The I-TEAM is cracking open cases a local judge slammed shut before they ever made it to trial. We found some were closed just because they were old. Others were closed because the suspect was never arrested, and that’s not all.
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Montgomery: Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday extended a statewide mask order into March as the state continues to face high numbers of coronavirus cases. The order, which has been in place since July, requires face masks in public when interacting within 6 feet with people from another household. The extension pushes the order until 5 p.m. March 5. The Republican governor said wearing a mask is one thing people can do to help slow the spread of the virus. She thanked the people of the state for taking precautions and being willing to take the vaccine. “We’ll get through this thing together,” Ivey said. More than 6,370 people have died from COVID-19 in Alabama, and about 430,000 have tested positive since the pandemic began. State case numbers hit record levels in the wake of winter holidays, but the state has seen recent improvements
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People sit and relax after receiving their Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination at Salisbury Cathedral in Salisbury, England, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. Salisbury Cathedral opened its doors for the second time as a venue for the Sarum South Primary Care Network COVID-19 Local Vaccination Service.
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Tenonde Pora Indigenous youth Camila Yva Mirim smokes a traditional pipe as she watches the elderly members of her community get shots of China s Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine for COVID-19 in the Tenonde Pora village on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.