A Montgomery man has been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to gun and drug charges.
An Alabama pastor and voting rights activist, who is the half-brother of the Rev. Al Sharpton, pleaded guilty Friday to federal tax evasion, mail fraud, and drug conspiracy charges.
Two men from Chilton County have been sentenced for illegally possessing guns.
An appeals court has rejected a $95 million defamation lawsuit against Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen filed by former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore.
A Montgomery man has been convicted of sex trafficking, including coercing victims into prostitution.
Alabama’s law criminalizing the use of gender-affirming medications to treat transgender youth now faces a federal test.
Two former school superintendents from north Alabama are among six people facing charges of conspiracy, fraud and identity theft after they were indicted by a federal grand jury in Montgomery. Court documents unsealed today show former Athens school Superintendent Trey Holladay and former Limestone County Superintendent Tom Sisk were indicted, along with four other people including Holladay’s wife, Deborah Irby…
A federal judge in San Francisco has approved a $1.2 billion settlement with owners of about 88,500 Volkswagens with 3-liter diesel engines rigged to cheat on emissions tests. Judge Charles Breyer gave the deal final approval during a hearing Thursday. The deal ends most of the litigation over VW’s cheating scandal, which became public in 2015. Owners of 3-liter models…
A federal lawsuit is challenging Alabama’s practice of stripping convicted felons’ of their right to vote. Greater Birmingham Ministries and a number of Alabamians who are not allowed to vote because of a past felony conviction filed the lawsuit Monday in Montgomery federal court. The Alabama Constitution dictates that people convicted of felonies involving “moral turpitude” will no longer be…
A federal appeals court says people do not have a right to carry concealed weapons in public under the 2nd Amendment. An 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued the ruling Thursday. The panel says law enforcement officials can require applicants for a concealed weapons permit to show they are in immediate danger or otherwise have…
