PIKE COUNTY, Ala. — Four people were killed late Friday night when a vehicle being pursued by an Alabama state trooper left the roadway and struck a tree in Pike County, authorities said. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said the crash happened around 11:57 p.m. Friday on Pike County Road 6628 near Pike County Road…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal panel has voted to exempt Gulf of Mexico oil and gas activities from key Endangered Species Act protections, invoking a rarely used national‑security pathway that environmental groups warn could weaken safeguards for threatened marine species. The decision, first reported by several outlets and later reflected in a committee order published…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A Birmingham nonprofit renovating abandoned tennis courts at Fountain Heights Park says a skid steer worth about $60,000 was stolen from the job site, slowing work on the organization’s first major park project. Athletic Alabama said the machine, a 2019 Kubota skid steer, had been borrowed from a family friend and was…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Birmingham is set to devote $2 million to an interstate-lighting project aimed at brightening long-standing dark stretches on two of the city’s most heavily traveled highways, including Interstate 20/59 and Interstate 59 near the interchange with Interstate 459. The Birmingham City Council approved Mayor Randall L. Woodfin’s $31.8 million spending plan, funded…

HANCEVILLE, Ala. — A Walker County jury has awarded more than $70 million to an Alabama man who said a Tyson Farms wastewater spill caused a flesh-eating bacterial infection, turning a local pollution case into a multimillion-dollar verdict with statewide attention. The jury returned the verdict Friday, March 27, in favor of Mark Griffin, a…