Politics Jul 21 Alabama lawmakers refuse to create a 2nd majority-Black congressional district The vote on Friday could defy an order from the U.S. Supreme Court to give minority voters a greater voice in elections and trigger a renewed battle over the state's political map.
Politics Apr 22 Alabama governor ousts education director over book’s stance on racism, inclusion Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday announced she replaced her director of early childhood education over the use of a teacher training book that the Republican governor denounced as teaching “woke concepts" because of language about inclusion and structural racism.
Nation Apr 19 3 charged with murder in Sweet 16 shooting Two teenagers and a 20-year-old man have been arrested and charged with reckless murder in connection with a shooting that killed four young people at a Sweet Sixteen birthday party in rural Alabama, investigators announced Wednesday.
Nation Apr 18 Remembering the victims of the Dadeville shooting Four people were killed, including two high school seniors, and 32 people were injured in the Saturday melee.
Nation Apr 16 Shooting at Alabama teen’s birthday party leaves 4 dead, ‘multitude of injuries’ A high school senior who planned to play college football was celebrating at his sister's 16th birthday party Saturday night in Alabama when gunfire killed him and three other people and wounded several others.
Politics Mar 05 WATCH: Biden gives remarks on 58th anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Selma President Joe Biden used the searing memories of Selma's “Bloody Sunday” to recommit to a cornerstone of democracy, lionizing a seminal moment from the civil rights movement at a time when he has been unable to push enhanced voting protections…
Nation Jan 13 Tornado death toll grows in Alabama and Georgia Rescuers raced Friday to find any survivors trapped in debris after tornadoes barreled across parts of the South in a system that killed at least nine people in Alabama and Georgia and inflicted heavy damage on Selma, a flashpoint of…
Nation Jan 12 Multiple people killed in Alabama as giant storm system slams through South A giant, swirling storm system billowing across the South spurred a tornado on Thursday that shredded the walls of homes, toppled roofs and uprooted trees in Selma, Alabama, a city etched in the history of the civil rights movement.
Politics Nov 08 Katie Britt becomes 1st Republican woman to claim Alabama Senate seat Britt, 40, cast herself as part of a new generation of conservative leaders and will become one of the Senate’s youngest members. She will be the first Republican woman to hold one of the state’s Senate seats.
Politics Nov 01 Proposed amendment could remove Jim Crow-era language in Alabama Constitution Alabama voters on Nov. 8 will vote to ratify a recompilation of the Alabama Constitution that will strip Jim Crow-era language and reorganize the unwieldy governing document.