Today’s Heartwarming Story

An Alabama jury has returned a $9.25 million verdict against the New York Times. The plaintiff is Kai Spears, formerly a member of the Alabama basketball team: An Alabama jury has awarded former Alabama basketball player Kai Spears $9.25 million after finding The New York Times defamed him by incorrectly linking him to the 2023 killing of Jamea Harris in Tuscaloosa. *** The Times reported that Spears had been in the passenger seat of a vehicle connected to the shooting, citing an anonymous source familiar with the investigation. This is the story, in brief: Harris, a 23-year-old mother from Birmingham,...