Back in the United States, four Alabama Baptist churches were set on fire Tuesday. The blazes come less than one week after suspicious fires damaged five churches in central Alabama. Police are investigating the fires as civil rights violations, but have declined to say whether they believe they may be hate crimes. Although all of the churches that were torched Tuesday have predominantly black congregations, four of the five churches burned in last week’s fires have predominantly white congregations. Police say witnesses have reported seeing two white males driving a black sport-utility vehicle near both the areas where the fires have been set.