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Law enforcement authorities found Claudio Neves-Valente, 48, the suspected murderer of Ella Cobbs Cook, a 19-year-old Brown University student from Mountain Brook.

Just six months after posting a job opening for the office, Samford has closed its Office of Student Success and Diversity.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act for 2026. The legislation reportedly includes a pay increase for service members, drastic reductions in funding for DEI-related policies and increased protections for women in sports at service academies.

Final arrangements have been finalized for 19-year-old Ella Cook, the Mountain Brook woman who was killed in a tragic shooting on the campus of Brown University.

Montgomery County Commission chairman Doug Singleton will propose a change at the commission’s next meeting in January to the 1% county sales tax that goes to public schools.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office has arrested the president of the Irondale Youth Mounties Football and Cheerleading League. 

Eric Hall, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Birmingham, was arrested Tuesday by the Birmingham Police Department.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) joined Newsmax's "National Report," on Wednesday for a wide-ranging discussion focused largely on Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro and the ongoing "war against drugs" in Latin America.

The Mobile County District Attorney’s Office announced a jury found a murder suspect guilty of horrifying crimes.

The Heritage Foundation recently withdrew its shareholder proposal filed with Salesforce, Inc. after the employer software company agreed to end its reliance on the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as a diagnostic tool for corporate partnerships and charitable giving. 

On Wednesday, State Sen. Matt Woods (R-Jasper) prefiled legislation aimed at increasing transparency in cases of child sexual abuse.

On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) spoke about U.S. Space Command's imminent relocation to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville during a discussion on Alabama's Morning News with JT.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office released the identities of two people found dead in a Hoover home Tuesday morning.

The Cullman Police Department arrested the Superintendent of Wastewater Treatment for the City of Cullman after cameras were reportedly found in the men’s restroom.

In the wake of the recent Bondi Beach, Australia, ISIS-inspired mass shooting that left 15 dead and more than 20 more injured, U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) decried the rise in radical Islam across the world.

Former NFL quarterback AJ McCarron is pulling out of Alabama’s Lieutenant Governor race to go back to his roots. McCarron will be the Birmingham Stallions' new head football coach.

In June 2025, Ronald Bland, 32, allegedly shot and killed 27-year-old Akera Harris outside of a club on W. Moulton Street in Decatur.

The family of Ella Cobbs Cook published a powerful and heartbreaking tribute to the young woman who inspired the masses.

Atlas Van Lines recently released its annual migration patterns study, revealing where people are moving. 

Jeanne Marrazzo, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), filed suit in federal court on Tuesday alleging that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya, Principal Deputy Director of NIAID Matthew Memoli, and the NIH violated her constitutional rights and illegally terminated her employment after she “blew the whistle on actions that jeopardized public health and violated federal law.”

With the goal of reducing childhood obesity among America's youth, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) has introduced new legislation codifying President Donald Trump’s Executive Order officially establishing the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition.

The City of Robertsdale will have a new police chief for the first time in 23 years.

During a Tuesday appearance on "The Benny Show" with Benny Johnson, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) discussed the recent murder of Mountain Brook native Ella Cook, who was killed on Brown University's campus by an unknown assailant over the weekend.

The Archdiocese of Mobile released a statement from Archbishop Mark S. Rivituso, responding to the death of Ella Cook, a Mountain Brook woman killed while in a shooting at Brown University this weekend.

Members of the Montgomery County Commission failed to pass a new $7.5 million spending package for Jackson Hospital at their Tuesday meeting.

The Hoover Police Department is investigating a tragic scene after a toddler was found inside a home where her parents were deceased.

Governor Kay Ivey ordered flags be flown at half-staff until sunset on Friday in memory of Brown University shooting victim Ella Cook.