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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — One prison inmate was stabbed to death by another over the weekend, state officials said Monday in Alabama, where high rates of…

An Alabama sheriff who leaves office next month has agreed to plead guilty to a federal misdemeanor tax charge.Multiple news outlets have reported Morgan…

Attorney General Loretta Lynch, in her final speech as head of the Justice Department, said worries of difficult days ahead should be a call for action,…

Jefferson County and the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for North and Central Alabama have come to a settlement on voting access for the disabled.An…

Yet another correctional officer has been assaulted at a troubled state prison in south Alabama.The Alabama Department of Corrections says a lieutenant at…

A legislative committee will hold a public hearing later today on a lottery bill that narrowly passed the state Senate last week.The House of…

The threat of flooding in parts of Alabama follows up a pair of tornadoes that hit west central Alabama last night.Dozens of homes near Aliceville were…

Alabama legislators are desperate to end a legislative session marked by frustration and disagreements over how to handle a gaping hole in the state's…

A federal judge will review an agreement to settle a desegregation case involving Huntsville city schools.The school system and the Justice Department…

The Alabama Department of Corrections says it is working with a consulting group to make changes at Alabama's prison for women, including providing more…