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November 22, 2022 at 7:07 am

Slavery’s ghost haunts cotton gin factory’s transformation VIEW

A construction project in Alabama demonstrates the difficulty of telling complicated U.S. history in 2022.

Gov. Kay Ivey speaks to supporters at her watch party after Alabama voted in midterm elections, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt) ALVH104 ALVH104

November 21, 2022 at 9:14 am

Alabama pausing executions after 3rd failed lethal injection

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is seeking a pause in executions and ordering a “top-to-bottom” review after an unprecedented third failed lethal injection.

November 18, 2022 at 12:11 pm

Alabama fails to complete lethal injection for 3rd time

Alabama started and then stopped another lethal injection because prison workers were unable to establish the intravenous lines needed to administer a deadly dose.

November 16, 2022 at 6:43 am

Team from Black college quits tournament after racial abuse

A women’s volleyball team at a historically Black college walked out of a banquet and withdrew from their conference tournament in Alabama after a member...

November 8, 2022 at 5:36 am

Republican Kay Ivey wins 2nd full term as Alabama governor

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey easily won a second full term against Democrat Yolanda Flowers, the first Black woman to win a major party’s gubernatorial nomination...

October 28, 2022 at 1:24 pm

Family of financier of last U.S. slave ship breaks silence

Descendants of the Alabama man responsible for illegally bringing 110 African captives to America aboard the last U.S. slave ship have broken generations of public...

October 16, 2022 at 6:35 am

Lessons from Hurricane Michael being applied to Ian recovery VIEW

Southwest Florida is getting some advice from the Florida Panhandle as it moves ahead after Hurricane Ian.

October 10, 2022 at 9:14 pm

Florida shrimpers race to get battered fleet back to sea VIEW

The seafood industry in southwest Florida is racing against time and the elements to save what’s left of both a major shrimping fleet and a...

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Workers talk atop a building that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ian at Fort Myers Beach, Fla., on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves) FLJR108 FLJR108

October 10, 2022 at 7:28 am

Search for victims done, Florida coast aims for Ian recovery VIEW

Southwest Florida is looking toward the long slog of recovering from its first direct hit from a major hurricane in a century. Ian was blamed...

October 9, 2022 at 7:44 am

Ian leaves scenes of recovery, despair on Florida coast VIEW

A few miles meant the difference between life and death on the Florida coast when Hurricane Ian struck.