Charles "Sonny" Burton is only the third person in Alabama history to have his sentence commuted from death row to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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Charles "Sonny" Burton is only the third person in Alabama history to have his sentence commuted from death row to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
I'm back on the Iditarod beat again, where Alabama-born Jessie Holmes is hoping to retain his title as reigning champion of the storied sled dog race in Alaska.
Followed by a biopic of perpetual Beatles hanger-on Mal Evans.
Years before Ibraheem Yazeed was charged with kidnapping and murdering 19-year-old Aniah Blanchard from a gas station parking lot in Auburn, his mother tried to tell a judge about how he “needed help” for his psychological issues.
Brookwood Village being torn down closes the book on over 50 years of Birmingham culture.
Cafebreria El Pendulo in Polanco (there are several all around CDMX) from the vantage point of the second floor, so look at all the books
Bookstores in Mexico City rock
Tonight, a new documentary on his life, "Sun Ra: Do the Impossible," will premiere on PBS' "American Masters." It's a powerful film that has something for everyone.
My piece on the Alabama icon and how his influence continues to touch generations.
some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing
I work really hard and take my work seriously, so to see four different news outlets all take credit for work on Jeffrey Epstein I beat them to by days is a little frustrating, to say the least.
Last week, Tony Kornheiser of ESPN's "Pardon the Interruption" was generous enough to talk with me about what's been going on at the Washington Post, his old stomping grounds, and the shuttering of its storied sports department. Was a fun talk.
Happy Mardi Gras, peeps!
Ilia Malinin skates his short program today at the #Olympics. A reminder of just how unprecedented he is: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Your byline has been missed, sir. Excellent piece.
Was very happy to see a new Brent Staples (@bstaples.bsky.social) piece in NYT, reviewing Wil Haygood's "The War Within a War
The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home." Staples' byline has been disappointingly absent from "The Old Gray Lady" over the past year, so it's a treat to read him again.
Jeffrey Epstein's wealth and influence stretched around the world, from politicians, billionaires, public intellectuals, and even the University of Alabama.
Lucinda Williams’ “World’s Gone Wrong” came out yesterday and, boy, is the sentiment more true than ever now. It’s an amazing album and she’s never lost a step all these years.
This is part of a project I've had in the back of my mind for a while, but am finally getting around to doing. It was fun looking up the history of pizza and which restaurants across Alabama were the first to serve it.
Bruce Hornsby will be coming to Birmingham this spring to promote his forthcoming album, "Indigo Park." This marks the second album that the eclectic pianist has used Edward Hopper's work for cover art.
At 95, attorney Fred Gray said that without Claudette Colvin, he and others may not have had the courage to get the wheels in motion to start the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955 if it hadn't been for her.
“Faring thee well now
Let your life proceed by its own designs
Nothing to tell now
Let the words be yours, I'm done with mine”
RIP, Bob Weir.
In "The Smashing Machine," Dwayne Johnson plays UFC Champion Mark Kerr. Few people knew that Birmingham played a part in the fighter's rise in the sport. www.cbs42.com/news/local/m...
I've been a big fan of Matt Labash and his writing for a long time. For the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, he was generous enough with me to talk about his time covering the devastation for The Weekly Standard. www.cbs42.com/digital-excl...
Jude Johnston, a monk at at St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman, was really interesting. Outside of his lifelong dedication to his Catholic faith, he had a lifelong devotion to art, a passion that led to him teaching at Yale and the Pratt Institute in Manhattan. www.cbs42.com/news/local/f...
If you've lived in Birmingham for any length of time, you've probably run into Michael Anderson, part of the city's venerable group of street photographers. He lived quite the life. www.cbs42.com/digital-excl...
During the last election, RFK Jr. received more votes in Alabama than the Green and Libertarian parties combined. It's a good reminder of his connection to Alabama, going back to his days at Harvard University. www.cbs42.com/news/local/r...
Swamp Dogg is one of the more unique outsider artists who actually had a pedigree in the "Muscle Shoals sound," working with people like Duane Allman and the Commodores before making something totally his own. www.cbs42.com/news/local/s...
In preparation for Sun Ra Day back in May, I put together a little list of the top 10 songs from the Birmingham jazz pioneer that everyone should listen to. Sometimes, a decades-long obsession can turn itself into good content. www.cbs42.com/news/local/t...
A large chunk of last year was covering the arrest and eventual deportation of Alabama student Alireza Doroudi. It was a sad story that ultimately had a somewhat happy ending: he married his fiancée and he's finishing his degree in Norway. www.cbs42.com/news/after-4...
A little poking around online led me to finding out about a unique home from one of Birmingham's longest running business dynasties lent itself to a very interesting little find. www.cbs42.com/news/local/e...
Perhaps the most Alabama story I wrote, a little aside from Leslie Scrushy, wife of disgraced HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy, lent itself to a piece on the woman who stood by him through it all. www.cbs42.com/digital-excl...