Alabama

Torrance has 26 points, key 3-point play as Alabama rallies to beat Providence 84-75 Mikhail Torrance scored 26 points and came up with a key three-point play to lift Alabama over Providence 84-75 on Friday night. After Andrew Steele's layup gave Alabama ...

Alabama unemployment rate rises to 10.9 percent in October, highest in more than 25 years Just two years after hitting a record low, the unemployment rate in Alabama climbed to 10.9 percent in October, the highest it has been in more than ...

The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the Appalachian region that ...

Report: Car caused Ala. school bus to plunge from overpass, killing 4 students in 2006 A new federal report says a passing car that went out of control caused an Alabama school bus wreck that killed four students in 2006. The wreck ...

Alabama judge appointed to hear no-bid contract case after several other judges step aside Jefferson County Circuit Judge Tom King has been appointed to hear a lawsuit filed by an Alabama legislative oversight committee trying to block a $13 million no-bid contract. ...

6 Alabama judges disqualify themselves from hearing lawsuit over state computer contract The six circuit judges in Montgomery County have disqualified themselves from hearing a lawsuit filed by a legislative oversight committee seeking to stop a $13 million no-bid computer contract. The ...

13-year-old Alabama boy accused of soliciting sex from police officer posing as prostitute An undercover officer posing as a prostitute in Alabama tried more than once to run off a 13-year-old boy who asked her for sex, but police say the teen ...

Mitchell scores 23 points to lead Alabama past Jackson State 86-69 Freshman Tony Mitchell scored 23 points to lead four Alabama players in double figures as the Crimson Tide gave first-year coach Anthony Grant his first victory, 86-69 over Jackson State on ...

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Alabama should use a sales tax for schools in troubled Jefferson County to start paying off the county's massive debt, local business leaders said on Tuesday. The intervention of the leaders represents a rare organized response by citizens ...

Maurice Kemp scores 19 points in Alabama A&M's 86-81 victory over Oakwood Maurice Kemp scored 19 points and Alabama A&M held off Oakwood for an 86-81 win on Monday night. With the Bulldogs (1-1) ahead 82-81, Desmond Jackson scored on a tip-in ...