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.

Alabama officials last week congratulated Airbus and Bombardier on making significant progress toward the completion of a partnership deal that could see the companies establish a new assembly line for Bombardier’s C Series passenger jets at Airbus’ Mobile facility. Aerospace giant Airbus and Canadian aircraft maker Bombardier Friday morning said they have received all necessary […]

Hair’s graying can be caused by activation of the innate immune system, according to a new study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The article, published in the open access journal PLOS Biology, highlights the negative effects of innate immune activation on hair pigmentation cells, called melanocytes, suggesting a connection between viral infection and […]

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.

An Alabama judge has dismissed capital murder charges against two men accused of committing a 2017 fatal shooting. Al.com reports Joemarcus Fitts and Frederick Temple, both 28, were accused of shooting just after midnight Sept. 5, 2017, into a vehicle that left 35-year-old Howard Bruce dead.

A judge has scheduled an immunity hearing next month for a Montgomery police officer charged with murder in a 2016 shooting death. Circuit Judge Greg Griffin this week scheduled a July 26 hearing on the immunity request.

The U.S. Senate has confirmed an Alabama lawyer to serve as a district court judge for the Northern District of Alabama. Officials say Annemarie Axon, an attorney for Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, LLC, was confirmed Wednesday.

New Jersey’s Princeton University has a discussion group that encourages men to be more effeminate in an effort to escape the societal box of masculinity. The university’s “Men’s Allied Voices for a Respectful & Inclusive Community” (MAVRIC) hosts lunch conversations twice a week in order to “unpack our own internalized ideas about what it is […]

The University of Alabama at Birmingham[uab.edu] has been ranked the top young university in the United States and No. 10 worldwide in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 2018 Young University Rankings. Times Higher Education’s university rankings are among the world’s most comprehensive, balanced and trusted — a vital resource trusted by academics, students, […]

Some Germans want to create government-funded feminist pornography that would celebrate different body shapes for educational purposes, the Daily Mail reported Friday. German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s democrat-socialist union accepted a proposal from a youth wing in Berlin to subsidize feminist pornography available on German broadcasting stations ARD and ZRF in order to combat sexism, according […]

Area Development, a national publication, has selected Alabama for its Silver Shovel Award, a top honor recognizing the state’s economic development successes in 2017. In announcing the award, Area Development singled out several large-scale projects, including Mercedes-Benz’s plans to build a Global Logistics Center in Bibb County and Blue Origin’s project to assemble rocket engines […]

According to a story published by Russellville’s Franklin Free Press the day after Tuesday’s primary, whether you like Jim Bonner, the GOP state public service commission hopeful that lost his primary bid, or not – he isn’t going away. As shown by the Alabama Secretary of State website, Bonner was defeated by a 215,540- 212,646 […]

Houston has joined at least seven other cities seeking the 2020 Democratic National Convention with the City Council overwhelmingly backing a resolution that offers logistic services like office space and parking to the Democrats if the city is selected for the event. Toyota Center, home to pro basketball’s Houston Rockets, would be the main convention […]

An Alabama police officer accused of domestic violence has been acquitted. Al.com reported Thursday that a judge acquitted 44-year-old Albertville Police Sgt. David William Atwell on May 31.

Alabama authorities are investigating a bank robbery where sex was the weapon of choice. Al.com reports the case of a woman who allegedly presented a bank manager with a choice: Either give her $6,000 and be rewarded with a sexual favor, or turn her down and face an assault accusation.

Alabama is appealing a federal judge’s order to make the state’s lethal injection procedures public and to unseal other court records about an aborted execution in the state. Chief District Judge Karon O. Bowdre on Thursday stayed her order to make the protocol and sealed hearing transcripts public as the Department of Corrections appeals.

Woodlawn Street Market The Woodlawn Street Market is back. Support more than 80 local vendors in the heart of historic Woodlawn. Marketgoers will find art, jewelry, clothing, produce, children’s books and toys. Live entertainment and dancers are included. The Woodlawn Street Market is Saturday, June 9, on the block of 55th Place South from 10 […]

As he departs for a G-7 summit meeting in Canada, and then to an even higher-stakes summit in Singapore, President Trump had nicer things to say about North Korea’s dictator than he did about congressional Democrats and U.S. allies. In a Friday morning tweet, Trump wrote: “Obama, Schumer and Pelosi did NOTHING about North Korea, […]

Sixty-nine percent of Americans believe sex between an unmarried man and woman is “morally acceptable,” according to a recent Gallup poll. In addition, the survey found only 28 percent consider it “morally wrong,”

Russell Berger, the chief knowledge officer for the fitness movement and company known as CrossFit, was fired Wednesday for saying that LGBTQ pride and celebrations of such are a “sin.” His criticism came after showing support for a CrossFit facility in Indianapolis, which canceled a workout session that was intended to support Pride Month, according […]