Grand jury recommends Alabama police department be 'immediately abolished'
ABC - Thu Feb 20, 2025
An Alabama grand jury has recommended that a city's police department be "immediately abolished," finding there is a "rampant culture of corruption," officials said Wednesday while announcing the indictment of five of the agency's officers, including its police chief. More»
Four Minors Found Working at Alabama Poultry Plant Run by Firm Responsible for Teen's Death
NBC News - Sun May 19, 2024
JASPER, Alabama - Four minors as young as 16 were allegedly discovered working overnight at an Alabama slaughterhouse owned by the same firm that was found directly responsible for the death of a 16-year-old Mississippi worker last summer, the US Labor Department said in federal court filings. More»
Alabama House Advances Bill Allowing Arrest of Librarians
Alabama Political Reporter - Sat Apr 27, 2024
MONGTOMERY, Alabama - A bill allowing librarians to be arrested for the content they allow on shelves advanced out of the Alabama House of Representatives Thursday along party lines. More»
FDA Removes 1,100 Dead Rodents From Arkansas Family Dollar Facility
Associated Press - Sat Feb 19, 2022
WEST MEMPHIS, Arkansas - More than 1,000 rodents were found inside a Family Dollar distribution facility in Arkansas, the US Food and Drug Administration said on Friday as the chain issued a voluntary recall on items purchased from hundreds of stores across the US south. More»
Alabama Student Reprimanded by School for Complaining about Students Doing Nazi Salute in Class
WIAT-TV - Thu Feb 10, 2022
MOUNTAIN BROOK, Alabama - After a picture and video surfaced online of a Mountain Brook history teacher and students appearing to do a Nazi salute in class, CBS 42 sat down with a Jewish student who witnessed it all happen. More»
Southern storms damage homes, buildings, power lines
Associated Press - Thu Dec 30, 2021
WINFIELD, Alabama — Homes and buildings were damaged and trees were blown down as a line of intense thunderstorms rolled across several Southern states, authorities said. More»
Alabama inmate who survived execution attempt dies of cancer
Associated Press - Mon Nov 29, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Alabama — An Alabama inmate whose lethal injection was halted because medical staff couldn’t find a suitable vein for the execution has died of natural causes almost four years later, his lawyer said Monday. More»
Hundreds of FedEx packages found in Alabama woods
CBS News - Fri Nov 26, 2021
HAYDEN, Alabama - An Alabama sheriff is trying to figure out how hundreds of FedEx packages ended up dumped in the woods. More»
'There is no room to put these bodies,' Alabama health official says as Covid-19 deaths climb
CNN - Sat Aug 28, 2021
The rate of Covid-19 deaths has increased in 42 US states in the last week, according to new data, as the spread of the more virulent coronavirus Delta variant has upended a spring of reopenings and led to increasing concern headed into autumn. More»
Alabama mom faces felony for filling doctor’s prescription while pregnant
AL.com - Thu Jul 22, 2021
An Alabama mom battling chronic back pain faces felony charges for refilling her prescription while pregnant – in a case her attorneys say tests the limits of legal protections for women receiving medical care. More»
U.S. Declares Emergency in 17 States Over Fuel Pipeline Cyber Attack
The Hacker News - Tue May 11, 2021
The ransomware attack against Colonial Pipeline's networks has prompted the US Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to issue a regional emergency declaration in 17 states and the District of Columbia (DC). More»
Alabama State Trooper Charged With Child Rape Used Fake FBI Reference
Associated Press - Thu May 6, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Alabama — An Alabama state trooper arrested last week on charges he raped an 11-year-old girl had been kicked out of the FBI amid a string of sexual misconduct allegations but was hired by the state agency with the apparent help of a fake bureau letter that scrubbed his record clean. More»
FBI warns of armed protests in ALL 50 states if Trump is removed before Inauguration Day
Daily Mail - Mon Jan 11, 2021
The FBI is warning of possible armed protests at capitols in all 50 states in the days leading to Inauguration Day as cities around the country brace for violence in the wake of last week's deadly riots at the US Capitol. More»
Now Airing on the Local News in Tennessee: Ads for Georgia Candidates
New York Times - Fri Dec 25, 2020
The Georgia Senate runoffs are so awash in political cash that the ad wars are spilling into neighboring states. More»
Alabama students throwing 'COVID parties' to see who gets infected
ABC - Thu Jul 2, 2020
Students in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 have been attending parties in the city and surrounding area as part of a disturbing contest to see who can catch the virus first, a city council member told ABC News on Wednesday. More»
North Alabama synagogues vandalized with swastikas, anti-Semitic slurs
WBMA-TV - Sat Apr 11, 2020
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Alabama authorities on Friday said they are investigating a second case of a synagogue being vandalized with swastikas and other anti-Semitic graffiti. More»
Alabama Bill May Lift Yoga Ban In Public Schools But Prohibit 'Namaste' Greeting
The Guardian - Sun Mar 8, 2020
Alabama could takes steps to lift a decades-old ban on yoga in public schools this week, but would keep a ban on the greeting “namaste” in place. More»
Alabama top cop suggests Nancy Pelosi could be targeted by 'roadside bomb on her way home
Daily Mail - Sat Feb 8, 2020
A top Alabama cop has been forced to apologize for a Facebook post where he said Nancy Pelosi could be targeted with a roadside bomb on her way home and called Democrats 'Dumbocrats' after she was seen ripping up Donald Trump's State of the Union speech. More»
Sheriffs Release Sick People From Jail to Avoid Paying Hospital Bills, then re-arrest them
Truthout - Wed Oct 2, 2019
Michael Tidwell’s blood sugar reading was at least 15 times his normal level when sheriff’s deputies took him to the hospital. More»
Hundreds of wildfires spread across Alabama as temperatures hit 100 Degrees
Daily Mail - Fri Sep 27, 2019
Several weeks of dry, hot weather has pushed the Deep South into an intensifying drought that is affecting more than 11 million people, jeopardizing crops across the region and burning thousands of acres of land. More»
Alabama woman loses unborn child after being shot, gets arrested; shooter goes free
AL.com - Wed Jun 26, 2019
A woman whose unborn baby was killed in a 2018 Pleasant Grove shooting has now been indicted in the death. More»
Alabama Republican County Official Refuses To Apologize After Writing 'F*****G Q****S Have Gotten Too Much Sympathy'
Daily Mail - Tue Jun 18, 2019
A county official in Alabama is defending his comments about gay people while the local Republican Party is distancing itself from him after he said 'fucking queers have gotten too much sympathy'. More»
Alabama Mayor Advocates For ‘Killing’ Of LGBTQ Community On Facebook
Huffington Post - Wed Jun 5, 2019
CARBON HILL, Alabama - One day before the start of Pride Month, an Alabama mayor reportedly recommended the killing of the LGBTQ community. More»
Alabama man, baby accidentally shot when loaded gun fired from inside diaper bag in Chuck E. Cheese parking lot
New York Daily News - Sun Apr 14, 2019
VESTAVIA HILLS, Alabama - An adult man and a baby girl were accidentally shot outside an Alabama Chuck E. More»
Elementary school teacher's gun accidentally goes off in 1st-grade classroom
WBRC-TV - Fri Mar 22, 2019
BLOUNT COUNTY, Alabama - A substitute teacher's gun accidentally went off in a first-grade classroom at Blountsville Elementary on Friday afternoon. More»
Alabama Police Department Blames Homicide Increase On Satan
Huffington Post - Thu Dec 20, 2018
A small-town Alabama police department this week alleged Beelzebub is responsible for a recent spike in homicides and it's all thanks to nonbelievers in the rural community. More»
Alabama Republican: Rocks tumbling into ocean causing sea level rise
Science - Thu May 17, 2018
The Earth is not warming! The White Cliffs of Dover are tumbling into the sea and causing sea levels to rise. More»
Sessions: Parents, children entering U.S. illegally will be separated
NBC - Mon May 7, 2018
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration plans to take a tougher approach to some families who enter the US illegally by separating parents from their children, instead of keeping them in detention together. More»
Gulf Residents Deserve The Full Truth About Oil Cleanup Chemicals
Huffington Post - Fri Apr 20, 2018
TJ Johnson remembers the day he and his cousins were sprayed. More»
Alabama man, 48, admits planning to kidnap a 'young, clean virgin', 14, so he could SELL her to a Tennessee sex trafficker
Daily Mail - Tue Mar 20, 2018
An Alabama man who hatched a plan to hire someone to kidnap a woman and her 14-year-old daughter and then sell the teen to a sex trafficker has pleaded guilty to federal charges. More»