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’93 Amtrak crash in Alabama survivor relives each new one
In the dark of night, three travelers advanced inexorably toward tragedy.
Accompanied by her parents on her first train trip, 11-year-old Andrea Chancey couldn't sleep...
Alabama NAACP leader renews questions over restaurant arrest
Some people continue to question police actions at an Alabama restaurant where a black woman's arrest, captured on video, raised questions about mistreatment.
Local NAACP...
Rev. Graham to Trump: Please help army chaplain being persecuted by LGBT enforcers
Evangelical Christian Rev. Franklin Graham called upon President Donald Trump "to do something about" an Army chaplain, who is a Baptist, and who faces...
Alabama man accused of stealing from church collection plate
Police say an Alabama man took money from a church's collection plate and deposited the funds into an account he controlled.
WAFF-TV reported Tuesday that...
On National Telephone Day, a look at how dramatically Alabama closed the gap
Today is National Telephone Day, and America virtually has achieved universal coverage — including in Alabama.
According to the latest Census Bureau data, all but...
Alabama judge tosses charge accusing ex-warden of leaking to blogger
An Alabama judge is dismissing criminal charges accusing a former jail warden of illegally leaking information to a blogger critical of a sheriff.
The Decatur...
Steve Marshall and Troy King most well-known, well-liked Republican candidates for Alabama attorney general, according to poll
New polling obtained by Yellowhammer News offers a peek into Alabama’s attorney general race, with the edges in the Republican primary bid at-the-moment being...
Abortion is not a human right, says State Dept. official
The State Department released its Human Rights Report for 2017 on Friday, and State Department officials acknowledged it purposely left out a section on...
4 Alabama men arrested on drug trafficking charges
Four men accused of trafficking meth in Cullman County, Alabama, have been arrested in a raid.
AL.com reports the men are each charged with trafficking...
Commission begins probe into Florida high school massacre
A commission tasked with investigating government actions surrounding the Florida high school massacre and the state's other mass shootings is set to hold its...
Police: Missing Alabama boy found safe in Mississippi
Police say the missing 5-year-old boy who was reportedly abducted from a bus stop in Alabama has been found in Mississippi.
Sylacauga Police said in...
New lynching memorial evokes terror of Alabama victims
Visitors to the new National Memorial for Peace and Justice first glimpse them, eerily, in the distance: Brown rectangular slabs, 800 in all, inscribed...
Warden testifies in trial over prisons’ Alabama mental health care
In late February, Alabama prison inmate Billy Lee Thornton stepped onto his cell bed, put a shoe string around his neck and hung himself...
Alabama police officer fired following drug, theft charges
A police officer in Alabama accused of stealing drugs has been fired.
Dothan Police Sgt. Jonathan Whaley was arrested April 17 on charges of unlawful...
Lawsuit claims City of Birmingham denied company operating license for political reasons
A scrap metal processor in Alabama is suing the Birmingham City Council, saying it denied the company a license to operate for political reasons.
The...
Appeal denied for Alabama man convicted in 2005 murder
An Alabama man convicted of murder in the 2005 shooting death of a liquor store clerk has had his application for a rehearing denied.
Lauderdale...
Students decline to meet over Jefferson statue, monument vandalized instead
Students at a New York university declined to meet with their school president over a Thomas Jefferson statue a day before the statue was...
Jill Biden to deliver commencement speech at Alabama college
Jill Biden will deliver the commencement speech at a community college in Alabama.
News outlets report the wife of former Vice President Joe Biden will...
Jail records: Alabama city councilman charged with DUI
A city councilman in Alabama has been accused of driving under the influence.
News outlets report Madison County Jail records show 57-year-old Will Culver was...
Arrest of black woman at Alabama Waffle House sparks investigation
An Alabama police department says it's investigating after video showed a black woman being knocked down by police and arrested inside a restaurant.
The NAACP...
At least 3 tornadoes confirmed from Alabama, Florida storms
The National Weather Service confirms at least three tornadoes in Alabama from Sunday storms, and is surveying other parts of southern Alabama and the...
Trump appoints Keenum to agriculture board
President Donald J. Trump has named Mississippi State University President Mark E. Keenum as chairman of the Board for International Food and Agriculture Development.
The...
Hearing on inmate suicide in Alabama prison mental health trial
A federal judge will hear testimonies Monday about a prison inmate death being investigated as a suicide in an ongoing trial over mental health...
Alabama observes Confederate Memorial Day
State government offices closed Monday in Alabama for Confederate Memorial Day.
Alabama has an official state holiday commemorating Confederate soldiers killed in the Civil War....