Belief death penalty is applied unfairly shows capital punishment’s growing isolation in US
Experts say it remains uncertain if the public’s waning support of the death penalty and its declining use will ultimately result in its abolition
Experts say it remains uncertain if the public’s waning support of the death penalty and its declining use will ultimately result in its abolition
It’s also been increasingly difficult for medical providers to get benzathine penicillin injections — the main medical weapon against congenital syphilis — because of supply shortages
To make the stage, candidates must garner at least 6% in two approved national polls and amass at least 800,000 unique donors
Adm. Lisa Franchetti will lead the Navy. Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville put a hold to fight the Pentagon’s policy of paying for travel of service members to get an abortion
The state will have to draw two new Black-majority districts in Georgia’s 56-member state Senate and five new Black-majority districts in its 180-member state House
The $500 million in grants came from last year’s CHIPS and Science Act to stimulate investments in new technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing and biotech
A lower court ordered the district redrawn after finding that Republicans who control the state legislature improperly moved Democratic-leaning Black voters into another district to make the seat safer for Republican Rep. Nancy Mace in 2022
The plan sets the stage for potentially flipping one U.S. House of Representatives seat from Republican to Democratic control and for a second Black Congressional representative in Alabama
The Florida representative, part of the most hard-line wing of the Republican Party, has shown a keen desire for the spotlight in his six years in Washington
The justices, without any noted dissent, rejected the state’s plea to retain Republican-drawn lines that were turned down by a lower court
In blocking the newly drawn congressional map, the three-judge panel wrote that they are ‘deeply troubled’ that Alabama lawmakers flouted their instruction to create a second majority-Black district or something close to it
The journalist and cook from Alabama, based in San Sebastian, succeeded with a book on Basque gastronomy and has become an advocate of the Spanish culinary culture in the United States
New rulings on the bans may be imminent in Florida, Missouri and Texas in the coming week. A federal appeals court panel allowed Alabama to enforce its ban on the medical care for youth
In the decades before and after 1963, Black churches and denominations have had diverse priorities and political approaches
Residents had been warned to stay indoors Monday, as the threat of severe thunderstorms and tornados stretched from Alabama to New York
Carlee Russell turned herself in Friday on charges of false reporting to law enforcement and falsely reporting an incident. She was released on bond
Officials said the president was convinced by the head of Space Command, Gen. James Dickinson, who argued that moving his headquarters now would jeopardize military readiness
Since 1996, tornadoes in the United States have killed 815 people in mobile or manufactured homes, representing 53% of all the people killed at home during a tornado
The plan could defy a Supreme Court order to draw a second congressional district giving minority voters a greater voice in elections
James Barber, 64, was pronounced dead at 1:56 a.m. after receiving a lethal injection at a south Alabama prison
Republican politician Tommy Tuberville has stalled more than 260 military appointments due to his protest of the Defense Department’s abortion policy
Tuberville’s brief comment in the hallway follows several media interviews in which he has repeatedly declined to describe white nationalists as racist
Super Tuesday is when the largest number of delegates, which candidates win state-by-state, are up for grabs of any single day in the primary cycle
Authorities said 31 cows died in the northern Alabama town of Berlin during Saturday’s severe weather when lightning struck the tree they were hiding under
Record high temperatures around 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius) are forecast in parts of western Texas on Monday
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined with the court’s liberals in ordering the creation of a second district with a large Black population
Missouri and Nebraska proposals are poised for action as well, and could add to the list of at least 17 states that have enacted laws restricting or banning gender affirming care for minors