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# alabama - Monday 22 June, 2020
Nascar slam 'heinous' act as noose found in black driver's stall
Bubba Wallace is the only full-time black driver in Nascar.
# alabama - Sunday 19 January, 2020
The Death Row lawyer: 'If enough people say you should be executed, you start to believe it yourself'
The real-life work of US lawyer Bryan Stevenson hit the screens in Ireland this weekend with the film Just Mercy.
# alabama - Sunday 12 January, 2020
Storms and tornadoes leave at least 10 dead across US
Hundreds of thousands of people were left without power from Texas to Michigan.
# alabama - Tuesday 17 December, 2019
Three people dead as several tornadoes rip through US Deep South
One of the tornadoes travelled along a path of about 100 km.
# alabama - Sunday 10 November, 2019
Inflatable baby Trump balloon stabbed and deflated during Alabama football game
The balloon has been flown at protests around the world, including in Dublin and London.
# alabama - Tuesday 29 October, 2019
Judge blocks Alabama abortion ban that would 'yield serious and irreparable harm'
The strict new laws were set to take effect on 15 November.
# alabama - Tuesday 3 September, 2019
US teenager kills five family members in Alabama shooting
The 14-year-old boy called police and confessed to the crime.
# alabama - Thursday 4 July, 2019
Manslaughter charges dropped against US woman who lost her baby after being shot while pregnant
27 year-old Marshae Jones was shot during a fight last December.
# alabama - Wednesday 22 May, 2019
Alabama TV station refuses to show 'Arthur' episode featuring gay wedding
The cartoon tells the story of an eight-year-old aardvark, his family and friends.
# alabama - Thursday 16 May, 2019
'A sad day for women in Alabama' as strict abortion ban signed into law
The legislation would make performing an abortion at any stage of pregnancy a crime punishable by up to 99 years in prison.
# alabama - Wednesday 15 May, 2019
99-year prison terms and no exceptions for rape victims as Alabama senate passes toughest abortion ban bill in US
Performing an abortion could see doctors handed 99-year prison sentences.
# alabama - Thursday 9 May, 2019
Row breaks out in Alabama senate over 'foetal heartbeat' abortion law
If Alabama’s new laws are challenged, pro-life politicians are hoping it will eventually be brought before the Supreme Court.
# alabama - Friday 12 April, 2019
Alabama had to call off an execution at the last minute after it was unable to lift a court order
The bid to stop the execution centred on the inmate’s request to inhale nitrogen gas rather than face lethal injection.
# alabama - Tuesday 5 March, 2019
Fatal Alabama tornado: 7 members of one family and four children among victims
The four children who died in the tornado were aged 6, 8, 9 and 10.
# alabama - Monday 4 March, 2019
'The devastation is incredible': At least 23 killed after tornadoes sweep through Alabama
A local sheriff said that children are among the dead.
# alabama - Friday 20 April, 2018
83-year-old mail-bomb murderer becomes oldest person executed in the US
Killer-of-two Walter Leroy Moody Jr was given a lethal injection last night at the Alabama prison at Atmore.
# alabama - Tuesday 2 January, 2018
Alabama threw a huge touchdown pass to a 310lb defender to reach National Championship Game
They’ll face Georgia in the decider after the Bulldogs’ epic double-overtime win over Oklahoma.
# alabama - Thursday 28 December, 2017
Republican Roy Moore files lawsuit to block Alabama Senate result, alleging voter fraud
Democrat Doug Jones was announced the winner of the 12 December special election.
# alabama - Wednesday 13 December, 2017
Trump: 'I was right' that Moore could not win Alabama race
It’s the first time in 25 years that a Democratic senator has represented Alabama.
# alabama - Tuesday 12 December, 2017
Alabama voters go to the polls in crucial Senate contest between Trump pick Roy Moore and Democrat Doug Jones
Polls are scheduled to close at 7pm (1am Irish time) across Alabama, with three million voters called to cast ballots.
Trump makes last-ditch effort to get Roy Moore elected despite molestation accusations
Several women have claimed Moore sexually molested or pursued them when they were in their teens.
# alabama - Saturday 9 December, 2017
Trump taunts one of the women who accused Roy Moore of sexual misconduct
The US President said Moore’s Democratic rival would oppose “what we must do” for the nation.
# alabama - Tuesday 5 December, 2017
Trump formally backs multiple sex assault accused Roy Moore
Trump had previously characterised the allegations against Moore as “very troubling” before changing tack.
# alabama - Thursday 16 November, 2017
'Bring it on': Republican candidate Roy Moore 'adamantly' denies latest allegations
Two more women have accused US Senate candidate Roy Moore of inappropriate conduct.
# alabama - Tuesday 14 November, 2017
Republicans turn on Roy Moore as several women accuse him of sexual harassment
Paul Ryan, Jeff Sessions and John McCain have all called on Moore to drop out of the Senate race in Alabama.
'I thought that he was going to rape me' - Another woman accuses Republican candidate Roy Moore
Beverly Young Nelson is the fifth woman to make accusations against Roy Moore.
# alabama - Monday 13 November, 2017
'I believe the women': Top US Republican Mitch McConnell says Roy Moore should drop out of race
Moore has been accused of pursuing romantic relationships with teenage girls.
# alabama - Wednesday 2 August, 2017
'These people are crazy like a fox': 12 inmates escape Alabama jail using peanut butter
They used the peanut butter to change the numbers on a door and trick a new employee, police said.
# alabama - Friday 26 May, 2017
US prisoner Tommy Arthur executed in Alabama after three decade legal battle
Arthur, who became known as the Houdini of death row, managed to evade his final sentence seven times.
# alabama - Thursday 25 May, 2017
A US prisoner will face the death penalty tonight - for the eighth time
Tommy Arthur was first sentenced to death back in 1983 for a murder he denies committing.
# alabama - Tuesday 10 January, 2017
Clemson stun Alabama with last-second touchdown to win national championship game
It’s a first college football national title in 25 years for the Tigers.
# alabama - Friday 30 September, 2016
Alabama Chief Justice suspended over gay marriage order
The judge vehemently denied the charges against him
# alabama - Wednesday 8 June, 2016
Space Shuttle commander charged with the murder of teenage sisters
James Halsell Jr. smelled of alcohol after a car crash that killed the two girls.
# alabama - Monday 14 March, 2016
Father pleads guilty to kidnapping son and raising him for 13 years
The 18-year-old found out after he applied for college.
# alabama - Friday 20 November, 2015
White House hopeful Ben Carson compares Syrian refugees to rabid dogs
He called for “screening mechanisms that allow us to determine who the mad dogs are”.
# alabama - Wednesday 11 November, 2015
Eight-year-old who beat baby girl to death charged with murder
One police officer said it was one of the saddest cases he had ever witnessed.
# alabama - Thursday 5 November, 2015
Boy who disappeared 13 years ago finally found after he applied for college
Julian Hernandez’s mother reported him missing after his father left a note saying he took him.
# alabama - Wednesday 21 October, 2015
US judge makes defendants give blood or face going to jail
An ethics complaint has been lodged against Judge Marvin Wiggins.
# alabama - Saturday 29 August, 2015
Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans 10 years ago, today: Here's how it happened
Retrace every step of the Storm of the Century.
# alabama - Wednesday 19 August, 2015
Man "may have been shot dead by his two-year-old son"
Hoover PD said that the man and the child were the only occupants of the home.
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Open Letter from Ireland's psychologists: 'Direct Provision is causing untold psychological harm'
By Psychologists for Social Change Ireland
“As a country we must do better,” according to about 150 signatories.
What we can learn from the world's 'Blue Zones' - where people regularly live into their 90s and 100s
By Professor Ciaran O’Boyle
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