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Biden marches with US civil rights leaders in Alabama

March 3, 2013 22:45
Vice President Joe Biden marched with black civil rights leaders Sunday in Selma, Alabama to commemorate the "Bloody Sunday" beating of voting rights marchers 48 years ago. The annual gathering took on added importance this year among civil liberties groups concerned with a voting rights case before the US Supreme Court. On Wednesday, the top court appeared ready to overturn, at least in part, the 1965 Voting Rights Act that guards against racial discrimination in US states with a segregationist past.

Child freed, kidnapper dead, in Alabama bunker drama

February 9, 2013 19:45
A 5-year-old boy held hostage in an underground Alabama bunker for almost a week was rescued Monday in an raid that left the kidnapper dead, authorities said. The boy, who has been identified only as Ethan, was rushed to safety and is "doing fine," an FBI agent told reporters in Midland City, Alabama. Agents said they feared the boy was in "imminent danger" after seeing the kidnapper, retired trucker Jimmy Lee Dykes, holding a gun.

Child freed, kidnapper dead, in Alabama bunker drama

February 5, 2013 06:30
A 5-year-old boy held hostage in an underground Alabama bunker for almost a week was rescued Monday in a raid that left the kidnapper dead, authorities said. The boy, who has been identified only as Ethan, was rushed to safety and is "doing fine," an FBI agent told reporters in Midland City, Alabama. Agents said they feared the boy was in "imminent danger" after they saw the kidnapper, retired trucker Jimmy Lee Dykes, holding a gun. Negotiations with the gunman deteriorated, according to FBI Special Agent Stephen Richardson.

Child freed, kidnapper dead, in Alabama bunker drama

February 5, 2013 04:30
A 5-year-old boy held hostage in an underground Alabama bunker for almost a week was rescued Monday in a raid that left the kidnapper dead, authorities said. The boy, who has been identified only as Ethan, was rushed to safety and is "doing fine," an FBI agent told reporters in Midland City, Alabama. Agents said they feared the boy was in "imminent danger" after seeing the kidnapper, retired trucker Jimmy Lee Dykes, holding a gun.
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