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Francine weakens, but leaves 420,000 accounts without power and raises flood alarms

5:31am September 12, 2024

Hundreds of thousands of power outages were reported in Louisiana and Mississippi early Thursday as residents in the region braced for possible flooding as tropical storm Francine moved inland.

Here's what's holding back Medicaid expansion in Mississippi and other Southern states

12:45pm May 16, 2024

by Drew Hawkins

More than a million people could get health care if these states would pass laws expanding Medicaid. Most residents want the expansion but entrenched politics stands in the way.

Twyla Stallworth, a Black woman from Andalusia, Al., filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Andalusia, its police department and Ofc. Grant Barton, the police officer involved in the incident.

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Alabama woman who says police assaulted her after calling 911 files federal lawsuit

5:00am April 26, 2024

by Jonathan Franklin

Twyla Stallworth, a woman from Andalusia, Ala., filed a federal lawsuit against the city, its police department and Grant Barton, the police officer involved in the incident.

Shalela Dowdy, a plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging Alabama's congressional districts, poses for a portrait on Government Street in Mobile, Ala., on April 1.

Politics & Government

In new congressional district, Black voters weigh what representation really means

5:16pm April 15, 2024

by Stephen Fowler

Alabama could soon have a U.S. House delegation that more closely matches its diversity after a redistricting lawsuit. For Black voters, the change has greater significance than who holds the seat.

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At the U.S. Olympic trials in Montgomery, Evy Leibfarth wins a spot to represent USA in women's canoe slalom for the 2024 Paris Olympics this summer.

Alabama holds its first ever U.S. Olympic trial for a little-known sport

1:11pm April 15, 2024

by Rolando Arrieta

The U.S. Olympic Team trials for slalom kayak and canoe were held at Montgomery Whitewater, a new artificial watersports complex. The city hopes to draw more tourism, while the sport seeks new fans.

Carlee Russell admitted in court on Thursday that she lied about being abducted in Alabama in July 2023 and about seeing a toddler walking alongside an interstate.

National

Carlee Russell pleads guilty, avoids jail after falsely reporting her own kidnapping

5:42pm March 21, 2024

by Jonathan Franklin

During the sentencing, Judge David Carpenter suspended Russell's two six-month sentences, saying it would be a "waste of government resources" to put her in jail for her crime.

Alabama lawmakers have approved a sweeping anti-diversity, equity and inclusion bill

9:44pm March 19, 2024

by The Associated Press

Republicans said they are guarding against programs that "deepen divisions," but Black Democrats called it an effort to roll back affirmative action programs that welcome and encourage diversity.

Hundreds gather for a protest rally in support of in vitro fertilization legislation on Wednesday in Montgomery, Ala.

Alabama Legislature moves to protect IVF services after state court ruling

4:59pm February 29, 2024

by The Associated Press

Alabama lawmakers rushed to protect in vitro fertilization services after fertility clinics shut down in the wake of a ruling that frozen embryos are children under the state wrongful death law.

An illustration of the blastocyst stage of embryo development at about five to nine days after fertilization. The outer layer will grow to form the placenta. The inner cells will become the fetus.

The science of IVF: What to know about Alabama's 'extrauterine children' ruling

4:42pm February 23, 2024

by Maria Godoy

Why are so many frozen embryos created? And how is the Alabama Supreme Court ruling likely to affect IVF in the future? Here's what you need to know.

Left: President Joe Biden delivers remarks to the National Association of Counties Legislative Conference on Feb. 12 in Washington. Right: Nikki Haley, former governor of South Carolina and 2024 Republican presidential candidate, during a bus tour campaign event in South Carolina on Feb. 21.

Biden and Haley spar over abortion after Alabama court rules embryos are 'children'

3:39pm February 22, 2024

by Lexie Schapitl

Nikki Haley seemed to side with the Alabama court's decision, telling NBC News, "Embryos, to me, are babies." President Biden has seized the opportunity to call for enshrining Roe.