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Texas Commutes Death Sentence, As Execution Carried Out In Florida; Alabama Postpones

3:34am February 23, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott granted clemency for 38-year-old Thomas Whitaker. Meanwhile, Florida put to death Eric Scott Branch, and Alabama will have to reschedule the execution of Doyle Lee Hamm.

Still from Wreck Found By Reporter May Be Last American Slave Ship, Archaeologists Say.

National

Reporter May Have Discovered Clotilda, The Last American Slave Ship

4:28pm January 25, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

There's still some uncertainty but Ben Raines says based on research, local lore and physical evidence, this might be the ship that illegally carried more than 100 Africans into slavery.

Georgia Gilmore adjusts her hat for photographers in 1956 during the bus boycott trial of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Montgomery, Ala. She testified: "When you pay your fare and they count the money, they don't know the Negro money from white money."

Meet The Fearless Cook Who Secretly Fed — And Funded — The Civil Rights Movement

8:16am January 15, 2018

by Maria Godoy

Georgia Gilmore organized black women to cook without raising the suspicions of their white employers, and poured the proceeds into an alternative transportation system for Montgomery bus boycotters.

Alabama GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore speaks during a campaign event in Midland City on the eve of the special election earlier this month.

Politics & Government

FACT CHECK: Where Roy Moore's Voter Fraud Claims Fall Flat

8:08pm December 28, 2017

by Jessica Taylor

The Alabama GOP Senate nominee's lawsuit was dismissed by a judge on Thursday as the secretary of state certified Democrat Doug Jones the winner of the special election earlier this month.

Roy Moore, seen here watching election returns in his Senate race, had called on Alabama officials to not certify the results of the special election that he lost to Democrat Doug Jones. An Alabama judge rejected the request Thursday, and Jones was certif

Roy Moore's Defeat By Doug Jones In Senate Race Is Certified By Alabama Board

6:19pm December 28, 2017

by Bill Chappell

The Alabama Republican claimed election fraud was "sufficient to overturn the outcome." But Secretary of State John Merrill said his office found that several fraud claims that circulated were "lies."

"I think the Alabama election ... it wasn't about me. It was never about me," Jones said early Friday.

Politics & Government

Doug Jones Says Alabama Senate Campaign Against Moore Was 'Surreal'

12:56pm December 22, 2017

by Scott Neuman

Appearing on NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers, the senator-elect said that at times, it was "hard to believe" everything that was swirling around the campaign.

Democrat Doug Jones greets supporters before his victory speech Tuesday night. Jones defeated controversial Republican Roy Moore to become the first Democratic senator elected from Alabama in 25 years.

5 Takeaways From The Stunning Alabama Senate Election

3:53pm December 13, 2017

by Mara Liasson

A Democrat had not been elected to the Senate from Alabama in a quarter century. It happened Tuesday night. Here's what it all means.

Philip Alston, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, is leading a mission to investigate poverty in the U.S.

The U.N. Looks At Extreme Poverty In The U.S., From Alabama To California

3:59pm December 12, 2017

One sign of the poverty they're investigating — the recent (and surprising) reemergence of hookworm in Lowndes County, Ala.

Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore rides in on a horse to vote and is pictured preparing to tie it up.

What To Watch For And What's At Stake In The Alabama Senate Race

2:26pm December 12, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

No matter what happens in Alabama on Tuesday, it will have consequences that stretch from Birmingham to the Beltway.

A supporter of Republican senatorial candidate Roy Moore attends a campaign rally at Oak Hollow Farm in Fairhope, Ala., on Dec. 5. Moore faces Democrat Doug Jones on Tuesday.

A Timeline Of Plot Twists And Bombshells: How We Got To Election Day In Alabama

5:00am December 12, 2017

by Brakkton Booker

Yes, the race is between Republican Roy Moore and Democrat Doug Jones. But this contest touches on scandals involving sexual misconduct, President Trump's influence and Democratic hopes for 2018.