Alabama

The preliminary investigation indicates an altercation occurred between adults, which escalated to shots being fired....

Overcast skies and spotty showers to kick off the weekend....

The Birmingham Police Department's 911 center received a call at 2 a.m. reporting a child had been shot. The child was seriously injured and taken by private vehicle to St. Vincent's East and later transferred to Children's of Alabama. The inj...

Unseasonably warm weather continues across central Alabama through the weekend but there will be some rain at times....

The legislation provides another round of direct payments, as well as additional assistance for the unemployed, hungry, uninsured and at risk of losing their homes....

A report prepared for Congress shows how Alabama topped Colorado in a ranking of criteria important to picking a Space Command headquarters...

Officials said collecting more statewide data about private and church school enrollment could help them spot abuses....

Three things to know about Alabama women's basketball's tournament chances ahead of its regular season finale....

Anniston's school board last week voted to "start the process" of closing Tenth Street, a declaration of intent that has policymakers now waiting like parents in a pickup line....

West Point High School's Leah Cochran is a science teacher by trade, but she is also recognized as a local educator who is there for any of her students who may need a little extra support....

The former Alabama high school and college players with the best performances in the broad jump at the NFL Scouting Combine....

Jennifer Sparkman, guidance counselor at Cullman Primary School, doesn't just help kindergartners and first graders, she also helps their families....

What's riding on the negotiation is the $1,400 stimulus checks proposed by President Biden even before he took office, as well as the continuation of extra federal unemployment money before those benefits expire on March 14....

Alabama is widely projected to have five or more first-round draft picks in the upcoming NFL Draft....

States recovering from the recent winter weather are doing so with help from Cullman, with tree crews helping to clear power lines and a manufacturer providing supplies for burst water pipes....

In today's Dear Annie column, Annie Lane offers advice to a reader whose former mother-in-law is asking her children about her and telling them not to tell their mother that she asked....

The House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill in a win for President Joe Biden, even as top Democrats tried assuring agitated progressives that they'd revive their derailed drive to boost the minimum wage....

An unseasonably warm beginning for the weekend....

The overall relief bill would provide $1,400 payments to individuals, extend emergency unemployment benefits through August and increase tax credits for children and federal subsidies for health insurance....

Also, reader warns cat owners about poisonous plants in bouquets...

The House passed a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package early Saturday that includes $1,400 checks for most Americans and billions of dollars for schools, state and local governments and businesses. Republicans say the spending is vastly more than what i...

It's President Joe Biden's first crack at his initial legislative goal of acting decisively against the pandemic....

Rainy conditions continue this weekend and are expected to bring 3 to 5 inches of rainfall before being done, forecasters said....

KILLEN — An Alabama contractor with offices in the Shoals has submitted the apparent low bid to resurface almost 2 miles of U.S. Highway 72 in Killen from the junction of Lauderdale 63 to the junction of Lauderdale 66....

Bank Independent will kick off the 7th annual Food Share Drive on Monday....

The inventor of the Meyers Manx dune buggy has died....

FLORENCE — Officials are sending out a call to assist with the Florence Utilities' Project Hope program....

A new redevlopment project could bring new school system offices, a hotel, and retail stores to north Huntsville....

Jaguars miss chance to clinch Sun Belt East title...

UAB is getting the word out about how smoking and vaping can impact you if you are exposed to COVID-19. Researchers say that smokers and those who vape are at high-risk for complications from the virus....

A tiny fraction of people who have been vaccinated for COVID-19 have still gotten the disease....

Two suspects in the Valhermoso Springs septuple homicide were indicted on six counts of Capital Murder....

Dr. Hassoun says he's noticed the number of people using the monoclonal infusion treatment has gone down at Huntsville Hospital....

People generally think of vaccines as shots that keep us from being infected by certain disease. Is that the case with this first round of coronavirus vaccines?...

Huntsville First SDA Church free grocery giveaway is on Saturday, Feb. 27, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., while supplies last....

A major outage meant many credit card users could not pay for anything at multiple retailers and restaurants across the country Friday....

Two of Lady Gaga's French bulldogs were stolen in an robbery that left the singer's dog walker shot. Police said the dogs were returned Friday night....

The class-action lawsuit accused Facebook of using photo face-tagging and other biometric data without the permission of its users....

We told you Thursday that COVID-19 testing will continue at Legion Field at least for the next couple of months. City Council president William Parker is working to extend that a lot longer....

Minority business confused on PPP loans and repayment...

Access, Not Fear, Stands In Way Of Vaccinating Birmingham Black Community...

A federal judge in San Francisco has approved a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly using photo face-tagging without the permission of its users....