Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Alabama Pioneers First Nitrogen Asphyxiation Execution

Alabama Pioneers First Nitrogen Asphyxiation Execution

Alabama executes Kenneth Smith with nitrogen asphyxiation. Governor Ivey defends it as humane, facing rights experts’ opposition. Smith survived a previous botched lethal injection, sparking ethical concerns. In a historic move, the state of Alabama executed convicted murderer Kenneth Smith through nitrogen asphyxiation, marking the first use of this method in the state. Governor Kay … Read more

Alabama Adopts Nitrogen Hypoxia for Death Penalty Executions

Alabama Adopts Nitrogen Hypoxia for Death Penalty Executions

Alabama to execute Kenneth Smith using nitrogen hypoxia after Supreme Court decline. Controversial method involves inhaling lethal nitrogen concentrations, permitted in few states. Execution process includes strapping inmate to gurney, administering nitrogen through gas mask, raising risks and human rights concerns. Alabama is set to carry out its first-ever execution using nitrogen hypoxia as the … Read more

Severe Storms Sweep Eastern US, Causing Havoc

Storms Sweep Eastern US

Tornado watches and severe weather alerts issued. Fatalities reported due to lightning strike and falling tree. Over 700,000 power outages, flight disruptions, and cancellations. Intense storms swept across the eastern United States on Monday, causing fatalities, power outages, flight cancellations, and delays. The severe weather affected millions and led to tornado watches across several states … Read more

Alabama Woman Vanishes After Reporting Child on Freeway

Alabama Woman

Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell, 25, is missing in Hoover, Alabama after reporting a toddler walking on the road. A reward of $25,000 is offered for information leading to Russell’s whereabouts. Additional $20,000 reward provided by a mystery source, in addition to $5,000 raised by CrimeStoppers.   Police are searching for a 25-year-old woman named Carlethia … Read more

Octavia Spencer claims that she felt more racism in Los Angeles than in Alabama

Octavia Spencer

Octavia Spencer revealed that she “felt more racism when I first moved” to Los Angeles. She thought it would be an “open and liberal-thinking place. Spencer noted the value of “spending meaningful time with relatives” and claimed she now has “a home there.” On a recent episode of the WTF with Marc Maron podcast, Octavia … Read more

Alabama: Tornadoes kill at least nine people

Tornadoes

Alabama and Georgia governors have both declared states of emergency. At least six people have been killed by tornadoes in Alabama. The bad weather is expected to persist overnight. More than a dozen tornadoes tore through the Southeastern United States on Thursday, leaving at least nine people dead with the number likely to rise. Director … Read more

Five-year-old among seven dead in US tornadoes

US tornadoes

At least seven people have died as a result of tornadoes in Georgia and Alabama. A tree fell on a car, killing a five-year-old, in Jackson, Georgia. More than 30 million people were under threat on Thursday. At least seven people have died as a result of tornadoes in Georgia and Alabama, and they are … Read more

Alabama: Tornadoes kill at least six people

Tornado

Alabama and Georgia governors have both declared states of emergency. At least six people have been killed by tornadoes in Alabama. The bad weather is expected to persist overnight. At least six people have been killed by tornadoes in Alabama, according to local officials, who said they are “still searching for bodies”. The National Weather … Read more

Travis Barker spotted with beloved daughter Alabama on lunch

Travis Barker

Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker stepped out with his daughter Alabama. In a simple black t-shirt and skinny black jeans on Wednesday.  Kourtney Kardashian revealed she initially turned down his romantic advances. Travis Barker cut a low-key figure as he left the house with his adored daughter Alabama, after it was announced that his wife Kourtney … Read more

A city council in Alabama decided to abolish its police force after receiving a racist text message

A city council

According to the mayor, James Latimer, a three-member police department in Alabama has been disbanded after the assistant chief sent other officers a racist text message. James Srygley, the chief of police, and John L. Gross, the assistant chief of police, were both motioned to be suspended with pay at an emergency meeting of the … Read more

Watch: Police follow cow along an Alabama highway

alabama highway

A cow escaped from an animal control vehicle on Interstate 65 near Cullman, Alabama. A video shows the cow running along the median while a county animal control car pursues her. It’s unclear whether the cow was ultimately corralled in the middle of the busy highway. An unusual traffic problem held down motorists on an … Read more

Alabama authorities searching for a kangaroo on loose

kangaroo

A kangaroo has been spotted roaming free in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The sheriff’s office is attempting to identify the owner of the animal. It was spotted hopping along Rose Boulevard near US Highway 82 on Tuesday morning. A kangaroo has been seen roaming free in Tuscaloosa County, and local authorities and a zoo are working … Read more

Internet shocked by 5-year-old dressed as ‘Real-Life Chucky’

real-life chucky

Images of a 5-year-old boy dressed as Chucky from ‘Child’s Play’ have gone viral on the internet. The photographs depict the human Chucky standing on the side of the road. Photos of a 5-year-old dressed as “real-life Chucky” the possessed, deadly doll from the 1988 blockbuster film ‘Child’s Play‘ – have gone viral on the … Read more

U.S appeals court has reopened the Roundup weedkiller cancer case

U.S

An appeals court revived a lawsuit claiming Bayer’s Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer. It is the latest in a string of legal defeats for the company.  To avoid billions of dollars in damages. Bayer said it disagreed with the ruling and would consider its options. The U.S government requested court on Tuesday resuscitated a claim … Read more

Officers slain in line of duty remembered by the Mississippi mourners

Mississippi

Croom however, killed while responding to a domestic violence call on June 9. He luckily remembered as someone willing to serve any community where he worked. A police officer killed in the line of duty in Mississippi earlier this month. He was remembered there and in his Alabama hometown as someone who was willing to … Read more

Two killed, one wounded in Alabama church shooting

alabama church

The incident occurred at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in the town of Vestavia Hills, Alabama. The church was having a potluck dinner when a lone gunman entered and opened fire. The church’s website says that the incident happened when the church was having a potluck dinner. WASHINGTON, United States: As per police, Thursday’s shooting at … Read more

The CEO of Amazon’s Worldwide Consumer Division resigns

Consumer

Dave Clark, Amazon’s Worldwide Consumer CEO, is resigning after 23 years at the e-commerce giant. Clark helped build and oversee the company’s sprawling logistics network. The departure comes as Amazon faces new challenges, including slowing growth, regulatory scrutiny, and labor unrest. Amazon encountered a flood popular and recruiting during the pandemic as customers moved a … Read more

Judge has blocked an Alabama statute that criminalizes the prescription of puberty

Just one week after the legislation went into effect, a federal court in Alabama suspended a new Alabama law that made it a crime for doctors to provide puberty blockers and hormone therapies to adolescents. In the midst of a legal challenge to the Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act, U.S. District Judge Liles Burke … Read more

US says investigating deaths of five children linked to mystery liver disease

US

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that it is examining 109 cases of a strange form of hepatitis in children, including five deaths. “Investigators both here and abroad and around the globe are working hard to determine the cause,” said Jay Butler, deputy director for infectious diseases for the CDC. Hospitalization … Read more

A fugitive guard chatted over the phone from a state institution.

The “very dangerous” Alabama prisoner and the prison officer who assisted him in escaping and then fleeing with him chatted on the phone on a frequent basis over the last two years while the offender was incarcerated in a separate institution, according to the local sheriff. Casey Cole White, 38, and Vicky White, 56 – … Read more

Airbus announces profit & plans to build new aeroplane assembly line in Alabama

Airbus

Airbus announced on Wednesday that its first-quarter profit more than tripled to 1.22 billion euros ($1.28 billion), owing to an increase in aircraft deliveries as airlines recover from the worst of the epidemic. By 2025, the company intends to increase the production of its A320 family of planes, which compete with Boeing 737s, to 75 … Read more

Whoopi Goldberg outrageous over anti-abortion law; slams Supreme court

slap

Whoopi Goldberg outrageous over anti-abortion law; slams Supreme court “The View” mediator has conveyed a shriveling minute-long speech pummeling the Supreme Court’s draft administration which would topple Roe v. wade, the milestone choice that authorized early termination cross country. The 66-year-old — who has recently examined an unlawful fetus removal she had as a young … Read more

Warrant out for inmate and correctional officer in Alabama who escaped

Alabama

Warrant out for inmate and correctional officer in Alabama who escaped An Alabama correctional official who escaped with a man hung on murder allegations presently has a warrant out for her capture. A warrant was given for Vicky White, an associate head of rectifications for Lauderdale County, on charges of allowing or working with escape … Read more