Alabama

Walter Carr's car broke down. He set out to make a grueling 20-mile walk to his first assignment. It turned into an odyssey of kind gestures and generosity.

She faced a number of primary challengers last month over a pledge she made in 2016 not to vote for then-candidate Trump. The president endorsed her in the runoff against challenger Bobby Bright.

In an emotional news conference Wednesday, Steve Marshall said he felt compelled to tell his family's "most personal secret" in the hope it could help others.

Todd Entrekin of Etowah County personally profited off hundreds of thousands of dollars intended to buy food for inmates. That was legal — but it didn't seem to sit well with voters.

In western North Carolina, emergency officials have rescinded an evacuation order that was triggered by fears about the dam at Lake Tahoma. But high water levels continue to pose perilous risks.

The first memorial honoring the victims of lynching across the American South opens Thursday in Montgomery, Ala. The non-profit Equal Justice Initiative documented the names of 4,400 victims.

Something was rotten in Parrish, Ala. Namely, some 100 million pounds of waste in a stationary train, waiting more than two months for disposal. But now, it appears the tiny town's nightmare is over.

There isn't a way to put this mildly: Large containers of human poop have been sitting in an Alabama town since February. "It smells like dead bodies," one resident says.

The Alabama Democrat said recent student protests remind him of the civil rights movement. He called for tighter control of gun purchases and expressed respect for the Second Amendment.