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Alabama tops Tennessee after 9th-inning drama

HOOVER, Ala. – Alabama took down the higher-seeded team for a second straight day, this time claiming a 3-2 win over the No. 2 seed and fourth-ranked Tennessee Volunteers at the Hoover Met. The Crimson Tide came away with a 3-2 win in 11 innings to advance to the winner’s bracket on Thursday and improve to 31-22 on the season. Alabama…

CBS News’ Gayle King Anchors “TULSA 1921: An American Tragedy”

A ONE-HOUR SPECIAL MARKING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF A TWO-DAY SLAUGHTER THAT LEFT AS MANY AS 300 PEOPLE DEAD AND DESTROYED A BLACK BUSINESS DISTRICT, AIRING MONDAY, MAY 31 AT 9PM ON YOUR CBS32

Gayle King, co-host of CBS THIS MORNING, will anchor TULSA 1921: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY, a one-hour CBS News primetime special marking the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Massacre, to be broadcast Monday, May 31 9PM on CBS32.

Pay It Forward: Grace Harvey from Montgomery

Pink and Pearls for Girls (PP4G) serves girls ages 3 to 18. Founder Grace Harvey says it all began at home. “I have girls of my own and it was something as simple as starting it right in the heart of my living room, and when my daughters friends would come over, we would do fun things together. We would…

Another Hot Day; Rain Chances Are Increasing

ANOTHER HOT AND DRY DAY: Not much change in the day to day forecast this week as we remain under the influence of the upper-level ridge. We are seeing more sun than clouds again today and temperatures are once gain climbing into the low and mid-90s across all of Alabama. However, later today the ridge does start to break down…

Alabama Man Sentenced to Die in Fatal Gas Station Holdup

COLUMBIANA, Ala. (AP) – An Alabama man convicted of capital murder in the slaying of a gas station clerk who was killed during a robbery has been sentenced to death. A judge sentenced 48-year-old Michael Anthony Powell 2016 gunshot killing of 54-year-old Tracy Algar. She was shot to death while working at a store in Alabaster south of Birmingham. News…