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16th Street Church Bomber Up For Parole In August

Family members of the victims are expected to attend the parole hearing, including Sarah Collins Rudolph, sister to Addie Mae…

Rosa Parks: 60th Anniversary Of Day She Refused…

On this day in history, an ordinary woman made a courageous decision that had extraordinary results. 60 years ago, on…

Alabama DMV Closings Limiting Access To Photo ID,…

AL officials to close 31 DMV offices in what some are calling an attempt to suppress the Black vote through…

Man Dies In Police Custody After Being Pepper-Sprayed

Authorities are trying to determine how an Alabama man who was arrested Friday night died after being handcuffed and pepper-sprayed…

BREAKING NEWS: Alabama Governor Orders Confederate Flags Taken…

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has directed that four Confederate flags be taken down from a Confederate memorial at the state…

Anthony Ray Hinton Exonerated After 30 Years On…

In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was convicted of two murders and sent to death row for crimes he did not commit.…

Innocent Alabama Man Released From Death Row After…

On Friday, Anthony Ray Hinton walked out of prison a free man after spending 30 years on death row for…

Selma Marchers Say Much Remains To Be Done

Fifty years after Alabama troopers savagely attacked demonstrators protesting discriminatory practices that kept black voters from the polls, thousands…

Suit Filed Against Ala. Pastor Who Confessed to…

Members of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala., have hired lawyers in an effort to oust their…

Wildin’ Out Wednesday: Is Anyone Or Anything Off…

Comedians Alabama, Ray Diva and Tony Woods join Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” for Wildin’ Out Wednesday. The comedians panel…

Doctor Walks Miles Through Snowstorm To Perform Life-Saving…

Dr. Zenko Hrynkiw walked six to eight miles through an Alabama snowstorm to perform emergency surgery on a patient who otherwise…

Conservative Alabama Town In Uproar Over Gay Male…

The small town of Semmes, Alabama got the surprise of a lifetime when the Prancing Elites, an all male,…

Woman Charged in Parking Lot Murder Following Iron…

An Alabama woman has been charged with murder after she allegedly shot and killed another woman for not showing…

Birmingham Church Marks 50th Anniversary Of KKK Bombing

Hundreds of people black and white, many holding hands, filled an Alabama church that was bombed by the Ku…

Alabama Pastor Defends ‘White Racism’ Sign Against Zimmerman…

Pastor Michael R. Jordan is outraged about the Trayvon Martin case and “not guilty” verdict for George Zimmerman, and he’s…

14-Year-Old Alabama Boy Charged With Murder For Hanging…

RAGLAND, Ala. — When 9-year-old Katelynn Arnold didn’t appear right away after one of her frequent bicycle rides along her…

Midwest Cleans Up After String Of Deadly Tornadoes

via BBC News US authorities in several Midwestern states are searching for survivors and clearing damage after a string of…

Loed Help Us! Goon Arrested For Stabbing Officer…

This guy was crazy: An Alabama man who stabbed a Mobile police officer to death, stole a police cruiser and…

C’mon Grandma?! 81-Year-Old Arrested For Selling Crack

Police in Alabama arrested an 81-year-old woman they suspect of selling crack from her Prichard, Alabama home. Police say Ola…

Half-Built Alabama Nuclear Plant To Be Completed By…

via BBC News A plan to complete work on a US nuclear reactor at a half-built plant in Alabama has…

Oh Lord! Alabama Pastor And Wife Arrested For…

MOBILE, ALABAMA — An Alabama Reverend and his wife have been arrested and charged with drug distribution and possession. Fox…

Poor Pooch! Dog Crawls Home On Broken Legs…

ALABAMA — Almost three weeks after the first round of tornadoes swept across the mid-west, a dog that suffered two…

Freedom Riders Museum Opens In Alabama

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Montgomery’s former Greyhound Bus Station is reopening as a museum honoring the Freedom Riders on the 50th…

Death Toll Reaches 236 After Deadliest Tornado Hits…

ALABAMA– After five states were hit with a total of 35 tornadoes in one week, one of the nation’s deadliest…

Volunteers Give Food, Shelter To Storm Survivors In…

PRATT CITY, Ala. — Church groups, students and other volunteers worked aggressively Saturday to bring food, water and other necessities…

Alabama Cops Brutally Beat Surrendering Black Man

ALABAMA — The Birmingham, Alabama police department has placed two of its officers on paid administrative leave pending an investigation…