MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama lawmakers have sent Gov. Kay Ivey a bill that would require public schools to emphasize abstinence in sex education and prohibit comprehensive sex education, adding new restrictions to a patchwork system that already gives districts broad discretion over whether and how they teach the subject. How sex education is handled now…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A fatal hit-and-run on Green Springs Highway over the weekend is renewing concerns about nighttime safety for people who drive, walk or bike along busy corridors in the Birmingham area. Police say Kevin Arita-Alvarado, a 20-year-old man from Center Point, was struck and killed in a hit-and-run in the early hours of…

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…