The Birmingham area’s failed bid to be the site of Amazon’s second headquarters is being credited with helping it get in line for another big Amazon project: A distribution center that could open next year. The region submitted a proposal for Amazon’s new headquarters, but it wasn’t selected as a finalist when the company narrowed […]

Police say a 35-year-old Alabama man accused of having more than 30 child pornography videos on his computer has been arrested. Huntsville Police Lt. Michael Jackson told Al.com on Wednesday that Michael Justin Berger had videos depicting children as young as 3.

The house where Rosa Parks sought refuge after fleeing the South will be offered at auction after being turned into a work of art and shipped across the Atlantic Ocean twice. Guernsey’s auctioneers said it will offer the house where Parks’ family lived in a midsummer auction in New York City that also will feature […]

Two men who are accused of breaking into a church in Alabama have been arrested. Birmingham police Sgt. Johnny Williams tells AL.com that members of Nichols Temple A.M.E. Church arrived at the building in the morning hours of June 5 to find damage to several items including toilets and urinals.

A Democratic political group launched a legal campaign Wednesday to create additional majority-minority congressional districts in three Southern states, claiming the current maps discriminate against black voters. Attorneys filed separate federal lawsuits in Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana, challenging congressional maps lawmakers in each state approved in 2011.

Democratic candidate for governor Walt Maddox wants to debate incumbent Gov. Kay Ivey ahead of the November election. Maddox said after winning the Democratic nomination that he wants to debate Ivey and that Alabama voters deserve to hear from the candidates

An inmate has been fatally stabbed at a state prison in Elmore County. Alabama Department of Corrections spokesman Bob Horton said Wednesday that the stabbing happened June 9 at the Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore County.

The leader of a group that celebrates the Confederacy is withdrawing a request to erect a monument on a courthouse lawn in north Alabama. Tim Kent, who leads a chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, says his request to erect a marker at the Colbert County Courthouse for Confederate Brigadier Gen. James Deshler was […]

An Alabama mayor is backing down from an attempt to ban the media and out-of-towners from council meetings. Paint Rock Mayor Brenda Fisk tells WAAY-TV she issued the ban earlier this year without knowing it would violate the law.

Police in Alabama are investigating an illegal moonshine operation after dozens of fermentation barrels were found in some woods. Eufaula Police Sgt. Donald Brown told news outlets Tuesday the 36 fermentation barrels found Monday could produce about $7,500 in illegal liquor on each run.

An accountant has been sentenced to 20 years for stealing more than $750,000 from the government in northern Alabama. Al.com reports that former Franklin County administrator Crista Madden was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to two counts of use of office for personal gain.

An Alabama cabinet plant has abruptly closed, laying off 445 people. The Opelika-Auburn News reports Masterbrand Cabinets announced the closure of its Auburn plant Tuesday, citing market conditions and a change in consumer tastes.

Police in Alabama have arrested the mother of a baby whose body was found inside a freezer in a hotel room. News outlets report 36-year-old Amanda Gail Oakes is charged with manslaughter and corpse abuse in the death of 6-month-old Curtis James Oakes.

A former deputy accused of choking a woman and sexually assaulting another has been arrested in Alabama. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office told WBMA-TV on Monday that 27-year-old James William Parsons is charged with domestic violence by strangulation, escape and sodomy.

An Alabama sheriff says five men have been arrested during a series of drug operations in recent weeks. Jefferson County Sheriff Mike Hale told news outlets Monday that cocaine, heroin, meth, opioids, marijuana, several guns and thousands in cash were seized.

The publisher of an Alabama newspaper is leaving for Missouri, to take over operations for a group of community newspapers. Rex Maynor has been publisher at the Opelika-Auburn News since 2013.

The director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama is retiring. Marshall officials say Todd May announced his retirement to employees at the Huntsville facility on Monday. It takes effect July 27.

Authorities say an Alabama man is accused of shooting into an occupied vehicle and striking the driver. Authorities tell news outlets that 25-year-old Corey Wayne Melson, of Moulton, was taken into custody Thursday.

A onetime county official accused of taking about $750,000 in public funds in north Alabama is going to prison. News outlets report that Judge Pride Tompkins sentenced former Franklin County administrator Crista Lynn Madden to 20 years in prison during a hearing Monday.

The mayor of Alabama’s most populous city has hired its first LGBTQ liaison. AL.com reports that Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin announced Sunday at PrideFest that Josh Coleman will serve as both a city spokesman and representative of LGBTQ interests.

Authorities say two people were shot at a park in Alabama and that a man has been charged in their killings. St. Clair County Assistant Sheriff Billy Murray tells news outlets in a statement that 20-year-olds Logan D. Lambert and Hope M. Trapp were discovered with gunshot wounds in the Cook Springs area Saturday afternoon.

An Alabama doctor has been sentenced to five years in prison in a health care fraud case. WKRG-TV reports U.S. District Judge Kristi Dubose sentenced Dr. Rassan Tarabein, of Daphne, Friday and ordered him to pay $15 million in restitution.

Justin Thomas was the nation’s top college golfer at the University of Alabama, and now he’s No. 1 in the professional rankings. Thomas won five PGA Tour titles in 2017, including the PGA Championship, to earn player of the year honors.

The chancellor of the University of Alabama System has announced his retirement. The Tuscaloosa News reports 64-year-old Ray Hayes said Friday that he will continue in his role through the end of July.