MIAMI (AP) — A disturbance in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico is likely to become a tropical storm that will hit the northern U.S. Gulf Coast with wind and rain, forecasters said...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A crash involving a school bus killed the driver of a car but didn't injure any students.

News outlets report that the accident involving a Tuscaloosa city school bus...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A drought affecting more than 30 million people across the Southeastern United States is getting worse.

The latest assessment from the U.S. Drought Monitor released...

OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) — The family of an Alabama college student who died from complications of improperly prescribed birth control medication has been awarded $9 million in their wrongful death,...

TROY, Ala. (AP) — Kaleb Barker connected with receiver Kaylon Geiger for two touchdowns and Troy beat in-state rival South Alabama 37-13 on Wednesday night in the Battle for the Belt.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An intense search of an apartment complex didn't turn up signs of a missing 3-year-old Alabama girl who was abducted from a birthday party days ago, police in Birmingham...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt says quarterback Brian Maurer's status for the Volunteers' Saturday matchup at No. 1 Alabama will be a game-time decision after the freshman...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on the search for a missing Alabama girl (all times local):

6:50 p.m.

A reward has been increased for information leading to a missing 3-year-old...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama on Wednesday made its execution protocol public after being ordered to do so by a federal judge.

The Alabama Department of Corrections filed a redacted copy...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 LSU are in the process of turning long-held perceptions of the Southeastern Conference upside down.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama continues to lead in fundraising as he heads to a tough reelection fight.

The Deep South Democrat raised $2 million last quarter, more...

Recent editorials from Alabama newspapers:

BOAZ, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in Alabama have detained two persons of interest in the case of a missing man whose skeletal remains have been found scattered in a wooded area.

CULLMAN, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman is being charged with murder in the killings of her two young sons.

Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry told a news conference Tuesday that 32-year-old...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama authorities say they've arrested a 16-year-old boy in a shooting that left two people dead this summer.

Montgomery police say the youth is being charged with...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — South Carolina is projected to win the Southeastern Conference women's basketball championship, according to a media panel's preseason poll.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal appeals court says an Alabama man condemned to die for a killing more than 30 years ago should get a new sentencing hearing because of questions over his mental...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — In a story Oct. 14 about a 3-year-old girl's abduction in Alabama, The Associated Press reported erroneously that she was taken from her birthday party. A police spokesman...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A University of Alabama student is accused of threatening Louisiana State's Tiger Stadium during the school's Saturday night football game against the University of...

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — A German plastic manufacturing company will open its first facility in the United States in Alabama.

Gov. Kay Ivey confirmed in a statement Monday that ID Plastics LP has...

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Carnival Cruise Line and Alabama city officials have ceremonially signed an agreement to base a Carnival ship there for three more years.

DEMOPOLIS, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in Alabama say two victims who drowned in the Tombigbee River have been identified as high school students.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt believes quarterback Brian Maurer will be available Saturday at No. 1 Alabama after a concussion prevented the freshman from finishing a 20-10...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say a 10-year-old Alabama girl fought off a man trying to rape her by kicking him in the groin.

Citing a court affidavit, the Montgomery Advertiser...

NANTAHALA, N.C. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of an FBI photographer whose husband said she drowned in a creek in North Carolina.

CULLMAN, Ala. (AP) — Police say they will charge an Alabama woman in the deaths of her 3- and 9-year-old sons.

Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry says deputies responded to a home Saturday...

Georgia beats Notre Dame in a close game at home. Georgia loses to unranked South Carolina in double overtime at home. Both Notre Dame and Georgia are 5-1. Which team should be ranked higher:...

NEW YORK (AP) — LSU moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll, giving the Southeastern Conference the top two teams in the country for the 29th time and putting the Tigers...

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on NASCAR's race at Talladega Superspeedway (all times local):

3:35 p.m.

NASCAR's playoff race at Talladega Superspeedway has been postponed a day...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M's $75 million plan with Jimbo Fisher is stuck in neutral.

The Aggies are 3-3 and out of the Top 25 for the first time this season after losing 47-28...

LIVINGSTON, Ala. (AP) — A $2.5 million federal grant will help develop new workers with a goal of expanding economic development in rural west Alabama.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say a 3-year-old girl has been kidnapped from a birthday party in Alabama.

Police issued an Amber Alert late Saturday after someone in a dark SUV grabbed...

A college football season truly starts with the first big upset.

Game on.

No. 3 Georgia became the highest-ranked team to lose to an unranked team this season. The Bulldogs were popped...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Alabama is back on top and Tua Tagovailoa and the Tide look to stay there for a while.

Tagovailoa threw four touchdowns to smash a school career record, and No....

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Jahod Booker had seven catches for 106 yards and a touchdown and Alabama State beat Jackson State 31-16 on Saturday.

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Chase Elliott rebounded from last week's devastating engine failure to lead a Hendrick Motorsports sweep in qualifying for Sunday's playoff race at Talladega...

GRAMBLING, La. (AP) — Jakarie Nichols gave Grambling the lead on a TD run with 2:11 left and Koby Foster secured the win with a fumble recovery returned for a touchdown with 52 seconds left as the...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama's State Democratic Executive Committee has voted 80 to 73 to adopt new bylaws supported by the party chairwoman at a contentious meeting in Montgomery.

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — The first loser at Talladega Superspeedway better not have been hung out to dry in the closing laps by a teammate.

And in the case of Sunday's race, teammates will...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's defense finally delivered the kind of performance that Jeremy Pruitt's teams produced consistently during his career as an assistant coach.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A new research project getting under way around Tuscaloosa aims to document how people react to severe weather.

The University of Alabama says research sponsored by...

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — A new, $21 million aerospace facility has opened in north Alabama.

The Huntsville-based Dynetics will use the center in Decatur to assist with the design, construction...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Scattered rain across Alabama hasn't been enough to ease the wildfire threat.

The Alabama Forestry Commission says all 67 counties remain under a fire alert that was...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama boy has died after falling out of a wagon that's commonly used at a children's hospital in Birmingham.

Red wagons have been used for years to transport...

VERBENA, Ala. (AP) — A confrontation that began after a vehicle struck and killed a dog on a rural Alabama road ended with a woman shot dead, her husband wounded by gunfire and another man charged...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky and Arkansas are both looking to end losing streaks and record their first Southeastern Conference victory coming off bye weeks.