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.

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 on Saturday.

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.

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.

You may want to think twice before speeding. Law enforcement across Florida, Georgia, and three other neighboring states - are cracking down on speeders – as a part of Operation Southern Slow Down.

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.

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 NFL draft gives players a chance to flaunt their style.

Alabama voters have cast their ballots to decide party nominees for the state’s 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.

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.

The NFL draft is just weeks away and Jacksonville’s main focus is on the 17th pick in the first round. While the team did address some major needs in free agency, there is still room for improvement on the roster in several areas.

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.

Duval Spring Fest has become a local staple, but has attracted music talent and small business vendors from Georgia, central and south Florida, South Carolina, Alabama, and beyond.

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.

Freshman Essence Cody had season bests with 20 points and 14 rebounds and No. 8 seed Alabama defeated No. 9 Florida State 82-74 in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament.

A bill that would have criminalized the death of an “unborn person” has been shelved in Iowa after a Senate Republican joined Democrats in voicing concerns about the potential impact for in vitro fertilization after an Alabama court found frozen embryos can be considered children.

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.

A local mom and dad who went through in vitro fertilization weigh in on the controversial ruling in Alabama regarding frozen embryos. It says embryos are legally protected children, which is why some IVF centers there paused treatments. Kathy and Jamil Fakhouri had little Luke four months ago, after struggling to get pregnant naturally for two-and-a-half years.

House Democrats will hold a news conference on protecting in vitro fertilization (IVF) access Thursday at 1 p.m.

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.

Local fertility specialist says justices do not understand the IVF process after Supreme Court rules a frozen embryo is considered a child under Alabama state law.

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 an urgent appeal to the U.S. state of Alabama to halt a planned execution this week 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.

An Alabama execution this week would be the first in the nation to use nitrogen gas.

As this is a Federal holiday, not only will schools and libraries be closed, but most federal and state offices will be closed and there will be no mail deliveries.

A federal judge says Alabama can carry out the nation’s first execution using nitrogen gas later this month.

Police in Alabama say a man crashed his car outside a Bass Pro Shop in Alabama, stripped down to his birthday suit and then plunged into the giant aquarium inside the store.

A former Alabama police officer has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Black man in front of his own home during a dispute with a tow truck driver.

A software company that manages practice video footage for college football teams says the NCAA is looking into possible unauthorized access to its data.

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The Alabama Crimson Tide caused a stir at the Rose Bowl when they revealed they’ve restricted their players’ game film viewing on iPads heading into the College Football Playoff semifinal against Michigan because of concerns about hacking.

The early signing period in college football opened with just a little five-star drama.

A Swedish study has uncovered a paradox about people diagnosed with an excessive fear of serious illness: They tend to die earlier than people who aren’t hypervigilant about health concerns.

The Heisman Trophy race is looking wide open for 2024.

A diminishing field of Republican presidential candidates has begun its fourth debate of the 2024 primary campaign.