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Wells Fargo to pay $1B for mortgage, auto lending abuses
Wells Fargo will pay $1 billion to federal regulators to settle charges tied to its mortgage and auto lending business, the latest chapter in...
Alabama education board to choose next state superintendent
Alabama State Board of Education members will choose the state's next superintendent of education Friday.
Board members will interview the four finalists Friday in Montgomery...
Alabama ex-chief pleads guilty to taking money from police group
The former chief of an Alabama police department has pleaded guilty to criminal charges.
State Attorney General Steve Marshall told Alabama media that Brian Allan...
Alabama inmate becomes oldest executed in US modern times
An Alabama inmate convicted of the mail-bomb slaying of a federal judge during a wave of Southern terror in 1989 was executed by lethal...
Gulf of Mexico charter red snapper season June 1-July 21
Federal authorities have set the red snapper season for charter boats in the Gulf of Mexico, giving them from June 1 through July 21...
Alabama mayor: ‘Poop train’ finally empty; sludge gone
The last train car full of New York City sewage sludge that has stunk up a small Alabama community for more than two months...
Notre Dame, Alabama set to face off in 2028, 2029 openers
Iconic football programs Alabama and Notre Dame will meet in a pair of season openers, starting in a decade.
The schools announced Thursday that they'll...
Birmingham police chief steps down amid protection order
Birmingham's interim police chief has stepped down after the mother of his two children sought a court order against him protecting her from abuse.
Al.com...
House where Rosa Parks sought refuge will be displayed
The house where Rosa Parks sought refuge after she fled the south will be displayed in Rhode Island for at least a month after...
Survey: Optimism abounds as Alabama business owners project hiring, wage increases
A tight labor market and mounting economic enthusiasm among business owners could equal more jobs and higher wages for Alabama workers in the next...
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute opens ‘Foot Soldiers’ exhibit
The silent heroes of Birmingham’s human rights struggles during the 1950s and ‘60s included cooks, drivers, trainers, guards, strategists and hundreds of other people...
Alabama National Guard sniper keeps cool as snake slithers across his rifle barrel
Snakes … why did it have to be snakes?
U.S. Army Sgt. William Frye took what had to be his unit’s photo of the year:...
Police: Security guard charged in shooting outside Alabama Walmart
Police say a security guard has been charged in connection with an early-morning shooting outside a Walmart in Alabama.
AL.com reports that 34-year-old Anthony Lamont...
Package bomber set to be executed for Alabama judge’s murder
A package bomber who created a wave of terror across the South is scheduled to be executed in Alabama, nearly 30 years after killing...
How does Alabama’s congressional delegation rank on conservative scorecard?
New rankings from a prominent national conservative activist group rates Alabama as having one of the nation’s most conservative congressional delegations.
The American Conservative Union,...
Court rejects Alabama death row inmate’s appeal
A federal appeals court has rejected a death row inmate's argument that he must serve out his federal sentence before Alabama can put him...
Alabama man charged after hunters find remains of missing woman
An Alabama man has been charged with murder after hunters found the skeletal remains of a missing woman.
News outlets report that 58-year-old Kenny Darity...
Michael Knowles featured at Alabama Policy Institute’s 19th annual dinner event in Mobile
On Tuesday, the Alabama Policy Institute held its 19th annual Mobile dinner event in the airplane hangar at the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park.
“I...
Alabama aging death row: Is executing old or infirm inmates cruel?
Vernon Madison has spent decades on Alabama's death row. Now 67, Madison has suffered from strokes and dementia and his lawyers say he no...
Georgia teen missing 2 years found “happy and thriving”
A Georgia boy who was 15 when he walked out of his high school and disappeared two years ago has been found, and a...
Feds: Alabama, other Gulf states manage red snapper anglers for 2 years
States on the Gulf of Mexico can set recreational seasons this year and next for red snapper, a popular catch that's still recovering from...
‘It smells like death:’ Alabama endures NYC ‘poop train’
A stinking trainload of human waste from New York City is stranded in a tiny Alabama town, spreading a stench like a giant backed-up...
Retired Roman Catholic Bishop David Foley dies in Alabama
Retired Roman Catholic Bishop David E. Foley has died in Birmingham.
A statement posted on Facebook by the Catholic Diocese of Birmingham says Foley died...
‘Mockingbird’ Broadway producer sues Harper Lee’s estate
The producer of the Broadway production of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" has filed a countersuit against the executor of the late author's...