An Alabama prisoner convicted of the 1994 murder of a female hitchhiker is slated to become the third person executed by nitrogen gas.

A federal appeals court says it will let the nation's third execution with nitrogen gas go forward this week.

When Purdue lost All-America center Zach Edey to the NBA after he swept the past two national player of the year awards, some wondered how the Boilermakers would replace him.

Trey Kaufman-Renn scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed eight rebounds, and freshman C.

Oregon stayed on top in the second batch of College Football Playoff rankings, while the new poll shoved Georgia completely out of the bracket after its lopsided loss to Mississippi.

A Tuskegee University student says he hid under a car when he heard the gunshots that ripped across his Alabama campus.

A caged tiger was wheeled onto the Tiger Stadium field for the first time in nearly a decade before kickoff of Saturday night’s game between No. 14 LSU and No. 11 Alabama.

A jury has found an Alabama man not guilty of killing an 11-year New Hampshire girl more than 35 years ago.

Undefeated Oregon got top billing in the first set of rankings on the road to college football's new, 12-team playoff.

The Supreme Court is taking up a new redistricting case involving Louisiana’s congressional map with two mostly Black districts.

A judge has appointed a mediator to try to negotiate an end to a long-running dispute over who gets licenses to grow and sell medical marijuana in Alabama.

Alabama's Mark Sears and North Carolina's RJ Davis headline The Associated Press preseason All-America men's basketball team.

This college football season is delivering when it comes to unpredictability and entertainment value.

Oregon has become the fourth team this season to hold the No. 1 ranking in The Associated Press college football poll.

An Alabama man has been arrested for his alleged role in the January hack of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission social media account that led the price of bitcoin to spike, the Justice Department said.

A man who admitted to killing five people in 2016 has been executed by lethal injection in Alabama.

South Carolina is starting the season at No. 1 in the AP Top 25 women's college basketball poll.

Sedrick Alexander ran for two touchdowns, Randon Fontenette scored on a pick-six and Diego Pavia outplayed Heisman Trophy candidate Jalen Milroe as Vanderbilt stunned Alabama 40-35 for the Commodores’ first win over the nation’s top-ranked team.

Many small Alabama cities have been beset by the same polarizing debate that thrust Springfield, Ohio, into the spotlight after former president Donald Trump promoted debunked misinformation about Haitian migrants.

A Michigan man already serving a life sentence for a murder conviction in Alabama also has been ordered to spend life in prison for the killing of a man in Wisconsin.

Thousands once filled the Muscogee tribe’s territory in present-day Alabama.

Texas is No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in 16 years, replacing Georgia after the Bulldogs struggled to remain unbeaten against Kentucky.

Wisconsin quarterback Tyler Van Dyke was carted into the locker room after being injured on the opening drive against No. 4 Alabama.

First lady Jill Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin have gone to Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama to highlight programs that the administration is rolling out to improve service members’ quality of life as well as early childhood education in the military.

The first general election ballots for the presidential race are going out as Alabama officials begin mailing them to absentee voters with the Nov. 5 contest less than two months away.

The coach of a much smaller school than Alabama didn’t hold back when he was asked about his star kicker leaving to join the Crimson Tide this offseason.

Ohio State safety Caleb Downs is one of the second-ranked Buckeyes’ high-profile transfers.

Country singer Keith Urban gave just a few hours’ notice before performing a free concert in the parking lot of a convenience store and gas station in north Alabama.

Georgia is No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason college football poll for the second straight year.

Court filings are providing new details of what happened in the nation's first execution using nitrogen gas.

A 20-year-old man drowned after jumping off a boat into a lake in Rose Township to save a panicked swimmer.

A company has installed vending machines that sell ammunition in grocery stores in Alabama, Oklahoma, and Texas, raising concerns among gun control advocates.

Authorities say three Alabama men who went for an evening swim soon after arriving at a Florida Panhandle beach were caught in a rip current and died.

Two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the debate over abortion access is playing out in elections and the courts.

An Alabama jury has convicted a state trooper of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl.

The U.S. Department of Labor wants a federal judge to prevent Hyundai and two other Alabama companies from what the government contends is the illegal employment of children.

Lab-grown meat is not currently available in any U.S. grocery stores or restaurants.

The United Auto Workers on Friday accused Mercedes of interfering in last week's union election at two Alabama factories.

The UAW has lost a vote to unionize at two Mercedes Benz plants in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

A decisive vote against the United Auto Workers at two Mercedes factories in Alabama sidetracked the union's grand plan to sign up workers at nonunion plants mainly in the South.

Frustrated with the lack of diversity in the fantasy genre, LaDarrion Williams posted a question on Twitter in 2020.

The Detroit Lions front office continued to show their NFL draft prowess by moving up five spots to select defensive back Terrion Arnold.

The newest member of the Detroit Lions stole the show during the first round of the NFL Draft when he grabbed the mic and addressed more than 275,000 elated fans.

The Detroit Lions traded up in the first round of the NFL Draft to select Alabama cornerback Terrion Arnold at No. 24 overall.

The NFL draft gives players a chance to flaunt their style.

Alabama voters have decided primary runoffs for the state's newly redrawn 2nd Congressional District.

Democratic President Joe Biden’s campaign is wrangling with Republican-dominated state governments in Ohio and Alabama to assure he is listed on their fall ballots.

Voters in a new Alabama congressional district at the center of an ongoing legal and political dispute will return to the polls Tuesday to select the nominees in a U.S. House contest that could help decide control of the narrowly divided chamber this November.

When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Republicans insisted the ruling would mostly impact those seeking abortions to end unwanted pregnancies.

Alabama's election's chief said President Joe Biden could be left off the ballot in Alabama because the state’s certification deadline is several days before the Democratic Party’s convention.

Alabama got the kind of game it wanted in its first Final Four appearance.

UConn kept its bid to repeat as national champion intact by surviving its first true test of the NCAA Tournament.

In the 15 minutes before Alabama makes its first Final Four appearance in school history, there probably won’t be many warm and fuzzy moments in the locker room.

Alabama coach Nate Oats had become comfortable coaching at Romulus High School outside of Detroit.

How to watch the 2024 U.S. Canoe Slalom Olympic Team Trials take place this weekend in Montgomery, Alabama.

Nate Oats has Nick Saban on speed dial.

Alabama and the rest of the football fans in the Southeastern Conference are about to find out what Big East basketball is all about.

Mark Sears hit seven 3-pointers and Alabama recovered from its early long-distance shooting woes to beat Clemson 89-82 and reach the Final Four for the first time.

Louisville has reached an agreement with College of Charleston coach Pat Kelsey to become the Cardinals’ next men’s basketball coach, a person with direct knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press.

A Democrat who made reproductive rights a centerpiece of her campaign in deeply conservative Alabama has won a special election to the Alabama Legislature.

The first three days of the NCAA Tournament attracted record ratings, only to see the momentum stifled due to Sunday’s games being blowouts.

A bill that sought to change wording in an existing Iowa law outlining the penalties for terminating a pregnancy has been shelved by a Republican lawmaker amid debate about its implications for in vitro fertilization.

The National Small Business Association has won a court challenge against the Corporate Transparency Act, a law designed to combat money laundering.

Republicans in Iowa’s House of Representatives have approved a bill that would criminalize the death of an “unborn person” — over Democrats’ concerns about how it might impact in vitro fertilization.

About 6,000 voters in a new congressional district formed to boost Black representation received postcards with incorrect voting information ahead of Tuesday’s primary election.

Women over 35 and those facing serious diseases like cancer, lupus and sickle cell are among the most likely to turn to IVF to build the families they desperately want.

Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation to protect in vitro fertilization providers.

Vice President Kamala Harris led marchers in Selma, Alabama, on the 59 anniversary of Bloody Sunday, saying the fight for voting rights goes on even today.

Groups representing Alabama doctors and hospitals are urging the state Supreme Court to revisit a decision equating frozen embryos to children.

South Carolina, Ohio State, Stanford and UCLA would be the No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament if it began now.

Freshman Alabama Sen. Katie Britt will deliver the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech next week.

Alabama lawmakers have moved closer to approving protections for fertility clinics.

College Football Playoff officials are considering a 14-team model that would guarantee multiple automatic bids for each of the four power conferences, starting in 2026.

Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would protect access to in vitro fertilization, objecting to a vote on the issue Wednesday even after widespread backlash to a recent ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that threatens the practice.

More than 200 in vitro fertilization patients have gathered at the Alabama Statehouse to urge lawmakers to find some way to restore IVF services in the state.

In vitro fertilization patients in Alabama described the heartbreak and anger after a state court decision that called into question the future of IVF in the state.

The Biden administration is sending the nation’s top health official to meet with patients and doctors in Alabama on Tuesday to discuss a controversial court ruling that upended in vitro fertilization treatment in the state.

Former President Donald Trump says he would “strongly support the availability" of in vitro fertilization for couples and women who are trying to have a baby.

When the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are considered children under state law, its chief justice had a higher authority in mind.

Democrats and reproductive rights groups are seizing on a ruling this week by the Alabama Supreme Court that plunges the future of access to in vitro fertilization, commonly known as IVF, into uncertainty.

The Alabama Supreme Court ruled last week that couples who were trying in vitro fertilization and lost frozen embryos in an accident at a south Alabama storage facility can sue under the state’s wrongful death law.

There are already discussions about possibly expanding the College Football Playoff again.

Alabama is seeking to put a second inmate to death using nitrogen gas.

A large Alabama hospital has paused in vitro fertilization treatments as health care providers weigh the impact of a state court ruling that frozen embryos are the legal equivalent of children.

Alabama lawmakers and Gov. Kay Ivey have agreed to protect in vitro fertilization providers from legal liability.

Alabama lawmakers are advancing legislation that would define who is considered female and male under state law.

The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos created during fertility treatments should be considered children under state law.

Alabama carried out the nation’s first execution using nitrogen gas.

Two people with knowledge of the agreement say ESPN and the College Football Playoff have agreed to a six-year deal worth $1.3 billion annually that will allow the network to keep exclusive rights to the 12-team playoff through the 2031 season.

Few college programs have had as much success or produced as many star players in the NFL as Alabama.

Experts on capital punishment say Alabama's first-ever use of nitrogen gas to execute a man could could gain traction among other states and change how the death penalty is carried out in the United States.

The European Union and the U.N. Human Rights Office have expressed regret over the first execution of a man with nitrogen gas in the U.S. state of Alabama.

A man put to death using nitrogen gas shook and convulsed on the gurney as Alabama carried out the first-of-its-kind execution that once again placed the United States at the forefront of the debate over capital punishment.

Alabama sophomore Nick Dunlap is turning pro after becoming the first amateur in 33 years to to win on the PGA Tour.

Alabama has executed a man with nitrogen gas, putting him to death with a first-of-its-kind method that once again put the U.S. at the forefront of the debate over capital punishment.

Michigan is the type of job that could set off a chain reaction of openings across college football the way Nick Saban's retirement from Alabama did two weeks ago.

A federal appeals court says Alabama can carry out the nation’s first execution using nitrogen gas.

A leading Catholic charity is making a last-minute appeal to the U.S. state of Alabama to halt a planned execution using nitrogen gas.

Alabama intends to put a man to death with nitrogen gas this week unless stopped by the courts.

Nick Dunlap is the first amateur in 33 years to win on the PGA Tour.