Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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Election|News

The first general election ballots are going in the mail as the presidential contest nears

The first general election ballots for the presidential race are going out as Alabama officials begin mailing them to absentee voters with the Nov. 5 contest less than two months away

The first general election ballots are going in the mail as the presidential contest nears
Election

Alabama congressional district redrawn to better represent Black voters sparks competitive race

Alabama's newly redrawn 2nd Congressional District is sparking a heated election

Alabama congressional district redrawn to better represent Black voters sparks competitive race
Crime|News

Alabama sets mid-October execution date for man who killed 5 in ax and gun attack

Alabama’s governor has set a mid-October execution date for a man who admitted killing five people with an axe and gun

Health|Lifestyle|News

11th Circuit allows Alabama to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Alabama can continue enforcing its ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Business|Crime

US Navy shipbuilder Austal USA agrees to pay $24 million to settle accounting fraud probe

A shipbuilder for the U.S. Navy has agreed to admit wrongdoing and pay $24 million to settle an accounting fraud investigation

US Navy shipbuilder Austal USA agrees to pay $24 million to settle accounting fraud probe
Crime|Health|News

Court filings provide additional details of the US' first nitrogen gas execution

Court filings are providing new details of what happened in the nation's first execution using nitrogen gas

Court filings provide additional details of the US' first nitrogen gas execution
Crime|Health|News

Families seek answers after inmates' bodies returned without internal organs

Six families have filed lawsuits saying that men who died while incarcerated in Alabama prisons were missing organs when returned to their families

Americas|News

Locked out of town hall, 1st Black mayor of a small Alabama town returns to office

The first Black mayor of a small Alabama town who was locked out of town hall by white officials is returning to the job

Election|News|Opinion|Political

Lawsuit filed over Alabama law that blocks more people with felony convictions from voting

A voting rights group says a new Alabama law that expanded the list of felonies that cause a person to lose their right to vote is “out of step” with what is happening in most of the nation on voting rights

Crime

5 people, including 4 children, killed in Alabama shooting

Authorities say five people, including four children, have been killed in a shooting in central Alabama

News

Alabama executes man convicted of killing delivery driver during a 1998 robbery attempt

An Alabama man has been executed for the fatal shooting of a delivery driver during a 1998 robbery attempt

Alabama executes man convicted of killing delivery driver during a 1998 robbery attempt
Uncategorized

Alabama agrees to forgo autopsy of Muslim inmate scheduled to be executed next week

Alabama has agreed to forgo an autopsy of a Muslim inmate who is scheduled to be executed Thursday

News|Political

Alabama Senate votes to change archives oversight after LGBTQ+ lecture

The Alabama Senate voted Wednesday to put a politically appointed board in control of the Alabama Department of Archives and History

Health|News|Political

Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos are 'children' under state law

The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos created during fertility treatments should be considered children under state law

Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos are 'children' under state law
Education|News|Political

Alabama lawmakers approve absentee ballot, anti-diversity, equity and inclusion bills

Alabama lawmakers have approved a bill that would outlaw paid assistance for help with absentee ballot applications

News

Inmate's lawsuit seeks to block Alabama's bid to arrange 2nd execution using nitrogen gas

An Alabama inmate seeking to block the state's plans to make him the second person to be put to death with nitrogen gas has filed a lawsuit arguing the state “botched” the first execution using the new method

Education|News|Political

Alabama lawmakers advance bill that could lead to prosecution of librarians

Alabama lawmakers advanced legislation that could see librarians prosecuted for providing “harmful” materials or programs to minors

News

Alabama court won't revisit frozen embryo ruling

Alabama judges are standing by a decision that frozen embryos are children under a state law

Business|Economy

UAW files objection to Mercedes vote, accuses company of intimidating workers

The United Auto Workers on Friday accused Mercedes of interfering in last week's union election at two Alabama factories

UAW files objection to Mercedes vote, accuses company of intimidating workers
News

Months after nation's 1st nitrogen gas execution, Alabama gives man lethal injection for 2 killings

Alabama has executed a man convicted of killing an elderly couple at their home in 2004

Months after nation's 1st nitrogen gas execution, Alabama gives man lethal injection for 2 killings
News|Opinion

Thomas says critics are pushing 'nastiness' and calls Washington a 'hideous place'

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has told attendees at a judicial conference that he and his wife have faced “nastiness and lies” over the last several years

Thomas says critics are pushing 'nastiness' and calls Washington a 'hideous place'
News|Political

Biden could miss the deadline for the November ballot in Alabama, the state’s election chief says

Alabama's election's chief said President Joe Biden could be left off the ballot in Alabama because the state’s certification deadline is several days before the Democratic Party’s convention

Biden could miss the deadline for the November ballot in Alabama, the state’s election chief says
News|Political

Lands, a Democrat who ran on reproductive rights, flips seat in Alabama House

A Democrat who made reproductive rights a centerpiece of her campaign in deeply conservative Alabama has won a special election to the Alabama Legislature

Lands, a Democrat who ran on reproductive rights, flips seat in Alabama House
News|Political

Memorial marks 210th anniversary of crucial battle between Native Americans and United States

Members of the Muscogee Creek Nation returned to Alabama this weekend for a memorial service on the 210th anniversary of the battle of Horseshoe Bend

Memorial marks 210th anniversary of crucial battle between Native Americans and United States
Education|News

Alabama governor signs bill barring diversity, equity and inclusion programs

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has signed legislation that would ban diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public schools, universities and state agencies

Alabama governor signs bill barring diversity, equity and inclusion programs

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