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Tuskegee University students describe running for their lives after gunman opened fire

By Safiyah Riddle, Associated Press

A Tuskegee University student says he hid under a car when he heard the gunshots that ripped across his Alabama campus.

One person killed in shooting at Tuskegee University that left 16 others injured

By Jeff Martin, Associated Press

A shooting early Sunday during homecoming weekend at Tuskegee University in Alabama left one person dead and injured 16 others, a dozen of them by gunfire, authorities said. One arrest was announced hours later.

In rare flip, Shomari Figures wins Alabama's 2nd district

By Joshua Barajas

Shomari Figures won an Alabama congressional seat in a district that was redrawn last year after the Supreme Court weighed in on the key redistricting case. The nation's highest court ordered the state to redraw its 2nd Congressional District, which…

5 executions planned this week in the U.S., the most in decades

By Sean Murphy, Associated Press

Death row inmates in five separate states are set to be put to death in the span of one week.

Birmingham leaders offer reward money for information after mass shooting that killed 4

By Kim Chandler, Associated Press

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.

News Wrap: Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah reach new, dangerous levels

In our news wrap Sunday, Israel and Hezbollah intensified their assaults and threats of more violence against each other, Russia launched a new wave of attacks on Kharkiv in Ukraine, a massive rescue operation is underway after a mine explosion…

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Mass shooting kills 4 and wounds 17 in Birmingham, Alabama nightlife district, police say

By Kim Chandler, Associated Press

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.

Helicopter crash at Alabama military base kills instructor and injures student, official says

By Associated Press

A helicopter crash at a military base in Alabama on Wednesday killed a flight instructor who was operating the aircraft and injured the one other passenger, a student, said the local county coroner who was called to the scene.

Baby bull sharks are thriving in warming waters off the coast of Texas and Alabama

By James Marcus Drymon, Lindsay Mullins, Philip Matich, The Conversation

The Gulf Coast has seen an increase in baby bull shark numbers due to warming ocean temperatures. As adults, these are among the most aggressive species of sharks, but the babies aren’t cause for concern, as three scientists explain.