In rural Alabama, health care rarely runs in a straight line. Providers drive long miles on tight budgets and still find ways to care for neighbors across dirt roads, county lines, and wide stretches of farmland.

Six months ago, I woke up in a hospital room at UAB with a new kidney and a second chance at life. The first days were hard.

"Today" co-anchor Sheinelle Jones announced the death of her grandmother, Josephine Vonceal Pace Brown, who died on New Year's Eve at age 96.

This story first appeared on palabra, the digital news site by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. Award-winning Cuban-American journalist Mirta Ojito still remembers encountering a chapter of forgotten history in a Key West, Florida, bookstore almost 20 years ago.

This story first appeared on palabra, the digital news site by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.

Birmingham revelers rang in 2026 with gunfire as they always do but police say there far fewer shots fired compared to past years.

After 18 months, the city of Birmingham has begun construction on permanent barriers for their Safe Streets: East Lake initiative.