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Alabama governor commutes a death row inmate's sentence to life in prison

9:17am March 01, 2025

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin "Rocky" Myers to life in prison, saying there were enough questions about his guilt that she could not move forward with his execution.

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Alabama puts man to death in the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas

1:08am February 07, 2025

Frazier in his final words criticized Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for not returning him to serve out a previous life sentence in her state, which doesn't have the death penalty.

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Alabama carries out nation's 3rd nitrogen gas execution

1:00am November 22, 2024

An Alabama man convicted in the 1994 killing of a hitchhiker cursed at the prison warden shortly before he was put to death Thursday evening in the nation's third execution using nitrogen gas.

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Alabama executes man who killed 5 and asked to be put to death

12:57am October 18, 2024

Alabama executed a man Thursday who admitted to killing five people with an ax and gun during a drug-fueled rampage in 2016 and dropped his appeals and asked to be put to death.

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At 110 years old, an Alabama woman credits one thing for her long life: faith

6:00am October 04, 2024

Lillie Cunningham recently celebrated her 110th birthday. She has lived through two pandemics and two world wars and is looking forward to voting in November's presidential election.

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Alabama puts man to death in the country's second nitrogen gas execution

10:42pm September 26, 2024

Alabama used nitrogen gas Thursday to execute a man convicted of killing three people, the second time the method that has generated debate about its humaneness has been used in the country.

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Francine weakens, but leaves 420,000 accounts without power and raises flood alarms

5:31am September 12, 2024

Hundreds of thousands of power outages were reported in Louisiana and Mississippi early Thursday as residents in the region braced for possible flooding as tropical storm Francine moved inland.

Here's what's holding back Medicaid expansion in Mississippi and other Southern states

12:45pm May 16, 2024

by Drew Hawkins

More than a million people could get health care if these states would pass laws expanding Medicaid. Most residents want the expansion but entrenched politics stands in the way.

Twyla Stallworth, a Black woman from Andalusia, Al., filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Andalusia, its police department and Ofc. Grant Barton, the police officer involved in the incident.

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Alabama woman who says police assaulted her after calling 911 files federal lawsuit

5:00am April 26, 2024

by Jonathan Franklin

Twyla Stallworth, a woman from Andalusia, Ala., filed a federal lawsuit against the city, its police department and Grant Barton, the police officer involved in the incident.

Shalela Dowdy, a plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging Alabama's congressional districts, poses for a portrait on Government Street in Mobile, Ala., on April 1.

Politics & Government

In new congressional district, Black voters weigh what representation really means

5:16pm April 15, 2024

by Stephen Fowler

Alabama could soon have a U.S. House delegation that more closely matches its diversity after a redistricting lawsuit. For Black voters, the change has greater significance than who holds the seat.

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