to strip those provisions…