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Past articles by Jay:

Alabama pausing executions after 3rd failed lethal injection

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey sought a pause in executions and ordered a “top-to-bottom” review of the state’s capital punishment system Monday after an unprecedented third fa… → Read More

Alabama pausing executions after 3rd failed lethal injection

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey sought a pause in executions and ordered a “top-to-bottom” review of the state's capital punishment system Monday after an unprecedented third failed lethal injection. → Read More

Alabama fails to complete lethal injection for 3rd time

Alabama started and then stopped another lethal injection because prison workers were unable to establish the intravenous lines needed to administer a deadly dose. → Read More

Team from Black college in central Alabama quits tournament after racial abuse

A women's volleyball team at a small, historically Black college withdrew from their conference tournament in Alabama after a member was subjected to racial abuse during an awards banquet, officials said. → Read More

Lessons from Hurricane Michael being applied to Ian recovery

Four years before Category 4 Ian wiped out parts of southwest Florida, the state's Panhandle had its own encounter with an even stronger hurricane, Michael. → Read More

Search for victims done, Florida coast aims for Ian recovery

An army of 42,000 utility workers has restored electricity to more than 2.5 million businesses and homes in Florida since Hurricane Ian's onslaught, and Brenda → Read More

Search for victims done, Florida coast aims for Ian recovery

The major search for victims of Hurricane Ian ended over the weekend, and residents returned to a decimated Fort Myers Beach. → Read More

Search for victims done, Florida coast aims for Ian recovery

The major search for victims of Hurricane Ian ended over the weekend, and residents returned to a decimated Fort Myers Beach. → Read More

Search for victims done, Florida coast aims for Ian recovery

The major search for victims of Hurricane Ian ended over the weekend, and residents returned to a decimated Fort Myers Beach. → Read More

Search for victims done, Florida coast aims for Ian recovery

The major search for victims of Hurricane Ian ended over the weekend, and residents returned to a decimated Fort Myers Beach. → Read More

Search for victims done, Florida coast aims for Ian recovery

The major search for victims of Hurricane Ian ended over the weekend, and residents returned to a decimated Fort Myers Beach. → Read More

Search for victims done, Florida coast aims for Ian recovery

An army of 42,000 utility workers has restored electricity to more than 2.5 million businesses and homes in Florida since Hurricane Ian’s onslaught, and Brenda Palmer’s place is among them. By the government’s count, she and her husband Ralph are part of a success story. → Read More

Search for victims done, Florida coast aims for Ian recovery

Southwest Florida is looking ahead toward the long slog of recovering from a rare direct hit by a major hurricane → Read More

Search for victims done, Florida coast aims for Ian recovery

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — An army of 42,000 utility workers has restored electricity to more than 2.5 million businesses and homes in Florida since Hurricane Ian’s onslaught, and Brenda Palmer&… → Read More

Search for victims done, Florida coast aims for Ian recovery

An army of 42,000 utility workers has restored electricity to more than 2.5 million businesses and homes in Florida since Hurricane Ian's onslaught, and Brenda → Read More

Ian leaves scenes of recovery, despair on Florida coast

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Just days after Hurricane Ian struck, a crowd of locals gathered under a huge banyan tree at a motel’s outdoor tiki bar for drink specials and live music. Less than 10… → Read More

Ian leaves scenes of recovery, despair on Florida coast

Arlan Fuller has seen the disparity while working in the hurricane zone to serve marginalized communities with Project Hope, a nonprofit that provides medical relief services. → Read More

Hurricane Ian leaves scenes of recovery, despair on Florida coast

The contrasting scenes of reality less than 2 weeks since Ian are jarring, and they point to the way disaster can mean different things to different people. → Read More

Ian leaves scenes of recovery, despair on Florida coast

Ian was the third-deadliest storm to hit the U.S. mainland this century. For some, recovery comes with heartbreak. → Read More

Residents allowed to return to Florida island slammed by Ian

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Residents were allowed to return to a coastal island that was decimated by Hurricane Ian on Saturday with a warning from the governor that the disaster isn’t over. Man… → Read More