Alabama

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Alabama man shook and gasped in final moments of nitrogen gas execution
Death of Carey Dale Grayson, 50, marks third time the US state has killed someone using controversial method

Ed Pilkington, Sam Levine and agency

22, Nov, 2024 @2:19 PM

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Alabama executes third man this year with controversial nitrogen gas
Carey Dale Grayson was killed on Thursday for 1994 murder by technique that previously caused visible signs of distress

Ed Pilkington

22, Nov, 2024 @12:58 AM

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One person killed and 16 injured at Alabama university homecoming event
Shooting at Tuskegee University is fourth reported at homecoming events in US within the last three weeks

Maya Yang in New York

10, Nov, 2024 @8:34 PM

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Shomari Figures elected as first congressman in Alabama’s redrawn majority-Black district
Mobile-born Figures, who worked in Obama’s White House, becomes first Black person to hold position since 1832

Adria R Walker

06, Nov, 2024 @6:19 AM

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‘Excitement in the air’: newly created Alabama district votes for first time
District two, where Black people comprise 48.7% of the population, was carved after a 2023 supreme court ruling

Adria R Walker with photographs by Arielle Gray

05, Nov, 2024 @1:00 PM

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Some US states have firearm death rates comparable to countries in conflict, report says
Mississippi’s firearm-related violence rate nearly double that of Haiti, which is plagued by political and gang strife

Jessica Glenza

30, Oct, 2024 @5:05 PM

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US man, 75, has fatal heart attack while saving grandson from drowning
Charles ‘Chuck’ Graves spent final moments rescuing five-year-old grandchild in waters off Alabama’s Gulf coast

Ramon Antonio Vargas

26, Oct, 2024 @9:00 AM

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US judge bars Alabama from purging thousands of voters before election
Republican state official tried to remove more than 3,200 people from voter rolls on suspicion they were non-citizens

Sam Levine in New York

16, Oct, 2024 @9:37 PM

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Lilly Ledbetter, equal pay champion who inspired Fair Pay Act, dies aged 86
Ledbetter sued employer Goodyear in 1998 after finding out she was paid $6,500 less than lowest-paid male supervisor

Eric Berger

14, Oct, 2024 @8:31 PM

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These Native tribes share a history. A conflict steeped in colonialism is tearing them apart
A complicated legal fight between the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and the Poarch Creek Indians could have ripple effects throughout Indian country

Melissa Hellmann

09, Oct, 2024 @1:00 PM

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Six days of horror: America’s thirst for executions returns with a vengeance
Five executions, five states: a glut of judicial killing not seen in 20 years took place last week – and there was nothing random about it

Ed Pilkington in New York

29, Sep, 2024 @10:00 AM

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‘Eating the Dawgs’: Trump hailed at Georgia-Alabama game alongside Kid Rock and John Daly
Donald Trump visited the University of Alabama campus on Saturday for a showdown between the No 4 Crimson Tide and No 2 Georgia Bulldogs

Guardian sport and Associated Press

29, Sep, 2024 @3:42 AM

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