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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — There may be more cases of tuberculosis at Homewood High School. According to public health authorities, the early results are in for the students and staff tested for tuberculosis last week. The Jefferson County Department...

In this Dec. 27, 2013, file photo, different strains of pot are displayed for sale at Medicine Man marijuana dispensary in Denver. Nationwide marijuana legalization seems inevitable to three-fourths of Americans, according to a new poll out Wednesday...

The Birmingham Historical Society marked the place, now in English Village, where tuberculosis was first fought in North Alabama. Photo by Nick Patterson. It may have been a stunning irony that on World TB Day, which is celebrated March 24 every year...

With the school year now underway a flurry of federally-coordinated “active shooter drills” are taking place across the country. The exercises are part of a broader program the FBI is carrying out as a result of an Obama’s directive...

Compare Ameer Abdullah to Warrick Dunn, and Abdullah is likely to give you an earful. "I appreciate them," Abdullah said of the Dunn comparisons which he has heard since his junior year at Nebraska. "But any time you try to compare any [rookie] back...