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.

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

Michael Carroll is transferring to IMG Academy.

In late spring, estuaries along the U.S. Gulf Coast come alive with newborn fish and other sea life. While some species have struggled to adjust to the region’s rising water temperatures in recent years, one is thriving: juvenile bull sharks.