The Associated Press

Alabama plans to carry out another execution by nitrogen gas and has set a June execution date for a man convicted of the 1988 killing of a woman. Gregory Hunt is scheduled to be put to death June 10 for the 1988 beating death of Karen Lane.

An Iranian student at the University of Alabama under federal arrest says he will leave the U.S. voluntarily. The attorney for Alireza Doroudi announced his client’s decision after the Government dropped a key charge in his arrest and the judge denied reconsideration of bail.

Alabama’s Catholic community is celebrating the selection of Pope Leo the fourteenth. But, it was another Pope Leo who made a substantial impact on the state. The website Encyclopedia of Alabama says it was Pope Leo the twelfth who helped spread Catholicism in the state in 1825.

Alabama will soon join the states that have banned or restricted the presence of cellphones in schools. The Alabama Senate voted 30-2 for the bill to prohibit students in K-12 public schools from using phones during the school day.

Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday gave final passage to legislation that will make Juneteenth, the day that commemorates the end of slavery after the Civil War, an official state holiday. The Alabama Senate voted 13-5 for the legislation that now goes to Governor Kay Ivey for her to sign or veto.

Alabama lawmakers voted to cut the state sales tax on food and to exempt diapers, baby formula and feminine hygiene products from the state sales tax altogether. The Alabama Senate approved both bills by votes of 34-0. The bills now goes to Governor Kay Ivey for her signature.

A new shark alert system, inspired by a teen who survived an attack last year, that warns beachgoers when a shark has bitten someone in the vicinity will be established in Alabama under legislation signed by Governor Kay Ivey. The system will issue a public notice to cellphones when there's been a shark attack nearby.

The co lead-counsel in a $3 billion dollar settlement plan with the NCAA over name, image, and likeness deals for college student athletes took direct aim at former Alabama football coach Nick Saban. Steve Berman says he thinks an updated agreement with the NCAA will solve the judge's concerns over roster limits that have delayed the settlement's approval

Birmingham officials are fighting to keep control of the state's largest water board, alleging in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday that a new bill shifting power to Alabama's Republican leadership and majority-white suburbs "constitutes blatant racial discrimination."

The deadline to get a REAL ID is fast approaching in Alabama and elsewhere after years of postponements and delays. Starting May 7, your license or identification card will need to be REAL ID-compliant to fly domestically in the U.S. It’s also known as the “STAR ID” in Alabama.