Alabama

Alabama might soon allow yoga in public schools, but a ban on the word "namaste" would stay in effect.

A man convicted in the 2004 killings of three police officers who were shot by another man was executed Thursday evening in Alabama.

Thousands of people joined the Democratic presidential candidates on Sunday to march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma in honor of the black civil rights protesters attacked by white police there.

A cop marching behind a group of dancers in a Mardi Gras parade couldn’t resist but join in the festivities.

The bill was introduced by State Rep. Rolanda Hollis, D-Birmingham, who said it was in response to last year’s abortion bill in Alabama.

During the procession for a fallen Alabama police officer, someone captured a photo of a man kneeling in the pouring rain to pray as police vehicles drove by. 

"She was the star in our families solar system," her father wrote on Facebook.

Lloyd Black of Alabama said he started going to the gym after simple tasks became hard. He now goes three times a week.

Police say she willingly got into a dark Mercedes SUV on Tuesday and hasn't been seen since.

Investigators learned the children had been locked in the cages on "multiple occasions," according to authorities.

Human remains found buried in a shallow grave in a backyard have been identified as Paighton Houston, an Alabama woman who texted she feared she was “in trouble” before disappearing last month, police said Friday.

An Alabama man who was found to be in possession of meth and heroin during his arrest on Saturday had an unusual request for the arresting officers: to take a photo with them.

In the post, two officers are shown with attached cardboard signs, apparently confiscated from homeless individuals panhandling for money.

A 19-year-old Alabama man was charged with aggravated child abuse after his infant daughter was found with 22 broken ribs, a broken arm and a broken leg.

Three 16-year-olds were killed and a fourth was seriously injured when a vehicle left a road and ran into trees on Christmas night in south Alabama, authorities said Thursday.

Tamika Stallworth is facing a murder charge.

The child, known as "Cupcake" to relatives, vanished while outside a birthday party on Oct. 12. Her body was found in a trash bin that had been taken to a landfill.

Authorities say a body recovered in Alabama is that of a 5-year-old Florida girl who went missing earlier this month.

Officials say Sheriff John Williams was shot at a gas station by an 18-year-old suspect.