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Birmingham’s mayoral race is now a two-man contest. Mayor William Bell and school board member Randall Woodfin came out on top in a field of 12 candidates. They’ll go head-to-head in a runoff October 3rd. We hear about that race and other results from Tuesday’s election with WBHM’s city government reporter Sherrel Wheeler Stewart.

 

A ‘Jane Doe’ in the R. Kelly trials is ready to share her real name. And her story

A once anonymous R. Kelly survivor, Reshona Landfair is now ready to reclaim her voice.

Alabama seek to bring back death penalty for child rape convictions

Alabama approved legislation Thursday to add rape and sexual torture of a child under 12 to the narrow list of crimes that could draw a death sentence.

What a crowded congressional primary in N.J. says about the state of Democrats

The contest is one of the first congressional primaries of the year where we will find out what issues are currently resonating with some Democratic voters. Here are some key things to know.

At NOCHI, students learn the art of making a Mardi Gras-worthy king cake

With Carnival in full swing, the New Orleans culinary school gave its students a crash course — and a rite of passage — in baking their first king cake.

The Winter Olympics in Italy were meant to be sustainable. Are they?

Italy's Winter Olympics promised sustainability. But in Cortina, environmentalists warn the Games could scar these mountains for decades.

Their film was shot in secret and smuggled out of Iran. It won an award at Sundance

Between war, protests and government crackdowns, the filmmakers raced to finish and smuggle their portrait of Tehran's underground arts scene to the prestigious film festival.

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