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U.S. Rep. Artur Davis, a Harvard-educated lawyer and friend of President Obama, lost his bid to become the first black governor ...

President Barack Obama will meet with the leaders of a panel he created to probe the worst oil spill in U.S. history on Tuesday, as a giant slick from BP's blown-out Gulf of Mexico well poses a new threat to the coasts of Mississippi and Alabama.

A former professor is in court for her first appearance on charges of fatally shooting three colleagues and wounding three ...

A biology professor charged with killing three faculty members at the University of Alabama in Huntsville also has been charged with wounding three others, police said.

Three faculty members at the University of Alabama in Huntsville were killed on Friday when a biology professor started shooting during a faculty meeting, police and university officials said.

Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama has released the "holds" he had placed on every one of President Barack Obama's nominees, his office said Monday. "The purpose of placing numerous holds was to get the White House's attention ...

The White House fired back this morning at a move by Senator Richard Shelby, Republican of Alabama, who placed a “blanket hold” on dozens of President Obama’s nominees awaiting confirmation before the Senate.

The mayor of Alabama's largest city is facing a federal bribery trial that could drive him from office and send him to prison if he's convicted.

On Wednesday, a statue commemorating Helen Keller's famous 1887 breakthrough moment a water pump will be unveiled in the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall. It's the first statue in the Capitol of a person with a disability, as well as the first of a child, according to the Alabama governor's office.

A newborn infant, who was abducted Tuesday from his home in Tennessee, has been found alive in Alabama, according to authorities.