All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 2 2018 // Autonomous Caution“Unlike Arizona, California has taken a safety driven approach when developing autonomous vehicle regulations.” — Jim Frazier, a California Assemblyman, urged caution in his state...
Mar 23 2018 // The National Weather Service says there’s evidence that multiple tornadoes struck Alabama earlier this week, and it’s still counting.The weather service says survey teams have found tracks showing nine twisters...
Mar 22 2018 // With violent weather plowing through the Southeast, the kitchen windows exploded at Richard Brasher’s home in eastern Alabama.Using couch cushions for protection, Brasher hid in the bathtub with his wife, daughter...
Mar 21 2018 // Severe storms that spawned tornadoes damaged homes and downed trees as they moved across the Southeast on Monday night.Forecasters warned that the storms could threaten more than 29 million people, raising the risk of...
Mar 16 2018 // A proposal to let trained teachers carry firearms in public schools drew support and criticism during a legislative public hearing Wednesday as a committee grappled with the first action on a gun-related bill introduced in...
Mar 16 2018 // Lulled asleep by the humming of their Texas-bound charter bus following a trip to Disney World, members of a high school band were jarred awake before dawn Tuesday when the rig ran off a highway and plunged into a deep...
Mar 9 2018 // A bill that’s nearing a final vote could close a loophole in Alabama’s law to reduce drunk-driving deaths.The bill introduced by Republican state Sen. Jim McClendon would require drunk drivers to use an...
Mar 8 2018 // Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill into law that allows ridesharing companies such as Uber and Lyft to operate statewide.The legislation proposed by Rep. David Faulkner, a Republican, and Sen. Bobby Singleton, a Democrat, will...
Mar 5 2018 // A judge awarded nearly $15 million in a whistleblower lawsuit filed by a one-time mortuary worker who was threatened with being cremated alive for revealing fraud, his attorneys said Thursday.The judgment in favor of Barry...
Feb 27 2018 // An Alabama woman who works for Dothan’s Farm Service Agency has been arrested on multiple fraud charges. Federal authorities say 36-year-old Anna Marie Knowles, of Headland, was arrested Thursday and faces charges of...
Feb 20 2018 // Birmingham, Ala.-based Infinity Property and Casualty were bought for $1.4 billion.Kemper Corp. acquired the auto insurance provider in a cash and stock transaction, making it one of the largest nonstandard auto insurers...
Feb 19 2018 // The Alabama Department of Insurance has announced Jerry Workman as Deputy Commissioner. Workman will succeed Deputy Commissioner and Chief Actuary Charles Angell, who is retiring in July of 2018. He will lead the...
Feb 14 2018 // The father of an Alabama teenager missing in Aruba since 2005 is denying his ex-wife’s claims that a television show about the case was faked.Dave Holloway, an insurance agent in Meridian, Mississippi, released a...
Feb 7 2018 // Alabama on Tuesday became the latest state to file a lawsuit accusing OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP of fueling the opioid epidemic by deceptively marketing prescription painkillers to generate billions of dollars in...
Feb 7 2018 // The mother of Natalee Holloway, a U.S. teenager who vanished during her senior trip to Aruba in 2005, is seeking at least $35 million from the producers of what she contends was a fake television documentary about the...
Feb 6 2018 // The Alabama Supreme Court says a man can’t go forward with his lawsuit against a company involved in booking a death metal concert where he was injured.The justices on Friday blocked a lawsuit against the Los...
Jan 30 2018 // Alabama-based Alfa Insurance’s Executive Vice President of Operations Steve Rutledge will retire Feb. 1 after 33 years of service with the company.Rutledge began his career with Alfa in 1984 as a securities analyst...
Jan 23 2018 // ProAssurance Corporation, based in Birmingham, Ala., has promoted Edward L. “Ned” Rand, Jr. to chief operating officer.In this newly created position, Rand will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of...
Jan 5 2018 // Retailers Casualty Insurance Co. has received all regulatory approvals from the Alabama Department of Insurance to begin offering workers’ compensation coverage in the state of Alabama. Appointed agents may quote...
Jan 5 2018 // Alabama state troopers investigated nearly two dozen fatal traffic crashes during the holiday period, fewer deaths than reported a year earlier.AL.com reports that Alabama Law Enforcement Agency officials on Wednesday said...