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After a shooting in a posh part of Tuscaloosa injured one University of Alabama student and shook residents around town on Sunday, police investigators discovered that the shooter is "developmentally challenged" and that his caretaker bears a large portion of the blame.
Per a report by NBC13, students at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) helped take down a notorious Russian cyber criminal, Peter Levashov, recently.
Starting this coming fiscal year, paid congressional internships will be widely available for the first time in decades due to a funding package passed last week under the leadership of Senate Committee on Appropriations Chairman Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL).
Senator Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) on Sunday afternoon called for Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to be postponed, calling for a "pause button" to be pushed once again, after the Washington Post published an allegation of sexual assault by then-high school student Kavanaugh.
On Sunday, Senator Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) did an interview with CNN in which he discussed allegations of sexual misconduct by then high-school student Brett Kavanaugh, who is now President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court.
For the second year in a row, Troy University's football team made big money off of upsetting a heavily favored opponent.
Jalen Drummond, who graduated from the University of Alabama this past May and is a native of the state, is facing racial abuse from the "tolerant left" after he interned for President Donald Trump over the summer.
A transgender former student at Grissom High School in Huntsville filed a federal discrimination lawsuit on Wednesday against members of the school's staff and the city school board.
College football is in full swing with two weeks of games done and dusted, and Alabama’s favorite teams have some exciting matchups in week three.
Cincinnati Bengals cornerback and former University of Alabama star Dre Kirkpatrick hosted a tailgate party at a local nursing home before playing the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday Night Football, and the result is the best video you will see all day.
Rep. Bradley Byrne (AL-1) issued a statement praising Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) in response to overwhelming passage of the first government funding package for Fiscal Year 2019, which included important bills for Veterans Affairs, Energy and Water Development, Military Construction and the Legislative Branch.
UNA considering dropping 'Pride of Dixie' band name, cites 'reputation as a progressive institution'
Seven days after hosting prominent Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King for a speech on campus, the University of North Alabama (UNA) announced on Thursday that they are seriously considering changing the school band's nickname - "Pride of Dixie."
As the threat from Hurricane Florence bore down on America's east coast on Thursday, President Donald Trump hit Democrats for what he called "Bad politics," with the president asserting that his political enemies had invented death tolls stemming from hurricanes Maria and Irma - which battered Puerto Rico in 2017.
Governor Kay Ivey has the Alabama National Guard on standby to assist with response efforts to Hurricane Florence in the Carolinas and said Alabama is sending additional state personnel and resources to assist.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on Thursday named Alabamian Jody Singer as director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville and Alabama leaders praised the historic appointment.
Tarana Burke, founder of the worldwide #MeToo campaign intended to raise awareness about sexual harassment, abuse, and assault, credits Alabama for inspiring the movement.
Anchor Lester Holt will host NBC Nightly News from Montgomery on his nation-wide "Across America" tour, NBC announced on Wednesday.
As reported by WBRC, NAACP Tuscaloosa chapter president Jerry Carter wants to do away with Alabama's "Stand Your Ground" law that generally justifies the use of force - even lethal force - for self defense.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday joined Airbus executives, local leaders from the Mobile area and industry and educational partners in breaking ground for the coming hands-on instructional facility "Flight Works Alabama."
Two prominent scientists with deep Alabama ties are on opposite sides of the renewed debate about whether Pluto should be classified as a planet, per WHNT.
Trump surrogate and former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke called in to Yellowhammer Radio's The Ford Faction on Tuesday, telling host Ford Brown that Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin's "welcoming city" policy is a "violation of the United States Constitution" and even suggesting the Alabama mayor should be criminally prosecuted and removed from office
The Alabama Power Company and PowerSouth Energy Cooperative were both named this month to Site Selection's annual list of "Top Utilities in Economic Development" that recognizes a very select group of utilities across the United States.

