Politics Sep 02 WATCH: Trump announces Space Command will move from Colorado to Alabama President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that U.S. Space Command will be located in Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision to keep it at its temporary headquarters in Colorado.
Politics May 01 WATCH: Trump delivers remarks at University of Alabama commencement event President Donald Trump offered some encouraging words and advice for graduating students at the University of Alabama on Thursday in a speech interspersed with impressions of transgender weightlifters, accusations that judges were interfering with his agenda and attacks on his…
Politics Mar 09 60th anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’ marked in Selma amid concerns about future of voting rights Selma on Sunday marked the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers were attacked on March 7, 1965. The annual commemoration pays homage to those who fought to secure voting rights for…
Nation Sep 23 Birmingham leaders offer reward money for information after mass shooting that killed 4 Officials in Birmingham, Alabama, are pleading with members of the public for information leading to arrests in a weekend mass shooting that killed four people and injured more than a dozen others.
Nation Sep 22 Mass shooting kills 4 and wounds 17 in Birmingham, Alabama nightlife district, police say The mass shooting, one of several this year in the city, unnerved residents and left city officials pleading for help to both solve the crime and address the broader problem of gun violence.
Nation Jun 14 State trooper who hid prior FBI sexual misconduct convicted of child rape in Alabama A former FBI agent was convicted Friday of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl while serving as an Alabama state trooper — a law enforcement job he landed even after he was kicked out of the FBI amid earlier claims that…
Politics May 17 Employees at Alabama Mercedes plants vote 56 percent against union, slowing UAW effort in South The results released Friday by the UAW dealt a setback to the union's drive to organize plants in the historically nonunion South.
Politics Mar 20 Alabama lawmakers approve bills restricting absentee ballot collection and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts The Alabama legislation would prohibit universities, K-12 school systems and state agencies from sponsoring DEI programs, defined under the bill as classes, training, programs and events where attendance is based on a person's race, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, national origin…
Politics Mar 07 Alabama governor signs legislation protecting IVF providers from prosecution and lawsuits Three major IVF providers paused services after the state Supreme Court ruled last month that three couples who had frozen embryos destroyed in an accident at a storage facility could pursue wrongful death lawsuits.
Politics Mar 05 Alabamans in district redrawn to boost Black voting power got incorrect information ahead of primary A federal court drew new congressional lines in November in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the state had violated the Voting Rights Act. Voters arriving at the polls were still able to vote for the correct candidates,…