A lawsuit by the estate of Alabama native Harper Lee and a counter-suit by producer Aaron Sorkin were settled earlier this year, clearing the way for the production, which opens on Thursday. From the 60 Minutes interview with Daniels: Jeff…
The bus system in Milwaukee Wisconsin reserved a seat on every one of their buses on a day to honor Rosa Parks....and placed a rose and a sign explaining the reason on them.
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City man who served as an aircraft technician with the famed all-black Tuskegee Airmen has died at 100 years of age. Police say a health aide found Wilfred DeFour unconscious and…
By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - A man who drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia has been convicted of first-degree murder. In delivering its verdict late…
The grant from the U.S. Department of Justice will pay for 88 of the officers in District Attorneys offices in the state. "Certified VSOs assist victims in acquiring counseling, provide information about their rights and resources, communicate with and comfort…
The Montgomery based Business Council of Alabama has named a new president, and she is the first woman to head the lobbying group. Katie Boyd Britt had been chief of staff for Senator Richard Shelby. The BCA's previous president----Bill Canary---was…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The Latest on a fatal police shooting at a shopping mall on Thanksgiving (all times local): 1:40 p.m. Attorneys for relatives of a black man who was shot and killed by police who mistook him for…
The U.S.S. West Virginia after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii...an event that prompted the U.S. to enter WWII. Almost 2,500 Americans were killed, 1,178 were wounded and 960 were declared missing. Alabama Heritage magazine published an…
Attorneys for inmates are asking a federal judge to find the Alabama prison system in contempt of a court order to boost prison mental health staffing. Lawyers wrote in a Thursday motion that the Department of Corrections is "woefully short"…
A judge is ordering prosecutors to provide the defense with evidence about a confrontation that sparked a fatal police shooting in an Alabama shopping mall on Thanksgiving night. Jefferson County District Judge William A. Bell Jr. issued a brief order…
Giles Perkins, a lawyer and Democratic political consultant who helped guide U.S. Sen. Doug Jones' campaign to victory in Alabama last year, has died. He was 51. In a Monday statement,…
Montgomery turns 199 today, and city boosters will begin the countdown to Montgomery's 200th birthday, December 3, 2019. The city was formed on December 3rd 1818....days before the State of Alabama was created. One of the oldest existing photographs…
Forbes Magazine ranks Alabama 41st on their list of the best states for businesses. "Forbes has rated the business climates of the 50 states annually since 2006, with only North Carolina (twice), Utah (six times) and Virginia (five times) finishing…
U.S. Senator Doug Jones: “I was deeply saddened this morning by the news of President George H.W. Bush’s passing. President Bush served the United States of America throughout his life with honor and dignity, both at war and here at…
AP-AL--WWII-Tuskegee Airman Identified NEW YORK (AP) - The Pentagon says the remains of a New York pilot killed during World War II are the first of the 27 Tuskegee Airmen still listed as missing in action to be identified.…
The person suspected of shooting two people inside the Riverchase Galleria shopping mall in Hoover on Thanksgiving night has been arrested in metro Atlanta, according to Atlanta ABC TV station WSB. The TV station says according to the U.S. Marshal,…
"Supported by ARC and organized by the Center for Appalachian Studies and Services at East Tennessee State University (ETSU), ATP is an applied-research training program for college and graduate students to design community based economic development initiatives across the Appalachian…
But several other state grew at even a slower rate, or not at all.: The other slowest-growing states, with annualized rates of 1 percent or less, were Mississippi (0.9 percent) and Illinois, Louisiana, and West Virginia (each at 1.0 percent).…
The U.S. Justice Department has approved a grant of a half-million dollars to pay for drug treatment programs in seven Alabama state prisons. State officials say the program... "...provides inmates the opportunity to escape their drug habit while…
Demonstrators upset with the police shooting of a black man at an Alabama shopping mall are blocking one of the busiest roads in the state. Several dozen protesters holding signs and chanting blocked heavily traveled U.S. 31 at Interstate 459…
DALEVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Authorities say an argument between two brothers has left one of them shot dead. Dale County Chief Deputy Mason Bynum said the brothers were arguing in a Daleville home when the shooting happened Saturday evening. Authorities…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A lawsuit filed against former Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley by his one-time law enforcement secretary will go to trial in March. Court records show that Montgomery Circuit Judge Greg Griffin set a March 4 trial date…
By KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press Experts say Hurricane Michael and its aftermath have been especially troubling for the children of the storm, many too young to understand the Category 4 monster that smashed across the Florida Panhandle in October. Sometimes…
From MPD: MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Police Department has initiated a homicide investigation following the Nov. 25 death of Steven White Jr., 28, of Montgomery. MPD and Fire Medics responded to the 5900 block of Monticello Drive at about 12:06…
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) - The Latest on the fatal shooting at an Alabama mall : About 200 people marched through an Alabama shopping mall to protest the shooting death of a man whom police erroneously believed was the gunman who…
