Alabama

Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr., the last of three one-time Ku Klux Klansmen convicted of a 1963 Alabama church bombing that killed four black girls and was the deadliest single attack of the civil rights movement, has died in prison, the governor’s office said Friday. He was 81.

Alabama might soon allow yoga in public schools, but a ban on the word "namaste" would stay in effect.

A man convicted in the 2004 killings of three police officers who were shot by another man was executed Thursday evening in Alabama.

The bill was introduced by State Rep. Rolanda Hollis, D-Birmingham, who said it was in response to last year’s abortion bill in Alabama.

During the procession for a fallen Alabama police officer, someone captured a photo of a man kneeling in the pouring rain to pray as police vehicles drove by. 

"She was the star in our families solar system," her father wrote on Facebook.

An Alabama teen allegedly stabbed his mom and 2 brothers to death and then went off to school as if nothing had happened.

Investigators learned the children had been locked in the cages on "multiple occasions," according to authorities.

An Alabama man who was found to be in possession of meth and heroin during his arrest on Saturday had an unusual request for the arresting officers: to take a photo with them.

Three 16-year-olds were killed and a fourth was seriously injured when a vehicle left a road and ran into trees on Christmas night in south Alabama, authorities said Thursday.

Tamika Stallworth is facing a murder charge.

The generous donor left behind a note that read,"God loves you. Jesus paid the price." 

A pair of kindergartners in Alabama dressed the same for their school’s twin day, with one insisting to his mother that they “look exactly the same.” 

Deputies in Alabama pitched in last week to help a veteran with a disability get to an appointment with a doctor who was nearly 100 miles away, officials said.

The law would have made the procedure a felony at any stage of pregnancy in almost all cases.

Haunted Houses are a staple of spooky season, but one “extreme haunted experience” pushes people to their limits and requires patrons to sign a 40-page waiver, create a safe word and pass a physical exam.

Investigators searching through garbage found the body of a 3-year-old girl who was missing more than a week, and authorities are charging two people with murder, police said Tuesday.

Police in Birmingham said the search for abducted 3-year-old Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney is entering “critical hours” on Friday. The toddler was taken Saturday evening from the Tom Brown Housing Community during a birthday party.

Tropical Storm Nestor formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, threatening the northern Gulf Coast with rising seawater, high winds and heavy rains.