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Two members of Alabama’s congressional delegation on Tuesday criticized the FDA’s recent approval of a new generic abortion pill.

During a Tuesday Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) asked Attorney General Pam Bondi about the Trump administration's efforts to combat crime, specifically in Alabama's capital, where there was a gang-related shootout following a historically black and college university football game over the weekend.

The Alabama Public Charter School Commission is reviewing the renewal application of the controversial Homewood school, Magic City Acceptance Academy, which was established primarily to support LGBTQ+ students and their allies. However, their application is still not available to the public.

Following a deadly shooting in Montgomery after an HBCU football game, State Rep. Matt Simpson (R-Daphne) is once again pushing to make it a capital offense to murder an individual while "knowingly creating a great risk of death to multiple persons."

The staff running three Alaska newspapers in Homer, Kenai-Soldotna and Juneau resigned from an Alabama-based media company after complaining an article was edited and reposted online without their consent.

Halloween decorations at the home of Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch are being heavily criticized after a Facebook post featuring the display.

Security camera footage from a local liquor store captured the exact moment of a deadly shootout in downtown Montgomery on Saturday night.

The U.S. Senate approved 107 of President Donald Trump’s nominees, including two from Alabama on Tuesday.

Members of the Montgomery City Council unanimously voted to join a lawsuit brought by Tuscaloosa against the State of Alabama over its online sales tax law. 

The former pastor of All Nations Worship Assembly (ANWA) in Huntsville entered a plea agreement admitting to a scheme to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from the church for his personal benefit.

Members of the Montgomery City Council unanimously voted to suspend a downtown entertainment district after a Saturday night shootout left two dead and 14 injured. 

Early Tuesday morning, a Springville High School student called the city’s police department claiming she was in distress and had a handgun in her back pack.

The State of Alabama has spent $2.5 million since June 2024 on the Metro Area Crime Suppression Unit in an attempt to crack down on crime in Montgomery, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

The “Biggest Party in the South” will include some of the biggest names in country music.

The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has awarded two sizable grants to support and expand Alabama’s charter school network.

Deputy chief of staff for policy and United States homeland security advisor Stephen Miller spoke to members of the media on Monday about the continued deployment of federal authorities and National Guard units to cities across the country.

Alabama-born and raised songwriter Jonathan Gamble is nominated for two Dove Awards.

On Monday, Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed issued a statement over the Saturday night shootout that left two dead and 14 injured, pointing toward what he deemed Alabama's "lax" gun laws.

New documents unveiled by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Monday revealed the FBI during the Biden administration spied on the phones of eight Republican Senators including U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn), and one Representative.

Hours before the Hoover Planning and Zoning Commission was scheduled to take up an application for a zoning change that would allow the Islamic Academy of Alabama to relocate to the Meadowbrook Corporate Park, word began to spread of a delay because the applicant formally requested a continuance.

Montgomery has a “criminal gang problem,” according to the Alabama Sheriffs Association.

Despite recent legal setbacks and the best efforts of left-wing officials, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) said President Donald Trump won’t be deterred from restoring law and order to Democrat strongholds.

Attorney General Steve Marshall announced on Monday that former Alabama Medicaid employee Natalie Lewis has been sentenced for aggravated theft by deception in connection with the theft of more than $100,000. 

A Robertsdale man is facing four charges after a child sex abuse investigation.

A Grand Jury indicted a former Randolph County High School teacher and cheer coach for one charge of sexual intercourse with a student.

Concerned parents and students in Tuscumbia are still hoping justice will soon be served for what happened to Deshler High School student August Borden nearly two months ago.