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January 18, 2024

Minister attending nitrogen gas execution of Alabama prisoner asks state for extra safety precautions

Rev. Jeff Hood, a spiritual adviser attending the nitrogen gas execution of Kenneth Smith in Alabama, has asked the state for additional safety precautions for bystanders and witnesses.

January 16, 2024

Alabama death row execution by nitrogen gas could 'amount to torture,' violate human rights treaties, UN says

The United Nations is calling for Alabama to halt the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith over the method planned, nitrogen hypoxia, which it says is torture.

January 15, 2024

Woman leaves date in the dust after he tries to bamboozle her into babysitting kids

A single woman described being bamboozled into babysitting on a dinner date gone wrong in a viral TikTok video that garnered over 1 million views.

January 12, 2024

Nick Saban's daughter says father's retirement is 'bittersweet moment' in Instagram post

Nick Saban's daughter, Kristen Setas, wrote in a message on Instagram that her father's retirement as Alabama's football coach was a "bittersweet moment."

January 11, 2024

Alabama judge greenlights hitman's experimental execution: 'not guaranteed a painless death'

Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, is scheduled to be executed by Alabama's new nitrogen hypoxia method on Jan. 25, despite his attorney's arguments that being a test subject would violate his rights.

January 10, 2024

Family claims deceased Alabama inmate's missing heart still unaccounted for after 50 days

The Alabama DOC returned Brandon Dotson to his family with his heart missing – their attorney contends this is evidence of a pattern of "improperly and likely illegally" taking organs.

January 9, 2024

Alabama murder suspect released from jail after 6 years

AL man Yeldon Rostchild has been released from jail after six years of being held for suspected murder. He pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice as part of the terms of his release.

January 8, 2024

Nebraska Senator introduces bill to make nitrogen asphyxiation a legal method of execution

State Sen. Loren Lippincott of NE seeks to legalize asphyxiation by nitrogen when carrying out the death penalty, even as the first execution by nitrogen is blocked in Alabama courts

January 8, 2024

Former Alabama priest who left country, married teen officially defrocked

Former 30-year-old priest from AL, Alex Crow requested his own removal from the Catholic clergy after leaving the country with an 18-year old student over the summer.

January 8, 2024

America's oddest laws include bans against dressing as nuns, eating frogs and feeding alligators

In part one of Fox News Digital's series on odd and surprising laws in America, find out what you cannot do in Alabama through Missouri. Then, stay tuned for parts two and three.