In 2025, AL.com's “Beyond the Violence" project, in partnership with The Birmingham Times, examines whether Birmingham can grow beyond its crime problem and become safer, healthier and happier.

Mount Fitz Roy, which typically stands obscured in a haze of clouds, was originally named "Chaltén," meaning "smoking mountain" in the ancient Tehuelche tribe's dialect. Today, its title ...

“He lived a beautiful 84 years and will be sorely missed," a statement shared to his Facebook account read Mathew Imaging/WireImage Roy Ayers, the legendary vibraphonist, record producer and ...

Roy Ayers, the legendary American vibraphonist, composer and pioneer of jazz-funk, died Tuesday, his family said. He was 84. The producer passed away in New York City after a long illness, the ...

NEW YORK — Roy Ayers, a legendary jazz vibraphonist ... In 2017, he appeared alongside such acts as Tom Petty, the Shins, Alabama Shakes, Charles Bradley and William Bell at the eclectic ...

“I had it, but I leased it out at first,” he said. Once he retired, Fitzpatrick took over and it became Fitz on Main in 2009. He said he just wanted “an old-school diner” like the one Snow ...

AUBURN, Ala., and TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The red soil hinted this might be Alabama, and the towering pines assured this could be Alabama, and the county names along the three-hour drive ...

Roy Ayers, who wrote the oft-sampled “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” and the soundtrack to Coffy, has died. He was 84. Ayers’s family broke the news of his death to Variety, writing ““It ...

what readers will simply have to imagine is how the argument over which aspirant to the Roy fortune played out over many, many emails and Zooms. Part of the delight of a project like this is the ...

ROUND one is just around the corner, you want to join in the fun of managing a Fantasy team, but ... It feels pretty daunting because you haven't played before, or your friends have been researching ...