Tag Archives: Alabama

US President Joe Biden has expressed outrage at the death of six people — including a child — who were shot at a birthday party and a park, blasting rival Republican national leaders for collaborating with the nation’s gun lobby to “further erode gun safety.” “Guns are the leading killer …

An Alabama man has died of heart failure after he was turned away by 43 hospitals, whose intensive care units were overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients amid a surge of new cases. Emergency staff at a local hospital where Ray Martin DeMonia, 73, was admitted to reached out to 43 hospitals …

Five states have intensive care units over 90% full. The United States is facing a COVID-19 surge this summer as the more contagious delta variant spreads. More than 622,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 and over 4.3 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled …

Ten people killed in a two-vehicle crash in Alabama that appeared to be linked to the weather, says official.

Flooding had already begun overnight on Friday with reports of high water over roads and stranded vehicles. Tropical Storm Claudette formed along the US Gulf Coast on Saturday morning, bringing heavy rains and flooding to coastal states including Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said in …

An 8-year-old boy was killed Friday in a shooting at an Alabama shopping mall that left three other people injured, police said. Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis said the child was killed in the afternoon shooting at the Riverchase Galleria. The police chief said a girl and two adults were …

Footage of tornado damage in Alabama in March 2020 For the second Sunday in a row, the Southern US states were in the midst of an outbreak of severe weather over the weekend, including widespread damaging winds, tornadoes, hail and torrential rainfall. Waves of severe thunderstorms blew through Louisiana to …

Donald Trump has caused unnecessary confusion by saying Hurricane Dorian – now the joint most powerful storm to make landfall on record – was forecast to hit Alabama, when in fact the state is not among those experts believe is threatened. Three other states – Florida, South Carolina, and Georgia …

A Nasa facility in Alabama that developed the giant rocket for the Apollo program in the 1960s will play a key role in sending astronauts down to the Moon’s surface in 2024. The Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville will lead the development of a vehicle that will land astronauts …