Alabama

Democrats gather for ‘Bloody Sunday’ commemoration in Selma

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidates gathered Sunday in this crucible of the civil rights movement to a...
16:16 1 March 2022

Brown, Davis follow different paths on journey to NFL draft

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Auburn defensive tackle Derrick Brown bet big on himself last winter and is about to see the payoff....
21:10 27 February 2022

AP Top 25 Podcast: Georgia’s Smart move targets Alabama

Georgia coach Kirby Smart is trying to turn his program into the Alabama of the SEC East. His latest move to make that h...
17:55 26 February 2022

Tagovailoa looking forward to going full speed in March

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa climbed up a couple stairs, then walked to the podium without a hitch Tuesday.It was ...
20:42 25 February 2022

Medical marijuana bill clears Alabama Senate committee

1 of 2Cristi Cain speaks to reporters after appearing at a hearing where Alabama lawmakers granted initial approval to a...
19:31 19 February 2022

Soggy neighborhoods under flash-flood warning in Mississippi

RIDGELAND, Miss. (AP) — Forecasters expected more heavy rains in parts of the flood-ravaged South on Tuesday, prolonging...
17:03 18 February 2022

Torrential rains leave swollen rivers, downed trees in South

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Days of torrential rain across the Southeast left residents to deal with rising rivers, falling trees, weakened dams and mudslides ...
21:52 13 February 2022

Rains flood roads, swell rivers across the Deep South

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Roads were flooded and rivers were rising across the Deep South on Tuesday after a day of heavy rains that once again threatened a ...
18:57 11 February 2022

Storms sweep over Deep South with rain, wind, floods; 1 dead

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A powerful winter storm raked the Deep South on Thursday with high winds, rain and floods that killed one person and injured severa...
19:00 6 February 2022

Vulnerable Democrat Doug Jones votes to convict Trump

WASHINGTON — Alabama Sen. Doug Jones, widely considered the Senate's most endangered Democrat, voted Wednesday to convict President Donald Trump as th...
23:06 5 February 2022

Top heavy: Handful of elite programs hoard most top recruits

McKinnley Jackson, a huge and talented defensive tackle from Mississippi, was one of the few five-star recruits whose college choice was a mystery com...
21:18 5 February 2022

Emails show the fallout from Trump’s claims about Dorian

WASHINGTON — A flurry of newly released emails from scientists and top officials at the federal agency responsible for weather forecasting clearly ill...
20:09 1 February 2022

Women, 5 children among 8 victims of Alabama dock fire

SCOTTSBORO, Ala. — A woman and her five children were among the eight people who died in a dock fire at a north Alabama marina, authorities and relati...
21:03 29 January 2022

Coroner: 4 of 8 boat dock fire victims were children

SCOTTSBORO, Ala. — Roughly two dozen people lived on Dock B at Jackson County Park Marina, and none was rich or famous. They were middle-class adults ...
22:44 28 January 2022

49ers impressive turnaround leads to Super Bowl appearance

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As the celebration raged in the victorious 49ers locker room, general manager John Lynch showed off a "Mobile to Miami" T-shirt ...
0:28 21 January 2022

Lewis, Alabama hand No. 4 Auburn its first loss, 83-64

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Kira Lewis Jr. scored 25 points and Alabama handed No. 4 Auburn its first loss of the season with an 83-64 rout on Wednesday night.
4:42 16 January 2022

Recovery begins after storms kill 11 in Midwest, South

Icy roads, deadly tornadoes, punishing waves — severe weekend weather has been blamed for 11 deaths and major damage in parts of the Midwest, South an...
6:35 13 January 2022

Dabo Dynasty: Clemson can join elite company with win vs LSU

NEW ORLEANS — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney has this drill down.
19:41 12 January 2022

No. 14 Kentucky tops Alabama 76-67 for 1,000th SEC victory

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Immanuel Quickley scored the game's final five points and finished with 19, Ashton Hagans had 15 with big 3 late and No. 14 Kentucky ...
19:25 11 January 2022

NBA great Charles Barkley donates $1M to Miles College

FAIRFIELD, Ala. — Former Auburn University star and NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley can add a new feat to his resume: being the first to donate $1 m...
20:43 9 January 2022

Congressman John Lewis says cancer is his latest battle

ATLANTA — As a civil rights activist at 25, John Lewis was beaten so badly his skull was fractured and the TV images from an Alabama bridge in the 196...
6:58 30 December 2022

Oklahoma QB Jalen Hurts enjoying final college season

NORMAN, Okla. — Almost begrudgingly, Jalen Hurts is having some fun.
14:32 24 December 2021

AP Exclusive: Birmingham mayor backing Biden for president

The mayor of Alabama’s largest city is endorsing Joe Biden for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential nomination just weeks after the vice president m...
11:19 16 December 2021

Analysis: Time to embrace “free agency” in college football

NEW YORK — For all the griping from coaches and administrators about the so-called transfer epidemic in college sports, the increased movement of play...
23:36 13 December 2021

NFL or college? Alabama’s Tagovailoa still weighing options

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Tua Tagovailoa said being assured he'd likely remain a high NFL draft pick could make “the biggest decision of my life" a little ea...
22:58 5 December 2021

Marijuana vaping busts on rise; over 500K seized in 2 years

NEW YORK — As health officials scrutinize marijuana vaping, it’s increasingly on law enforcement’s radar, too.
15:49 3 December 2021

Murder charge announced in death of fighters’ stepdaughter

AUBURN, Ala. — Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against a man being charged with capital murder in the shooting death of the stepdaughter of...
7:54 3 December 2021

AP Top 25 Reality Check: Examining ’Bama’s drop from top 5

The Associated Press college football poll is a subjective and mostly backward-looking assessment, especially late in the season.
7:11 2 December 2021

AP Top 25: Alabama out of top 5 for first time in 4 years

Alabama dropped to No. 9 in The Associated Press college football poll, snapping the Crimson Tide’s record streak of 68 appearances in the top five.
19:37 1 December 2021

No. 16 Auburn upends No. 5 Alabama’s playoff hopes, 48-45

AUBURN, Ala. — Shaun Shivers scored on an 11-yard run with 8:08 left to put No. 16 Auburn ahead and another failed field goal by Alabama in the Iron B...
0:51 1 December 2021