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Authorities said they broke up a huge drug operation in the Tennessee Valley. Twenty people were arrested Thursday morning and two more are charged in what investigators called overlapping drug ringsMore >>
Authorities said they broke up a huge drug operation in the Tennessee Valley. Twenty people were arrested Thursday morning and two more are charged in what investigators called overlapping drug rings.More >>
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A train derailed at least 13 cars at Bear Creek, shutting down roads and causing a nearby school to evacuate. More >>
A train derailed at least 13 cars at Bear Creek, shutting down roads and causing a nearby school to evacuate.More >>
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Legislation being
pushed by the governor and other Republican leaders to revise Alabama's
immigration law addresses some of the concerns raised by religious
organizations that the law unfairly restricted their work.
The governor's legal
adviser, Cooper Shattuck, said the changes should alleviate concerns
about religious organizations ministering, providing food or offering
other services to illegal immigrants. He said the changes clarify that
religious organizations don't have to verify the legal residency of
people they serve.
An attorney for an
Episcopal bishop challenging the law in federal court, Kitty Rogers
Brown, said the changes are a sign that state officials are listening to
religious leaders, but the changes don't go far enough.
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