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In this Friday, Jan. 10, 2020 photo, Jefferson County Sheriff Mark Pettway points out an old jail log showing the name of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Birmingham, Ala. The county is taking steps to preserve the old county jail, where officials say King served his final stint behind bars in 1967 about five months before his assassination. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)

Alabama county to preserve jail remnant where MLK was held

By JAY REEVES - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Ector County Texas Sheriff's Office shows Samuel Little. A Texas prosecutor says Little, convicted in three California murders but long suspected in dozens of deaths, now claims he was involved in about 90 killings nationwide. The prosecutor says Little is now charged in the 1994 death of a Texas woman. He says investigations are ongoing, but Little has now provided details in more than 90 deaths dating to about 1970. (Ector County Texas Sheriff's Office via AP)

New black officers, court officials rethinking US policing

By JAY REEVES - Associated Press

Black candidates win sheriff, DA in largest Alabama county

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