Nation Jul 26 Body of civil rights icon John Lewis crosses Selma bridge The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, for the final time Sunday as remembrances continue for the civil rights icon. The bridge became a landmark in the fight for racial justice when Lewis…
Politics Jul 03 Supreme Court blocks curbside voting in Alabama The U.S. Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision Thursday blocked a lower court ruling allowing curbside voting in Alabama and waiving some absentee ballot requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Politics Mar 10 Trump spurns Sessions, backs Tuberville for Alabama Senate The winner will face Democratic Sen. Doug Jones, the current incumbent, in November.
Nation Mar 06 Alabama executes man convicted in officers' murders amid calls to save inmate Alabama's first execution of the year came after a last minute bid to stop it, that included support from the son of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Nation Mar 05 Alabama execution stayed by U.S. Supreme Court to review appeal Woods and co-defendant Kerry Spencer were sentenced to death in the slaying of three Birmingham police officers in 2004.
Politics Mar 04 Trump attacks Sessions ahead of Senate primary runoff The newest Twitter scolding by the president, who previously been largely quiet on the race, could further damage Jeff Sessions' hopes of a political resurrection in the state where he had been a conservative icon.
Politics Mar 03 Sessions, Tuberville head to runoff in Alabama Senate race The 73-year-old Sessions served in the Senate for two decades before becoming President Donald Trump's first attorney general.
Politics Nov 07 Jeff Sessions announces bid to retake former Senate seat It's already clear that President Donald Trump's enmity toward Sessions, along with an established field of competitors, means he'll have to battle his way to the Republican nomination.
Politics Jun 21 Roy Moore runs for Senate despite discouragement from GOP Republican Roy Moore is facing a wall of GOP opposition that includes President Donald Trump as he launches another U.S. Senate bid.
Politics Jun 20 Roy Moore announces he'll run for U.S. Senate again in 2020 With his return to the political stage, Moore faces a crowded GOP primary field as he aims for an eventual rematch against Democratic Sen. Doug Jones, who bested him in the 2017 special election to fill the seat previously held…