The Latest Breaking News from Alabama

A heart, a brain and other organs were missing from dead prisoners, lawsuit claims

In 1972, a whistleblower revealed that the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) had withheld syphilis treatment from hundreds of Black men as part of a 40-year study observing the natural course of the disease. The experiment’s subjects – the majority of whom were sharecroppers from rural Alabama – believed…

Second recent case involving allegations of missing body parts from Alabama prisoners involves man whose brain was removed

Convicted murderer expected to be put to death later this month in first execution of its kind

Eleven candidates are running in the Democratic primary election for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District on March 5, 2024. Six candidates lead in local media attention: Napoleon Bracy Jr. (D), Merika Coleman (D), Anthony Daniels (D), Shomari Figures (D), Juandalynn Givan (D), and Jeremy Gray (D).

A federal judge says Alabama can carry out the nation’s first execution using nitrogen gas despite claims the method is cruel and untested

The US autoworkers’ union plans to bring more employees under its protection after record deals with automakers last year

Tornado warnings issued in Alabama and Louisiana as rare blizzard conditions hit Pacific north-west

Australia's Dr Death has taken the stand in defence of a condemned man, warning US officials who botched his first execution could be about to do it again