The Latest Breaking News from Alabama

A grand jury recommended abolishing a small Alabama police department that it said operated as a criminal enterprise

A grand jury has recommended the disbandment of an Alabama Police Department after an investigation reportedly uncovered corruption and evidence tampering.

Lawmakers in Alabama's House have passed a bill expediting Medicaid for pregnant women in a state with one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country

Alabama lawmakers are considering a bill requiring daily school prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, with noncompliance risking 25% funding cuts.

A bipartisan coalition in Alabama has come together to endorse a public safety package that would ban devices that convert semi-automatic weapons into machine guns

An Alabama second grader's life was saved when a laptop inside their backpack stopped a bullet after a gun discharged in another student's bag.

Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using nitrogen gas as the execution method

Alabama lawmakers advanced legislation that would allow child rapists to be sentenced to death

A new pathogen, called Camp Hill virus, was recently discovered in Alabama, drawing attention to a group of viruses known as henipaviruses. This is a big deal because other viruses in this group are linked to serious, often fatal, disease, and this is the first time one of them has…