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The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA)’s data shows Alabama ranks third for the most fatal road rage crashes.

The woman found not guilty in a Fairhope municipal case after being arrested while wearing a penis costume and holding a “No Dick Tator” sign, is claiming over $2 million in damages.

The U.S. House of Representatives approved the Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act (FIAA), which is designed to extend and reform aspects of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), one day before Congress voted to extend the FISA program for another 45 days.

Billy Stephen Turner, 25, a Cherokee County teacher and local pastor, was arrested Thursday and charged with transmitting obscene material to a child, a class B felony.

A two-month state grocery tax holiday began on Friday.

Students accepted into Alabama’s education savings accounts under the CHOOSE Act will have more choices next year as school districts opt into the program.

According to Katherine Robertson, the chief counsel for Alabama's attorney general, the U.S. Supreme Court's Wednesday decision in Louisiana v. Callais is vindication for decades of misinformed attacks by various federal courts against Alabama's congressional and legislative maps.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall today filed emergency motions on Thursday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to lift injunctions blocking Alabama from using its 2023 congressional map, arguing that the injunctions cannot survive the court’s ruling on Wednesday in Louisiana v. Callais. 

Members of the Montgomery County Community Cooperative District Board fired Jason Wilson, the executive director of Montgomery Whitewater, on Thursday afternoon.

Multiple agencies are searching for a missing fisherman from Mobile County.

On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) urged Alabama leadership to "take action" and redraw its congressional maps to better reflect the state's values and politics after the U.S. Supreme Court found race-based redistricting unconstitutional in a Louisiana case.

California and Illinois should restrict their congressional maps to get all Democrat representation in California and Illinois, according to U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham).

The man convicted of trafficking marijuana to benefit a criminal enterprise will spend 25 years in prison.

Southern Company reported first-quarter earnings in 2026 of $1.4 billion, or $1.21 per share, on Monday compared with earnings of $1.3 billion, or $1.21 per share, in the first quarter of 2025. 

On Wednesday, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall praised the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark majority opinion in Louisiana v. Callais.

Former Alabama Republican Party chairman and GOP candidate for lieutenant governor John Wahl applauded the U.S. Supreme Court's highly anticipated verdict on Wednesday in Louisiana v. Callais.

Following the U.S. Supreme Court's majority ruling on Wednesday restricting racially based congressional gerrymandering, U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) urged the Alabama Legislature to promptly redistrict the state in favor of conservatives by redrawing two liberal leaning districts previously established to meet racial requirements found in the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) praised the U.S. Supreme Court decision to strike down Louisiana’s 2024 congressional map.

Alabama is currently “not in position” to have a special session on redistricting, according to Governor Kay Ivey.

The Pentagon recently announced a nearly $49 million grant for Auburn University to advance research on aviation and missile modernization.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) recently announced legislation to fight against financial fraud in higher education by stopping so-called "ghost students" from receiving federal financial aid.

Stephanie Wisener, a longtime educator now serving as the Marshall County Alternative School’s supervisor, faced a ballot challenge in February after her Republican Party affiliation was questioned.

According to Robertson, a candidate for attorney general, Trump's positive impact in the Oval Office has caused factions of the left to support or engage in violence for political gain.

A 6-3 majority of the Supreme Court of the United States found the use of race-based redistricting to be unconstitutional in a Louisiana case on Wednesday.

A Sumter County Water Authority Board member is raising concerns about more than $1 million in unpaid garbage bills.

Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday announced the retirement of Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) Commissioner John Hamm.

The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man in connection with a quadruple homicide.