BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital has performed its first robotic kidney transplant, a milestone that puts the state’s largest hospital in the vanguard of a fast‑growing shift to robot‑assisted surgery across Birmingham and the Southeast. On Jan. 15, UAB transplant surgeons Michael Hanaway, M.D., and Muhammad Rabbani, M.D., used a…

HOOVER, Ala. — A Tuscaloosa County rape suspect is in custody after an hours-long standoff at a Hoover motel ended when the man fell through an attic space into a room as officers closed in, authorities said Monday. Hoover police officers and tactical units responded to the motel after learning the man, wanted on rape…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 19 Alabama counties as primary natural disaster areas due to prolonged severe drought, opening access to emergency loans for farmers battered by low yields and hay shortages. Alabama Agriculture Commissioner Rick Pate announced the Jan. 8 declaration by USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, which covers Barbour,…

OZARK, Ala. (AP) — A 61-year-old Florida man faces felony charges after Alabama police seized 81 gallons of illegal moonshine from his vehicle during a traffic stop earlier this month, spotlighting the state’s lingering Prohibition-era liquor restrictions. Officer Dylan Griffin with the Ozark Police Crime Suppression Unit pulled over Learndis Hamilton on Jan. 9 near…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama courts are navigating a delicate boundary in United Methodist Church property disputes fueled by the denomination’s embrace of LGBTQ+ inclusion, applying state law to deeds and titles while steering clear of church doctrine — even as the state constitution bars foreign religious law. The Alabama Supreme Court has split its rulings.…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Supreme Court has once again cleared the way for executions on death row, tightening the state’s grip on capital punishment even as critics say Alabama is cementing its reputation as the most execution‑obsessed state in the country. In a recent ruling and series of orders, the court authorized the state…