Alabama woman becomes longest living recipient of pig organ transplant

Towana Looney, an Alabama woman who received a gene-edited pig kidney transplant, has surpassed two months post-surgery, making her the longest living recipient of such a transplant.

King family responds to Trump's order to declassify assassination files

The family of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is reacting to an executive order issued on Thursday to declassify documents associated with his assassination.

Lawyers 'horrified' at conditions for FCI Dublin transfers at Alabama prison

Two Bay Area lawyers have been trying to visit the 600 women who are now in federal prisons across the country after the Federal Correctional Institute at Dublin shut down this spring. "And we were pretty horrified by what we heard and saw," said Susan Beaty.

Tuskegee University Homecoming Week shooting leaves 1 dead, 16 injured

A Homecoming Week shooting at Tuskegee University in Alabama left one person dead and 16 others injured, 12 of them by gunfire, school officials said.

Black Americans report racist text messages nationwide: Details

Just days after Election Day 2024, anonymous text messages have targeted Black Americans across nearly a dozen states, instructing them to “pick cotton" at local plantations.

Birmingham mass shooting: 4 dead, 17 injured in entertainment district crossfire

Four people have died and more than 20 have been wounded in a shooting in a nightlife area in Birmingham, in the US state of Alabama, according to police and news reports.

Flying wrench kills Alabama woman driving to work with son: 'She was the backbone'

Earlie Harris, an Alabama woman, was tragically killed on August 8 while on her way to work when a wrench flew through the windshield of the vehicle she was traveling in on Interstate 65 near Montgomery.

High school quarterback dies after brain injury in opening night game

A high school football player in Alabama died Saturday after suffering a brain injury in his team's home opener Friday night.

The Clotilda, last known US slave ship, too decayed to be excavated, report says

The Clotilda's captain traveled to West Africa in 1860 and illegally smuggled 110 Africans back to Alabama before burning and sinking the ship to hide the crime.

Man accused of killing wife, 4 children in Alabama shooting

Brandon Allan Kendrick II, 32, is accused of killing his wife and four children in a shooting that took place Thursday evening.

Texas-based ammo vending machines criticized by gun control advocates

Gun control advocates are concerned about bullets being sold out of vending machines after a Texas-based company placed its ammunition retail machine in several stores across the country.