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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.”

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

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.

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

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 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.

A former Missile Defense Agency employee has pleaded guilty to one count of Unauthorized Removal and Retention of Classified Documents after transferring top-secret materials from a Huntsville MDA facility to their personal residence and vehicle.

State Sen. Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa) announced on Monday the creation of the Charlie Kirk Memorial Endowed Scholarship at the University of Alabama.

Sheriff Phil Sims said 12 of the subjects had criminal histories beyond illegal immigration, including DUI, fraud, domestic violence and distribution and possession of drug charges. Three had felony re-entry charges after having been previously deported. Thirteen of the individuals were Guatemalan nationals, and one was a Mexican national, he said.

Within hours of being named chief executive officer of Central Alabama Water, Jeff Thompson placed the management team on leave. On Monday night, that team was replaced, and Thompson was approved to make the interim team permanent.

The Alabama Law Enforcement is investigating after a child was struck and killed Monday afternoon.

In recent months, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) has introduced legislation working to limit the influence of Islam within the United States, while also warning of the dangers posed by the religion.

Joran Van der Sloot doesn’t want to live anymore, according to officials inside the Challapalca maximum security prison in the Tacna region of Peru.

Members of the Montgomery City Council and Montgomery County Commission will vote on Tuesday to approve another $15 million for Jackson Hospital.

On Monday, Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth sounded off about the Ivey administration's decision to borrow $730 million against future tax receipts to finance the West Alabama Highway project, also known as the West Alabama Corridor.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Secretary of HHS, said, "When President Trump and I asked Brian Christine to serve, we weren't just checking a box. We were both convinced that we had found the leader who would be most able to revive and strengthen the uniform service."

The Mountain Brook woman who was killed in the Brown University shooting was the vice president of the school’s Republican club and was likely targeted, according to multiple sources. Ella Cook was one of two shot and killed on Saturday while studying with a group of students.

News of a horrific shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island hit close to home in Alabama on Sunday after it was revealed that Mountain Brook native Ella Cook was one of the two victims killed.

Arkansas became the first state in the nation to drop PBS programming recently.

A Birmingham church confirmed one of the two people killed in the Brown University shooting on Saturday was from Alabama.