The Latest Breaking News from Alabama

Donald Trump’s narrow escape from an assassin’s bullet led me – a historian who has written about political polarization and the Civil Rights Movement – to think back to another norm-smashing populist who encountered death on the campaign trail: former Alabama governor and U.S. presidential candidate George Wallace.

Some cities have skylines. Huntsville, Alabama has a "spaceline." Or so it does again with the restoration of "Rocket Row" at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center.

Montgomery, Alabama, touts itself as the birthplace of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. But although Montgomery now embraces its history of bus boycotts and protest marches, it remains one of the most segregated U.S. cities, and still struggles with racial inequality.

Alabama football teams will soon be playing on Saban Field

Blink-182 drummer’s daughter says she’s taking weight loss medication after previously defending herself against critics

An Alabama man's execution for a 1998 robbery-murder sparks debate over the death penalty and its impact on society.

Keith Edmund Gavin, convicted of fatally shooting William Clayton Jr. during a robbery, was executed in Alabama. Justice served after years of appeals.

One of the last remaining birthing units in southern Alabama is slated to close to qualify for federal funding that will save the hospital’s emergency services

Keith Edmund Gavin cited his Muslim convictions when requesting an exemption from his autopsy

Keith Edmund Gavin faces execution for 1998 murder in Alabama amid legal debates and clemency petition.

Alabama is set to execute a man for the 1998 shooting death of a delivery driver during a robbery attempt near an ATM