The University of Alabama at Birmingham says the UAB Health System has reached an agreement with UnitedHealthcare in principle on a new health insurance contract.

Lawmakers announced a proposed bill Thursday that would allow the death penalty to be given to criminals who commit rape or sodomy of children under the age of ...

A lengthy investigation by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office resulted in a search and seizure of over $600,000 in illegal ...

An “ugly face” jug that was a hallmark of the celebrated Southern folk artist Lanier Meaders was recently uncovered at a Goodwill store in the Midwest.

Two Colorado deputies have been disciplined for violating state law by helping federal agents make immigration arrests, and ...

When Michigan native Kaila Kuhn takes flights, she prefers to be alone. Not on a plane — but on her skis, where she knows she’s in total command of her destiny.

Two top leaders in a rural Texas county were asleep and a third was out of town in the initial hours of a catastrophic flood ...

After months of uncertainty, the race to become California’s next governor started Thursday. Former Vice President Kamala Harris’ decision Wednesday to bypass the ...

A Peruvian survivor of clergy sex abuse brought her public campaign for reforms to the American hometown of Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, saying he failed in investigating her case when ...

A Walker County man was sentenced Thursday for illegally possessing cocaine, U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona announced. Shannon Herron, 50, of Jasper, was sentenced ...

A federal court on Thursday denied a request by attorneys for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to remove the judge overseeing the protracted legal battle over his death ...

Salaam Green, Birmingham’s inaugural poet laureate, is one of 23 recipients of the Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship. The fellowship awards a ...