Alabama News

Aggregated Alabama News Articles

• Groups grapple with race after visiting lynching memorial
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Some don't know how to process it all. Some are afraid of saying the wrong thing. ...
  Brad Harper, The Montgomery Advertiser.  Washington Times.  Sun, 08 Dec 2019 00:01:08 -0500.
• Alabama mourns 7th officer killed in line of duty this year
  
  Officer Billy Fred Clardy III was killed during a drug bust on Friday.
  ABC News.  Sat, 07 Dec 2019 18:19:43 -0500.
• Alabama farmer looks to cash in on carbon storage
  
  ALICEVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Deep in west Alabama, in a part of the state where most economic activity grows up from the ground, one woman is hoping to get paid for what she's putting back into the soil. ...
  Dennis Pillion, Al.com.  Washington Times.  Sat, 07 Dec 2019 00:01:11 -0500.
• New World Games CEO Nick Sellers on vision for the games, plans and more
  
  The World Games 2021 taps Alabama Power's Nick Sellers for CEO post after resignation of the previous leader, DJ Mackovets.
  Tyler Patchen.  American City Business Journals.  Fri, 06 Dec 2019 19:17:50 +0000.
• Alabama community supports local officer battling cancer
  
  After Jeff Gulley was diagnosed with colon cancer, his fellow officers started selling blue wristbands with his badge number. That money raised will help his family make the trip for an upcoming surgery. Mark Strassmann has more.
  CBS News.  Wed, 04 Dec 2019 19:41:35 -0500.
• A NASA probe studying the Sun helps scientists discover secrets of solar winds
  
  A NASA probe has helped scientists get a deeper understanding of how solar winds work sparking researcher papers from the University of California Berkeley and the University of Alabama.
  Daily Mail.  Wed, 04 Dec 2019 21:12:40 +0000.
• Flu Is Now Widespread In 10 States, Including California, Texas, Alabama
  
  Last month had more flu activity than any other November this decade. Will what happened in the Southern Hemisphere earlier this year mean that the current flu season will be bad?
  By Bruce Y. Lee, Contributor.  Forbes.  Wed, 4 Dec 2019 05:32:52 +0000.
• El Paso grandmother dies at home shortly after two-car accident on Alabama Street
  
  An El Paso driver did not report injuries at the scene of a car accident, went home and was later found dead.        
  Daniel Borunda, El Paso Times.  El Paso Times.  Mon, 02 Dec 2019 21:45:36 +0000.
• Flu season takes off quickly in Deep South states
  
  The most recent weekly flu report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds high levels of flu-like illness in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Nevada, South Carolina and Texas. ...
  Associated Press.  Modern Healthcare.  Mon, 02 Dec 2019 12:48:28 EST.
• Alabama kicker Joseph Bulovas pens heartfelt letter after missing game-tying field goal vs. Auburn
  
  Alabama lost a heart-breaker to rival Auburn in their Iron Bowl matchup on Saturday and Crimson Tide kicker Joseph Bulovas received some flak for missing a field goal that would have tied the game.
  Ryan Gaydos.  Fox News.  Mon, 02 Dec 2019 17:05:07 GMT.
• Statue of civil rights icon Rosa Parks unveiled in Alabama
  
  A new statue of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks was dedicated in Alabama's capital city on Sunday, the 64th anniversary of her historic refusal to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man.
  Ap.  ABC News.  Mon, 02 Dec 2019 16:29:34 +0000.
• US Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks Honored in Montgomery, Alabama
  
  A statue to Parks was unveiled on the 64th anniversary of the day she was arrested for refusing to yield her seat on a public bus to a white man.
  Voice of America.  Sun, 01 Dec 2019 20:30:16 -0500.
• Alabama City Now Owes $25K After Failed Attempt To Hide Confederate Memorial
  
  The city of Birmingham, Alabama, has been slapped with a $25,000 fine after the state’s supreme court ruled its attempt to cover a Confederate monument violated a state law. ...
  Bradley Evans.  Western Journal.  Sat, 30 Nov 2019 15:27:50 +0000.
• Tory slap: Chinese journalist sentenced for delegate assault
  
  Linlin King reacted "in the heat of the moment" at a party conference in Birmingham, a court hears.
  BBC News.  Fri, 29 Nov 2019 14:34:34 GMT.

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In 2008, the estimated population of Alabama was 4,661,900, whereas in 2006, the population of Alabama was about 4,587,564.  For detailed, up-to-date information about Alabama's demographics, visit the U.S. Census Bureau's QuickFacts about Alabama web page.  For maps of Alabama, visit this Alabama Map website.

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