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The Latest Breaking News from Selma

Town where Martin Luther King Jr made historic march reels from tornado

Residents of Selma, Alabama, find resilience in civil rights leader’s legacy as US marks MLK Day

The Guardian - US

Yet The Marcher Persisted: How Weather Constantly Impacted The Civil Rights Movement

During one of the most heated times in American history, weather played a significant, yet hardly recognized, role in the movement

Zenger

In tornado-ravaged Selma, prayers of thanks

The Sunday after a tornado devastated much of the historic city of Selma, church congregations raised up prayers of gratitude for lives spared and prayers of comfort for lives lost elsewhere to the storm that tore across the South

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In Alabama, tornadoes rattle historic civil rights community

As a deadly storm system that spawned tornadoes across parts of the U.S. South, Zakiya Sankara-Jabar’s cellphone buzzed relentlessly

The Independent UK

Seven dead in US South after severe rain, tornadoes

Strong winds and heavy rain damage homes, tens of thousands without power in parts of Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama.

Al Jazeera

At least seven killed by massive tornado storm system in Georgia and Alabama

Six of the deaths were recorded Autauga County, Alabama

Evening Standard

At least 7 dead as severe winds, tornadoes hammer US South

A massive storm system whipping up severe winds and spawning tornadoes cut a path across the U.S. South, killing at least seven people in Georgia and Alabama, where a twister damaged buildings and tossed cars in the streets of historic downtown Selma

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Alabama tornado: At least seven dead as devastating twisters rip through US states

Swirling storm systems spawned a number of lethal tornadoes across Alabama, with an estimated 40 to 50 homes destroyed and several people severely injured

Daily Mirror

‘Extremely dangerous’ tornado tears across US South as storms hit

The National Weather Service received 33 tornado reports across southern states like Alabama, Georgia and Kentucky.

Al Jazeera

Tornado damages buildings, uproots trees in Alabama

A large tornado damaged homes and uprooted trees in Alabama on Thursday as a powerful storm system pushed through the South

The Independent UK

At least 9 people were killed as a giant storm system hit the Southern U.S.

Rescuers raced Friday to find any survivors trapped in debris after tornadoes barreled across parts of the South and inflicted heavy damage on Selma, Ala.

WEKU

Police credit ‘divine’ intervention for finding body of missing Jolissa Fuentes amid criticism of probe

Search teams rappel down 250ft cliff to recover Jolissa Fuentes’s body

The Independent UK

‘It’s good to think strategically’: Thomas E Ricks on civil rights and January 6

In his new book, the historian considers the work of Martin Luther King and others through the lens of military thought

The Guardian - US

Jolissa Fuentes’ family say authorities didn’t take her disappearance seriously. The local police chief replies: ‘This isn’t CSI’

Jolissa Fuentes’ mother tells Andrea Blanco of her frustration with police who she says left the family alone in their search for the missing 22-year-old for days after she vanished. Asked for a response to the criticism, the local police chief asserted: ‘It takes time’

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Jolissa Fuentes: Police say 22-year-old’s disappearance is now considered ‘criminal’ weeks after she vanished

‘This is not normal behaviour for Ms Fuentes. So we are treating this as a criminal matter,’ says Selma police chief

The Independent UK

Jolissa Fuentes: Everything we know about 22-year-old missing in California

Fuentes was last seen at about 4am on 7 August in Selma, California

WEKU

A church at the heart of Selma's 1965 voting rights march is an endangered place

The Brown Chapel AME Church, the landmark church that launched a national voting rights movement in Selma, Ala., tops this year's list of the nation's most endangered historic places.

Salon

Fear and loathing: Another Trump rally

Trump spreads the poisonous gospel of white supremacy week after week — and we keep pretending it's not happening

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Madison Cawthorn says Trump backers would send Anthony Fauci to jail and impeach Biden

SELMA, N.C. — U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn called for sending Dr. Anthony Fauci to jail and impeaching President Joe Biden during a rally Saturday with former President Donald Trump.

Tribune News Service

Will Donald Trump run for president in 2024? He teases NC crowd during rally

SELMA, N.C. — Former President Donald Trump teased a crowd in North Carolina on Saturday about running for a second term in 2024 as he urged voters to elect “America First Republicans” this year.

The Independent UK

Alabama plan advances to alter name of Edmund Pettus Bridge

Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation to alter the name of Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge to honor those beaten as they marched for civil rights in 1965

The Guardian - US

On this civil rights anniversary, I’m feeling drained but determined

I’m battling cancer as well as voting restrictions, but I have many more bridges to cross. This is my diary of the Selma to Montgomery march

Chicago Sun-Times

Anniversary of Selma march reminds us how democracy is defended

African Americans won the right to vote because we and our allies marched for it, demonstrated for it, were beaten and died to gain it. After Selma, people of conscience demanded that the country live up to its Constitution and its democratic ideals.

The Independent UK

In Selma, foot soldier’s kin boosts youth voting rights role

During a commemoration of the 1965 voting rights marches from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, Elliott Smith's great-aunt pushed him across the iconic Edmund Pettus Bridge in a stroller

The Independent UK

Harris to mark 'Bloody Sunday' anniversary in Selma

Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Alabama as the nations marks a defining moment in the fight for the right to vote

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