Tag: Alabama

Alabama Man Executed for 1991 Murder of Woman

ATMORE, Ala.—An Alabama man who avoided execution in February was put to death Thursday for the 1991 murder of a woman who was abducted during a robbery and then shot in a cemetery. Willie B. Smith III, 52, received a lethal injection at a prison in southwest Alabama. He was pronounced dead at 9:47 p.m….


Police: 3rd Man Wanted in Alabama High School Football Game Shooting

MOBILE, Ala.—Police on Monday released the name of a third man wanted in an Alabama shooting that wounded two adults and three teenagers outside a high school football game. Mobile police said they had five warrants accusing Hezekiah Kaniel Belfon, 19, of attempted murder. Jai Montrell Scott, also 19, was arrested Sunday on the same…


Chinese Illegal Immigrant Charged Over Arson of Historic Alabama Church

A Chinese illegal immigrant has been charged with setting multiple fires to the First Baptist Church Montgomery in Alabama. The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced federal charges against Xiaoquin Yan, who was accused of setting four fires inside First Baptist Church Montgomery on Sept. 29, according to court filings reported by WSFA 12 News. Yan, a 27-year-old Chinese…


Alabama Swamped, 2 Killed in Floods From Slow-Moving Front

PELHAM, Ala.—Terrified drivers climbed out of swamped cars and muddy floodwater flowed through neighborhoods after a stalled weather front drenched Alabama for hours, leaving entire communities underwater Thursday and killing at least two people with still more drenching storms to come. Dozens of people had to be rescued Wednesday night in central Alabama, where the…


Suit Blames Baby’s Death on Cyberattack at Alabama Hospital

MOBILE, Ala.—An Alabama woman whose 9-month-old daughter died has filed suit against the hospital where she was born claiming it did not disclose that its computer systems had been crippled by a cyberattack, which resulted in diminished care that resulted in the baby’s death. Springhill Medical Center was deep in the midst of a ransomware…


Alabama House Bill Proposes Vaccine Injury Protection for Employees

If an individual was injured by an employer-mandated COVID-19 vaccine, a proposed Alabama bill will give the employee the right to take legal action against their employer. Though House Bill 16 was drafted earlier in the year, Alabama state Rep. Tommy Hanes, a Republican sponsor of the bill, told The Epoch Times that it has…


Alabama Health Care Group Halts COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate on Staff

An Alabama health care group suspended its plan to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for its staff, saying it must follow the law and wait for detailed federal guidance. Facing the threat of a lawsuit, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Health System announced that it stopped requiring health care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19, a…


Alabama Saw More Deaths Than Births in 2020 for the First Time in State History

The state of Alabama recorded more deaths than births in 2020, according to preliminary data gathered by state officials. “This past year 2020 is going to be the first year that we know of in the history of our state where we actually had more deaths than births. Our state literally shrunk,” Dr. Scott Harris,…


Alabama Recorded More Deaths Than Births in 2020 for 1st Time in State History

The state of Alabama recorded more deaths than births in 2020, according to preliminary data gathered by state officials. “This past year, 2020, is going to be the first year that we know of in the history of our state where we actually had more deaths than births. Our state literally shrunk,” Dr. Scott Harris,…


‘Some of Them Will Die’: Alabama Hit Hard by Monoclonal Antibody Rationing

The federal government’s sudden rationing of monoclonal antibody treatments, which keep Americans who get COVID-19 out of hospitals, is hitting Alabama hard, with some sites already running out of or projected to run out of supply soon. The antibodies are highly successful at stemming the effects of COVID-19 when given to patients soon after they…