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Alabama death row inmate Anthony Boyd continues to assert his innocence as his execution date approaches, with family and supporters pleading for his life to be spared. The 53-year-old is scheduled to be executed by nitrogen gas on October 23, a method recently adopted by the state as an alternative to lethal injection. Boyd was…
Growing up in the segregated South in the 1950s and 1960s, Lionel Richie longed to be part...
For the first time in decades, residents of Newbern, Alabama, went to the polls, and they delivered...
Judge Bill Lewis has made history with his appointment to the Alabama Supreme Court, becoming...
Law and Order star S. Epatha Merkerson has made a $1 million donation to Talladega College, the oldest private, historically Black college in Alabama. Per AL.com, Merkerson was present at Talladega...
Authorities in Alabama have brought a murder charge against a man who allegedly gunned down his sister during an argument. In a statement, the Hoover Police Department said the fatal March 15 incident...
A new federal lawsuit details how an Alabama teenager, asleep in his childhood bedroom, was fatally shot when a police SWAT team broke down the front door of his family’s home. Randall Adjessom,...
The mother of a Black transgender teenager fatally shot in Alabama a few days ago believes her daughter was targeted because of her gender identity. 18-year-old Cameron Thompson, was shot multiple times...
Tanya Walton, 28, and her father, Jimmy Walton, 72, tragically lost their lives in a house fire in Butler County last Sunday morning. According to Georgiana Police Chief Jeremy Peagler, a 911 call was...
The Coffee County Coroner’s Office has revealed the cause of death of Semaj Wilkins, a 14-year-old freshman at New Brockton High School in Alabama. Wilkins suffered a medical emergency during football...
A mortgage company has agreed to pay $8 million, along with nearly $2 million in civil penalties, to settle accusations of lending discrimination in predominantly Black neighborhoods in Alabama. The U.S....
The case of a Black pastor who was arrested while watering his neighbor’s flowers is taking a new turn. After a lower court dismissed his lawsuit against the police officers involved, a federal court...
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