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Top state officials seem more interested in killing more killing than in fixing their gruesome mistakes

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey says an internal review of the state’s execution procedures is complete and the state will begin scheduling lethal injections

Strong winds and heavy rain damage homes, tens of thousands without power in parts of Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama.

At least six people were killed on Thursday when a tornado and powerful storms ravaged the southern US state of Alabama, rescue officials confirmed. The storms continued east to rake the neighboring state of Georgia, where the National Weather Service maintained tornado warnings in the early evening. Alabama Governor Kay…

The severe weather led to several deaths in Autauga County.

Alabama on Jan. 1 will become the latest state to allow people to carry a concealed handgun without getting a state permit that requires a background check

A federal judge says he will not block Mississippi from executing an inmate who is suing the state over its use of three drugs for lethal injections

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has announced a pause in her state’s use of capital punishment. It follows a run of botched lethal injection executions in the state, including two where the procedure had to be abandoned before the inmates succumbed to the cocktail of death drugs.

A federal judge will decide whether to block Mississippi from using three drugs when it puts inmates to death