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Republican Brett Ligon, former Montgomery County DA, wins special election for open Texas Senate seat

A rematch is scheduled for November, as Ligon’s win only puts him in the seat through January. But the former prosecutor will be heavily favored, given the district’s solidly Republican makeup.

The Texas Tribune

Riziki Ilenre cause of death: How did the TikTok personality die as Alabama forensic report reveals new details months after tragedy

Riziki Ilenre, a 27-year-old TikTok creator, died on December 12, 2025, in Montgomery, Alabama. The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences ruled her death a suicide after an investigation. The Montgomery Police Department had been examining the case earlier. Reports about possible online bullying circulated widely, but officials have not confirmed…

The Times of India

Claudette Colvin obituary

US civil rights activist who as a schoolgirl protested against segregation on Alabama’s buses

The Guardian - UK

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The life of civil rights hero Claudette Colvin should teach us this: resistance is collective, and it never stops

Colvin, who died this week, made a stand on an Alabama bus nine months before Rosa Parks. When we met, her message about the struggle was clear, says professor of sociology Gary Younge

The Guardian - UK

Claudette Colvin: Civil rights icon who refused to move seats on segregated bus dies at 86

Colvin's act of defiance occurred months before Rosa Parks gained international recognition for a similar stand

The Independent UK

Texas father rescues kidnapped 15-year-old daughter after tracking her phone’s location

Authorities say they arrested a man, 23, for kidnapping teen in a Houston suburb as she walked her dog on Christmas

The Guardian - US

Never-before-seen photos of Rosa Parks during the Selma march discovered

‘This is showing who Ms Parks was, both as a person and as an activist’

The Independent UK

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What boycotting looks like 70 years after the Montgomery Bus Boycott

The Montgomery Bus Boycott is marking its 70th anniversary

The Independent UK

Alabama promised to improve psychiatric care for men charged with crimes. They still wait years

Fernando Clark died in the Montgomery County Jail while waiting for psychiatric treatment

The Independent UK

Pastor Jon Sheptock, Inspirational Montgomery Pastor, Arrested for Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material

A 49-year-old worship leader and singer-songwriter has been charged with producing and possessing child sexual abuse materials.

International Business Times UK

Arrest made in Alabama capital city shooting that left 2 dead and 12 injured last weekend

A juvenile male has been arrested for his role in a shooting that killed two people and injured 12 others in Montgomery, Alabama

The Independent UK

Alabama's Ivey vows action after Montgomery shooting leaves 2 dead, 12 injured

Governor Kay Ivey has announced that Alabama will increase its role in public safety efforts in Montgomery following a mass shooting

The Independent UK

Two dead including teenager and 12 more wounded in mass shooting in Alabama

One of the victims was believed to have been targeted, prompting other armed people in the area to pull out their arms

The Independent UK

Montgomery Shooting Nightmare: Police Chief Slams Thugs Who 'Did Not Care About the People Around Them' as a Child Is Left Fighting for Life After Downtown Duel

A weekend of celebration in Montgomery, Alabama, turns tragic after a shootout between rival gunmen leaves two dead and a child fighting for their life. Get the full details on the deadly city centre violence.

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At least two dead and 12 injured in horror mass shooting in US

A 43-year-old woman and a 17-year-old boy have been confirmed dead after gunfire broke out in downtown Montgomery

The Conversation

The case that saved the press – and why Trump wants it gone

President Donald Trump is again attacking the American press – this time not with fiery rally speeches or by calling the media “the enemy of the people,” but through the courts.

The Independent UK

An interfaith group’s 1950s MLK comic book remains a prominent nonviolence teaching tool

“Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story” continues to be a nonviolence teaching tool and an influential historical account in the United States and worldwide

The Independent UK

Legendary civil rights attorney Fred Gray honored with statute in Alabama

The legendary attorney who was once deemed the “chief counsel” of the Civil Rights Movement by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has been honored with a statue outside the Alabama State Bar Association

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300 passengers stranded on tarmac overnight after two flights diverted to airport with no customs staff

Passenger tells of 25-hour ordeal returning to US from Mexico vacation

The Guardian - US

Bloody Sunday: restored photos show the violence that shocked a nation

‘Spider’ Martin’s newly restored photos that documented firsthand the violence on 7 March 1965 are on view at Alabama exhibit Selma Is Now

The Independent UK

Alabama’s Tuskegee University homecoming celebration turns deadly as one killed, 16 injured in shooting

A 25-year-old man who was found with a weapon while leaving the shooting scene was arrested

The Guardian - US

Texas condemned for placing book on colonization in library’s fiction section

Outcry in Montgomery county as Linda Coombs’ book on European colonization of Native American land reclassified

The Guardian - US

Medical provider to US jails failing to keep its patients alive, advocates say

Jails where NaphCare is contracted have seen the highest death tolls compared with any healthcare provider

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Alabama Man Pleads Guilty To Detonating Explosive Device

Alabama man pleads guilty to detonating explosive device outside state attorney general's office in Montgomery. Justice Department vows accountability for ...

The Conversation

Buses weren’t the only civil rights battleground in Montgomery – the city’s parks still reflect a history of segregation

Montgomery, Alabama, touts itself as the birthplace of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. But although Montgomery now embraces its history of bus boycotts and protest marches, it remains one of the most segregated U.S. cities, and still struggles with racial inequality.

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