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Safiyah Riddle

Safiyah Riddle

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Crime|Health|Political|US

Lawsuit alleging Alabama officials illegally harvested inmates' organs can proceed, judge rules

An Alabama state judge ruled that a lawsuit accusing Alabama prisons of illegally harvesting the organs of people who died while incarcerated will be allowed to proceed

Health|Political|US

Alabama lawmakers pass legislation that could give pregnant women more access to health care

Alabama legislators unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday that would expedite access to Medicaid for pregnant women

Alabama lawmakers pass legislation that could give pregnant women more access to health care
Crime|Health|Political|US

Alabama deputy to plead guilty to assaulting a man having a mental crisis who later died in jail

A plea deal reveals that an Alabama sheriff’s deputy will plead guilty to assaulting a man suffering from a mental health crisis

Americas|Crime|Political|US

Alabama police officer denied immunity for shooting armed Black man in his front yard

An Alabama judge ruled that a police officer was not acting in self-defense when he shot an armed Black man who was standing in his own front yard

Crime|Political|US

Officer's murder trial hinges on whether he had a right to be on the property of a man he shot

The murder trial of an Alabama police officer who fatally shot an armed Black man in his front yard will depend on whether the officer had the authority to be at the man’s house in the first place

Crime|Political|US

New body camera video shows moments before Alabama police fatally shoot armed Black man

An Alabama judge heard conflicting testimony on Tuesday about newly released body camera video that captured the moments before a police officer fatally shot an armed Black man outside of his home

Crime|Political|US

Alabama police officer's murder trial will proceed, court rules

A criminal appeals court has ruled that the immunity hearing for an Alabama police officer charged with murder will proceed

Americas|Crime|Environment|US

Residents pick up the pieces after devastating storms scour the US South and Midwest

Residents and work crews in the South and Midwest are beginning to clean up and survey the destruction from a three-day outbreak of severe weather

Residents pick up the pieces after devastating storms scour the US South and Midwest
Political|US

'Bloody Sunday' 60th anniversary marked in Selma with remembrances and concerns about the future

Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers were attacked in Selma on March 7, 1965

'Bloody Sunday' 60th anniversary marked in Selma with remembrances and concerns about the future
Crime|Education|Political|US

Alabama minor is jailed with adults pre-trial in violation of federal law

Activists say an Alabama teenager's incarceration in an adult jail violates federal and state laws that require inmates who are minors to be separated from adults

Alabama minor is jailed with adults pre-trial in violation of federal law
Crime|Political|US

Alabama deputies indicted on charges of assaulting man who later died of hypothermia in jail

Two Alabama sheriff’s deputies were indicted on charges of using excessive force against a man who later died of sepsis and hypothermia in a local jail, according to court filings made public Tuesday

Crime|Political|US

Alabama city divided over whether to abolish police department accused of "culture of corruption"

A small Alabama city has been roiled by accusations that the local police department has a “rampant culture of corruption.”

Crime|Political|US

A rare bipartisan coalition in Alabama pushes ban on machine gun conversion devices

A bipartisan coalition in Alabama has come together to endorse a public safety package that would ban devices that convert semi-automatic weapons into machine guns

Crime|Political|US

Alabama seeks to join states that allow the death penalty for child rape

Alabama lawmakers advanced legislation that would allow child rapists to be sentenced to death

Crime|Political|US

Alabama jailers created deadly conditions to manipulate local officials for money, plea says

Plea documents in the case against a former Alabama jailer charged in the death of an inmate says officers intentionally kept the conditions “as filthy as possible” in an effort to increase their salaries and the jail budget

Political|US

More GOP-led states seek to follow Trump's lead in defining male and female

Alabama and a small but growing number of other GOP-led states are pushing to enact more laws this year to legally define the two sexes based on observations of genitals at birth

More GOP-led states seek to follow Trump's lead in defining male and female
Crime|Political|US

Federal judge hears request to block an upcoming nitrogen gas execution in Alabama

A federal judge has heard competing testimony over a request to block the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas

Federal judge hears request to block an upcoming nitrogen gas execution in Alabama
Crime|Political|US

Police in Alabama city roiled by protests lacked 'empathy' and 'transparency,' report finds

A redacted and highly anticipated investigation finds that law enforcement in a small North Alabama city often makes improper arrests and fails to thoroughly investigate civilian complaints

Crime|US

Alabama man charged with 11 homicides —including two mass shootings — pleads not guilty

An Alabama man charged with homicide in two separate mass shootings pleaded not guilty in state court

Alabama man charged with 11 homicides —including two mass shootings — pleads not guilty
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US mortgage delinquency rates fall to all-time low

– U.S. mortgage delinquency rates fell to a record low in the second quarter due to a strong job market and low interest rates prevailing on most home loans despite the big jump in mortgage rates over the last two years, a report on Thursday said. Delinquency rates fell to 3.37% at the end of the second quarter, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s National Delinquency Survey, their lowest since the MBA began collecting data in 1979 and down from 3.64% year-on-year. Seriously delinquent loans, which are 90 days or more past due or in the

US mortgage delinquency rates fall to all-time low
Economy|Health|News|US

Alabama birthing units are closing to save money and get funding. Some say babies are at risk

One of the last remaining birthing units in southern Alabama is slated to close to qualify for federal funding that will save the hospital’s emergency services

Crime|News|Political|US

Families describe assaults and deaths behind bars during hearing on Alabama prison conditions

Families of people incarcerated in Alabama prisons have described assaults, rapes, extortions, deaths and rampant drug availability and overdoses behind bars at a legislative public hearing

Crime

Alabama taps state and federal agencies to address crime in Montgomery

A coalition of state and local law enforcement officials announced a new task force in Alabama's capital called the Metro Area Crime Suppression Unit

Health|News

Two couples drop wrongful death suit against Alabama IVF clinic and hospital

Two couples who sued an Alabama hospital and in-vitro fertilization clinic where their embryos were accidentally destroyed have dropped their wrongful death lawsuit

Health|Sports

Youth football safety debate is rekindled by the same-day deaths of 2 young players

The recent same-day deaths of two young football players have rekindled a debate about the sport's safety risks

Youth football safety debate is rekindled by the same-day deaths of 2 young players

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