BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — One man was killed and another seriously wounded in a hail of gunfire that erupted in a west Birmingham alley Monday night, police said, as the city’s homicide rate continues to plummet from last year’s record high. Birmingham officers and fire crews rushed to the 1500 block of Warrior Road shortly before…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — One person suffered serious injuries and another was grazed by gunfire in a shooting early Sunday inside a nightclub in Birmingham’s Lakeview District, police said. The Birmingham Police Department responded to reports of shots fired around 3:12 a.m. at Nana Funks, where officers found two people with gunshot wounds, according to multiple…

ANNISTON, Ala. — In a stunning dawn raid that has ignited fury across two continents, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents swooped into the quiet Anniston home of 86-year-old French widow Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé, yanking her from her bed in her nightgown amid a bitter family feud over her late American husband’s estate. The April 2026 incident…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Visitors to the Birmingham Zoo can now catch a glimpse of Coconut, a female Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth that moves at a leisurely pace and hangs upside down for much of its days. Known for their slow-motion lifestyle and tree-dwelling habits in Central and South American rainforests, Linnaeus’s two-toed sloths spend up to…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama lawmakers have advanced a bill that would expand governing-board control over tenure, post-tenure review, faculty senates and curriculum at public four-year universities, prompting concerns from faculty advocates who say it could weaken shared governance and academic freedom. HB 580, which is set to take effect Oct. 1, would require boards to…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Birmingham City Council has approved $347,115 for the Village Creek Linear Walking Trail, a West Birmingham project officials say will connect neighborhoods and expand access to green space. The trail is planned as part of the Red Rock Trail System, the broader effort to build a connected network of paths across…