Alabama sets January execution date using nitrogen gas
Alabama has set a January execution date for what would be the nation's first attempt to put an inmate to death using nitrogen gas.
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Supreme Court rejects Alabama's defiance in voting case
In June, the court ruled that Alabama's Republican-drawn congressional map violated the Voting Rights Act.
Alabama band director tased by police for not stopping his students' performance
Johnny Mims and his school band were wrapping up their last song when Birmingham police insisted the performance stop immediately. The confrontation ended with Mims tased in front of his students.
Alabama asks Supreme Court to aid a delay after June loss in voting case
Alabama is once again asking the Supreme Court to let it keep Republican-drawn congressional districts. In essence, the state is fighting a court order that the high court upheld just months ago.
This butterfly farmer wants to strengthen the Republican Party's hold on Alabama
Alabama Republican Party Chair John Wahl is the youngest state GOP chair. He wants to increase GOP turnout among Black and young voters amid a larger redistricting battle and a looming election.
Alabama requests a date to execute an inmate via nitrogen hypoxia for the first time
Smith was supposed to be executed in November 2022 by lethal injection, but corrections officers failed to insert an IV properly. The U.S. Supreme Court has authorized nitrogen hypoxia in his case.
Carlee Russell is charged with kidnapping hoax
It remains unclear why the 25-year-old Alabama nursing student fabricated a story of a stranded toddler and why she went missing for two days.
Alabama executes man for a 2001 beating death of a woman, resuming lethal injections
It was the first execution carried out in Alabama this year after the state halted executions last fall. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced a pause on executions in November to review procedures.
Police say 89 shell casings were found in the deadly Alabama Sweet 16 party
Shell casings from four types of handguns were recovered at the dance studio just off the town square in Dadeville, about an hour's drive northeast of Montgomery, a lead police investigator said.
Alabama governor ousts a top education official over a book's 'woke concepts' on race
Gov. Ivey replaced her director of early childhood education over the use of a teacher training book that Ivey said teaches "woke concepts" because of language about inclusion and structural racism.