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December 22, 2016

Oregon smokejumper deployed to Alabama dies after fall

A federal smokejumper deployed to Alabama to help battle wildfires has died a month after falling over a concrete railing while walking back to his hotel.

December 21, 2016

Officer critical, suspect dead after shooting in Alabama

Authorities say a police officer was shot and critically wounded while responding to a domestic call in the south Alabama city of Saraland.

December 19, 2016

Off-duty Alabama police officer wounded in shooting at party

Authorities say an off-duty police officer is hospitalized after he was wounded by gunfire during a surprise party for his wife.

December 19, 2016

Training center mistakenly exposed students to deadly ricin

A federal terrorism response center in Alabama mistakenly used the lethal form of the toxin ricin as it trained thousands of firefighters, paramedics and other emergency responders during the past five years.

December 16, 2016

Alabama student dies after being shot in Florida last year

A University of Alabama student has died more than a year after he was shot in the head during a Florida vacation.

December 14, 2016

4 dead in Alabama after vehicle goes off dock, official says

An official is identifying the four people killed after a vehicle drove off a boat landing in northeastern Alabama.

December 11, 2016

Advocates call Alabama execution an 'avoidable disaster'

Defenders of a condemned inmate in Alabama are calling his execution an "avoidable disaster." For 13 minutes after he was sedated to avoid an unconstitutionally painful death, Ronald Bert Smith Jr. was seen coughing, gasping and moving.

December 10, 2016

Alabama inmate coughs, heaves, during execution by injection

Thirteen minutes into his execution by injection, an Alabama inmate heaved and coughed and appeared to move during tests meant to determine consciousness.

December 9, 2016

The Latest: Critics say Alabama execution drug is flawed

The Latest on the execution in Alabama of a man convicted of killing a store clerk (all times local): 11:40 a.m.

December 9, 2016

Alabama inmate executed after two court-ordered delays

A man convicted of killing a convenience store clerk more than two decades ago in Alabama was put to death Thursday night, the state's second execution this year.