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Birmingham museum to return art to 2 Alaskan tribes

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – A city-owned museum in Alabama will return works of art to two Alaskan Native American tribes that requested the items back in 2017. A vote by the Birmingham City Council cleared the way for the Birmingham Museum of Art to return items to the Tlingit and Haida tribes. The groups requested the pieces under a 1990…

Birmingham Likely to Extend Mask Order as State Mandate Ends

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The president of the Birmingham City Council says Alabama’s largest city likely will extend a mandate requiring face masks in public despite the state’s plan to end the statewide rule next month. Gov. Kay Ivey has said the state rule will expire on April 9. But Birmingham City Council President William Parker says officials in Birmingham…