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This photo taken in Decatur, Ala., Tuesday, March 25, 2025, shows the Alabama courthouse. (AP Photo/Safiyah Riddle, File)

Alabama ex-officer insists he had ‘stand your ground’ right when he shot an armed Black man

A former Alabama police officer who shot an armed Black man is trying to win back his claim to self-defense. An appeal filed Thursday says the initial decision misinterpreted Alabama’s “stand your ground” law.

This 2024 photo provided by Sama Ebrahimi Bajgani shows her and her fiance, Alireza Doroudi, who was detained by immigration officials in March 2025. (Alireza Doroudi via AP)

Iranian student in Alabama to self-deport despite withdrawal of initial charge behind his arrest

A Hanceville resident gives an emotional testimony about whether the local police department should be disbanded, in Hanceville, Ala., Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Safiyah Riddle, File)

Nearly 60 cases dismissed due to corruption in Alabama police department

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey visits the sidelines during an NCAA football game between Troy and Arkansas State, Oct. 7, 2023, in Troy, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt, File)

Alabama governor overhauls state’s largest water utility amid cries of racial discrimination

Defensive back William Hardrick (3) runs in the second half of the Arizona Bowl NCAA college football game against Colorado State, Dec. 28, 2024, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)

Austin Peay defensive back William Hardrick dies at the age of 22

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Trump does impression transgender weightlifters during Alabama speech

President Trump did a grunting impression of a female weightlifter as he criticized the participation of transgender women in sports. The President spoke on Thursday night at the University of Alabama.

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Trump offers encouragement to University of Alabama graduates in speech interspersed with politics

Sheila the runaway kangaroo shuts down traffic on Alabama interstate

Alabama zoo has new rescued male mountain lion cub to join their female rescue cub

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Alabama sets a June date for its 5th execution using nitrogen gas

Court rules Alabama violated Voting Rights Act in drawing congressional lines

Alabama lawmakers vote to make Juneteenth an official state holiday

Alabama lawmakers vote to ban cellphone use in K-12 public schools

Alabama lawmakers approve tax cuts for food, diapers and other items

Lulu Gribbin, second from left, an Alabama teenager who survived a shark attack in 2024, speaks with attorney Charlanna Skaggs, second from right, and Alabama lawmaker Rep. David Faulkner, right, at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., Wednesday, April 9, 2025. Faulkner has proposed an alert system, named for Gribbin, that would warn other beach goers when there has been an unprovoked shark attack in the area. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

Alabama governor signs shark bite alert system into law named after teen who survived attack

Birmingham, Ala., Mayor Randall Woodfin, moderates a conversation with Vice President Kamala Harris at the National Urban League Annual Conference, July 22, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Birmingham fights against losing control of its water board, citing racial discrimination

This 2024 photo provided by Sama Ebrahimi Bajgani shows her and her fiance, Alireza Doroudi, who was detained by immigration officials in March 2025. (Alireza Doroudi via AP)

International students in Alabama fearful after researcher with no political ties is detained

Families end challenge to Alabama ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors

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Democratic Alabama State Representatives Patrick Sellers and Kelvin Datcher at the Alabama statehouse, speaking out against a bill that would strip Birmingham of control over the state's largest water board. Montgomery, Ala., May 1, 2025. (Safiyah Riddle/Associated Press).

Bill overhauling Alabama’s largest water utility heads to governor’s desk despite local outcry

Alabama lawmakers approve bill to let Alfa sell health benefit plans

A group of African American students, left, enter the Boothville-Venice School in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana on Sept. 12, 1966 as a group of white mothers wait at the entrance of the school. (AP Photo/Jack Thornell, file)

The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fall

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President Donald Trump gestures after giving a commencement address at the University of Alabama, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump offers advice to University of Alabama graduates in speech interspersed with politics

Texas A&M defensive back Will Lee III reacts after a play against Arkansas during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. Texas A&M won 21-17. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Alabama’s Williams, LSU’s Perkins and Texas’ Baxter top list of SEC players to watch in ’25

Wake Forest running back Demond Claiborne (1) runs back a kick return for a touchdown during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Miami, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Players to watch in the Atlantic Coast Conference next season

In this image taken from video, a runaway kangaroo moves down a stretch of interstate in Tuskegee, Ala., Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Austin Andrew Price via AP)

Runaway kangaroo on the loose named Sheila shuts down Alabama interstate

Federal lawsuit against Florida ban on ‘lab-grown’ meat still alive after judge’s ruling

Alabama linebacker Jihaad Cambell celebrates after being chosen by the Philadelphia Eagles with the 31st overall pick during the first round of the NFL football draft, Thursday, April 24, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Eagles move up 1 spot and take Alabama LB Jihaad Campbell in the NFL draft

Alabama offensive lineman Tyler Booker, right, celebrates with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell after being chosen by the Dallas Cowboys with the 12th overall pick during the first round of the NFL football draft, Thursday, April 24, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Cowboys take Alabama offensive lineman Tyler Booker with 12th pick in NFL draft

Prolific civil rights attorney Fred Gray talks outside of the Alabama Bar Association in downtown Montgomery, Ala., Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Safiyah Riddle)

Legendary civil rights attorney Fred Gray honored with statue in Alabama

Alabama executes a man who said he was guilty and deserved to die for a woman’s rape and murder

This undated photo provided by Alabama Department of Corrections, shows James Osgood, who was convicted of capital murder for the 2010 rape and murder of Tracy Lynn Brown, in Chilton County, and is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP)

Alabama executes a man who said he was guilty of rape and murder and deserved to die

Black man hospitalized after police shocked and punched him during arrest in Alabama dies

This undated image provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows inmate James Osgood, who was sentenced to death for the 2010 rape and murder of Tracy Lynn Brown. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP, File)

Alabama inmate seeks his execution, saying he believes in ‘an eye for an eye’

Cars move during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Talladega Superspeedway, Sunday, April 21, 2024, in Talladega. Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill, File)

AUTO RACING: Xfinity’s Smith thunderstruck after Love’s DQ and NASCAR rolls into Talladega

High school football recruit in Alabama declines $750,000 NIL deal to stay in state, trainer says

Alabama lawmakers advance local ‘Laken Riley’ bill that deputizes police to enforce immigration law

South Alabama QB Gio Lopez announces plan to transfer to North Carolina