All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 11 2014 // An Alabama law passed to rein in health care costs nearly three decades ago was at the heart of a judge’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit over what a man claims was a botched circumcision.Circuit Judge Jim Hughey III...
Aug 5 2014 // A lobbyist for the National Rifle Association said the gun lobby expects to support legislation in Alabama next year allowing people to carry a loaded handgun in their car without a permit.NRA lobbyist Michael Sullivan...
Aug 4 2014 // The Madison County Sheriff’s Department has reached a settlement with a Tennessee man who said he was beaten by several deputies and wrongfully arrested after an argument at a bar. Attorney Hank Sherrod said that he...
Aug 1 2014 // Miami-based broker-dealer Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. said it has acquired Highland Capital Brokerage Inc., an independent life, annuities and long term care insurance brokerage, for $42 million.Highland,...
Jul 31 2014 // In the Republican-heavy Southeast, critics said this week that a plan by President Barack Obama’s administration to cut pollution would raise electricity prices, result in job losses and may not significantly curtail...
Jul 30 2014 // Two doctors deny claims by an Alabama man who says his penis was amputated during what was supposed to be a routine circumcision, one of their lawyers said.Defense lawyer Will Axon said allegations in a lawsuit filed this...
Jul 29 2014 // Edward Lane’s Supreme Court victory in a landmark whistleblower case doesn’t change the fact he lost his state job and more than half his income while helping convict a state legislator of getting paid for not...
Jul 28 2014 // New research appears to confirm that laws against texting while driving do reduce traffic fatalities if they are primary enforcement laws.Primary texting bans are associated with a three percent reduction in traffic...
Jul 22 2014 // They’re often the first ones on the scene of major emergencies, but their numbers appear to be dwindling.Volunteer firefighters help communities in ways both obvious — fighting fires— and overlooked — improving...
Jul 14 2014 // An Alabama state senator wants to require drivers to stay three feet away from bicyclists after a recent fatal crash. Republican state Sen. Arthur Orr of Decatur told the Decatur Daily that he hopes lawmakers will approve...
Jul 10 2014 // More than 6.5 million homes along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at risk of storm surge inundation, representing nearly $1.5 trillion in total potential reconstruction costs. More than $986 billion of that risk is...
Jul 7 2014 // Oklahoma and Kansas may have the reputations as tornado hot spots, but Florida and the rest of the Southeast are far more vulnerable to killer twisters, a new analysis shows.Florida leads the country in deaths calculated...
Jul 3 2014 // A California court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Alabama State University against the auditing firm that’s reviewing the school’s finances.An attorney for Forensic Strategic Solutions said that Los Angeles...
Jun 20 2014 // A federal judge has tossed out a Catholic broadcaster’s legal claim that requiring employers to include contraception in their health care coverage is unconstitutional.U.S. District Judge Callie Granade issued the...
Jun 18 2014 // The opposing running back from Jack Crowe’s first game as a full-time high school coach died after a hit later in the 1972 season. Auburn’s starting fullback in 1983, Greg Pratt, collapsed and died after a...
Jun 16 2014 // Surviving a tornado in a wood-frame residential home is enhanced by an intact roof and standing walls, but light-weight garage doors can be the weak link to allowing high winds and pressure changes into a home that can...
Jun 9 2014 // The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that a family can’t sue a Dallas County town where firefighters are accused of leaving the remains of a fire victim inside a burned home.The court ruled last Friday that the town...
Jun 1 2014 // The Alabama Supreme Court has ordered a new trial in a lawsuit that resulted in a more than $1 million judgment against an auto parts manufacturer.The justices last Friday sided with Guyoungtech USA, Inc., which makes...
May 28 2014 // A federal judge has reinstated a lawsuit that “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee filed against a museum in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama. U.S. District Judge William Steele signed an order...
May 27 2014 // An Alabama casino lost any tribal immunity from dram-shop lawsuits when it agreed as part of the state licensing process that it would be financially responsible for damages in serving alcohol to an apparently intoxicated...