Growth rings from the base of Auburn University's live oak at Toomer's Corner have revealed the tree's age of 83-85 years old at the time the trees were removed April 23.More>>
The long-discussed downtown intermodal transportation facility took one step closer to becoming a reality today. The Birmingham City Council voted to pay off what's owed to the Federal Transportation AdministrationMore>>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 5:26 PM EDT2013-05-21 21:26:05 GMT
The City of Birmingham has found ways to help survivors of the tornado in Oklahoma. Birmingham officials say cash donations should be given to the Christian Service Mission. The Mayor's office released
The City of Birmingham has found ways to help survivors of the tornado in Oklahoma.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 5:16 PM EDT2013-05-21 21:16:10 GMT
A grand jury indicted nine men charged in connection with a drug trafficking ring that brought $5 million in cocaine and heroin into the Birmingham metro over the course of a year. According to a statement
A grand jury indicted nine men charged in connection with a drug trafficking ring that brought $5 million in cocaine and heroin into the Birmingham metro over the course of a year. According to a statement
The description of the Legislature's 2013 session depends on a legislator's party label. The Senate's Republican leader calls it the best session since Republicans gained a majority in the 2010 election. The...
Dozens of Indian guest workers are suing an Alabama-based marine and fabrication company, claiming it financially exploited them and forced them to live in squalid conditions after bringing them to work at Gulf...
Dozens of Indian guest workers are suing an Alabama-based marine and fabrication company, claiming it financially exploited them and forced them to live in squalid conditions after bringing them to work at Gulf Coast...
Alabama's chief justice expects to lay off 150 employees after the state's new fiscal year starts Oct. 1 unless the court system gets more money than the Legislature appropriated.
Alabama's chief justice expects to lay off 150 employees after the state's new fiscal year starts Oct. 1 unless the court system gets more money than the Legislature appropriated.
Monday, May 20 2013 11:41 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:41:16 GMT
The Auburn baseball team, seeded 10th, will face a familiar foe in the first round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament as it is set to face seventh-seeded and in-state rival Alabama on Tuesday at the Hoover Met.
The Auburn baseball team, seeded 10th, will face a familiar foe in the first round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament as it is set to face seventh-seeded and in-state rival Alabama on Tuesday at the Hoover Met.
Friday, May 17 2013 7:50 PM EDT2013-05-17 23:50:32 GMT
The game of golf can be tough on you mentally. But what the Auburn Women's Golf team is going through right now is simply brutal, after finding out their head coach Kim Evans has ovarian cancer. Despite
The game of golf can be tough on you mentally, but what the Auburn Women's Golf team is going through right now is simply brutal.
Thursday, May 16 2013 11:51 PM EDT2013-05-17 03:51:05 GMT
Conner Kendrick and Terrance Dedrick combined to hold No. 11 Arkansas to just five hits and kept them out of the run column for the entire night as the Auburn baseball team picked up a 3-0 win on Thursday.
Conner Kendrick and Terrance Dedrick combined to hold No. 11 Arkansas to just five hits and kept them out of the run column for the entire night as the Auburn baseball team picked up a 3-0 win on Thursday.
Tuesday, May 14 2013 3:19 PM EDT2013-05-14 19:19:30 GMT
The Southeastern Conference and Big 12 Conference have agreed to play in the Big 12/SEC Challenge, a men's basketball inter-conference event that will begin during the 2013-14 season.
The Southeastern Conference and Big 12 Conference have agreed to play in the Big 12/SEC Challenge, a men's basketball inter-conference event that will begin during the 2013-14 season.
Monday, May 20 2013 11:41 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:41:16 GMT
The Auburn baseball team, seeded 10th, will face a familiar foe in the first round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament as it is set to face seventh-seeded and in-state rival Alabama on Tuesday at the Hoover Met.
The Auburn baseball team, seeded 10th, will face a familiar foe in the first round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament as it is set to face seventh-seeded and in-state rival Alabama on Tuesday at the Hoover Met.
Monday, May 20 2013 8:07 PM EDT2013-05-21 00:07:26 GMT
In theory, you're not supposed to have a lot of confidence going into your conference tournament after you dropped two of three in your last series of the regular season. But for the Alabama Crimson Tide,
In theory, you're not supposed to have a lot of confidence going into your conference tournament after you dropped two of three in your last series of the regular season.
Monday, May 20 2013 5:02 PM EDT2013-05-20 21:02:32 GMT
If Nick Saban was to walk away from the college football world today he would go down as one of the all-time greatest. Saban has won it all. Four BCS Championships, four SEC Championships, numerous coach
The college football world should be worried that Nick Saban isn't done building his legacy yet.
Saturday, May 18 2013 8:48 PM EDT2013-05-19 00:48:20 GMT
The Alabama Crimson Tide beat the Western Kentucky Lady Toppers 7-6 Saturday, to advance Sunday's 2013 NCAA Softball Tuscaloosa Regional championship game.
The Alabama Crimson Tide beat the Western Kentucky Lady Toppers 7-6 Saturday, to advance Sunday's 2013 NCAA Softball Tuscaloosa Regional championship game.
Students who survived the powerful tornado in Oklahoma are recounting moments of fear and acts of bravery by their teachers.
The principal's voice came on over the intercom at Plaza Towers Elementary School: A severe storm was approaching and students were to go to the cafeteria and wait for their parents to pick them up.
A new poll finds that teens are sharing more about themselves on social media. They're also moving increasingly to Twitter to avoid their parents and the "oversharing" that they see on Facebook.
Twitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavior. It said teens are sharing...
Authorities on Tuesday released nearly 600 photos that investigators took in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others.
Photos taken in the aftermath of the attack that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords show the handgun, high-capacity pistol magazines and knife that Jared Lee Loughner carried with him as he...
A judge promised more openness Tuesday after months of confidential post-trial proceedings in the case of murdered Washington intern Chandra Levy, disclosing for the first time why a key prosecution witness could...
A judge promised more openness Tuesday after months of confidential post-trial proceedings in the case of murdered Washington intern Chandra Levy, disclosing for the first time why a key prosecution witness could be...
When Jodi Arias addresses the jury in her murder trial, the big question will be whether she pleads for mercy or repeats what she told a TV reporter minutes after her conviction: She would rather be executed than...
Jodi Arias begged jurors Tuesday to give her life in prison, saying she "lacked perspective" when she told a local reporter in an interview that she preferred execution to spending the rest of her days in jail.
Mexico's top security officials gathered Tuesday in the western state of Michoacan to launch a campaign with thousands of army troops to rescue towns besieged, sometimes for months, by the powerful Knights...
Mexico's top security officials promised Tuesday that a new federal offensive to rescue towns besieged by the Knights Templar drug cartel in western Michoacan state would stay "until there is security and peace for all...
A first edition copy of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" that contains author J.K. Rowling's notes and original illustrations has sold for 150,000 pounds ($228,000) at a London auction.
For fans of the boy wizard, this could be the most coveted copy of all the "Harry Potter" books in the world.
Egyptian security officials say they have deployed additional military and police, along with helicopters and rocket launchers, to the northern Sinai Peninsula as part of a buildup in response to the kidnapping of...
Egyptian troops and police mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, security officials said, in the opening salvo of a sweep searching for security personnel kidnapped by suspected militants.
Nigeria's military said Tuesday that the West African nation would release some of the prisoners it has taken in the country's fight against Islamic extremists - including all the women now held in custody.
Nigeria's military said Tuesday that the West African nation would release some of the prisoners it has taken in the country's fight against Islamic extremists - including all the women now held in custody.
U.N. officials said Tuesday that the number of Syrian refugees arriving in Jordan has suddenly fallen from an average of 2,500 a day to fewer than 20, and they are trying to quickly figure out why.
U.N. officials said Tuesday that the number of Syrian refugees arriving in Jordan has suddenly fallen from an average of 2,500 a day to fewer than 20, and they are trying to quickly figure out why.
Egypt's president has signed a new tax law that cuts the amount paid by poorer Egyptians while increasing taxes on small and medium-sized businesses.
Egypt's president signed a new tax law Tuesday that cuts the amount paid by poorer Egyptians in the latest move aimed at reforming the country's economy.
A goat believed to have escaped en route to a slaughterhouse snarled the morning commute along one of the busiest roadways in northern New Jersey on Tuesday, leading police on a nearly two-hour chase.
A goat believed to have escaped en route to a slaughterhouse snarled the morning commute along one of the busiest roadways in northern New Jersey on Tuesday, leading police on a nearly two-hour chase.
A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than 2 days, bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park favorite.
A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than two days - 384 times, up and around - bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park...
An ethno-inspired flute and drum tune from Denmark is the bookmakers' favorite to win this year's Eurovision Song Contest, which also features a bizarre opera pop number from Romania and an Armenian rock song...
Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from...
Monday, May 20 2013 8:02 PM EDT2013-05-21 00:02:46 GMT
A bill allowing gun owners to stow their firearms in their car while they work has been approved by the Alabama House of Representatives and is waiting for Gov. Robert Bentley for an expected signature.
A bill allowing gun owners to stow their firearms in their car while they work has been approved by the Alabama House of Representatives and is waiting for Gov. Robert Bentley for an expected signature.
Monday, May 20 2013 8:15 PM EDT2013-05-21 00:15:19 GMT
More than 100 Alabama National Guard soldiers return home to Alabama, Monday afternoon. The Bravo Company, 1st Battalion of the 167th Infantry Regiment arrives in Pelham at 1 p.m. Monday. The famed "Fourth
More than 100 Alabama National Guard soldiers return home to Alabama Monday afternoon.
Monday, May 20 2013 11:29 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:29:12 GMT
For those of you who regularly use Highway 280" in Jefferson and Shelby counties, get ready for some possibly delays due to road work. Alabama Department of Transportation Department crews plan to are
For those of you who regularly use Highway 280" in Jefferson and Shelby counties, get ready for some possibly delays due to road work. Alabama Department of Transportation Department crews plan to are
