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Auburn adds Miami to the future football schedule

AUBURN, Ala.— The Auburn football program has added a home-and-home series with the University of Miami (Fla.) for the 2029 and 2030 seasons. Auburn will play at Miami on Sept. 1, 2029, and will host the Hurricanes at Jordan-Hare Stadium on Aug. 31, 2030. Auburn is 7-4 all-time against Miami with the last meeting coming at the 1984 Kickoff Classic…

Alabama juvenile lifer appeals life without parole sentence

FILE – In this April 27, 2021 file photo, Evan Miller appears via video from prison in St. Clair County, Ala., during a hearing.  (AP Photo/Kim Chandler, File) A man sentenced to die in prison for a murder committed when he was 14 is appealing the life without parole sentence he has twice received. Evan Miller’s case became U.S. Supreme…

Southern Baptists Vote to Probe Leaders’ Sex Abuse Response

Outgoing Southern Baptist Convention President J. D. Greear speaks at the conclusion of the denomination’s annual meeting Wednesday, June 16, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Delegates at the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting have voted overwhelmingly to create a task force to oversee an independent investigation into the denomination’s handling of sexual abuse. The…