Birmingham News

"We Three Queens," a Theatre Downtown Production Birmingham AIDS Outreach, 205 32nd St.

The federal appeals court in Atlanta has turned down a bid for a new trial by a man convicted of the shooting death of a Birmingham woman in 1992.

Birmingham - Jefferson County Sheriff Mike Hale says he was shocked to learn $5 million was withdrawn from his department's account Thursday.

A 22-year-old Wal-Mart employee has been charged with attempted murder in the Thursday afternoon shooting of a fellow employee, Birmingham police said today.

Matt Lagace, executive chef at the new Rogue Tavern downtown, shows off his signature dessert, white chocolate bread pudding with raspberry coulis and chocolate sauce.

A man is in custody and another recovering from a gunshot wound after a shooting in the parking lot of a Walmart Cell phone video shows the scene just moments after paramedics arrived.

Birmingham, once a smoky city of heavy industry, has the potential to be the hub of the emerging green construction industry.

A 22-year-old woman was shot to death Wednesday night by a man who was also found shot to death at the same house, Birmingham police announced this morning.

Two former scientists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham were accused of misconduct for falsifying the results of research they conducted on monkeys at the school.

A former Birmingham police officer convicted a year ago of sodomy committed on a woman he had in custody reported to jail this week to begin serving his sentence.

A judge has dismissed two criminal trespass charges against a Birmingham abortion protester who was arrested twice on a sidewalk in front of the New Woman All Women clinic.

The Democratic field for Alabama's 7th Congressional District is getting more crowded.

Playing the violin is art and skill that can be easily obtained with dedication and the right teacher.

A Birmingham woman has learned she has won tickets to attend the Michael Jackson Memorial service in Los Angeles.

Birmingham lost 977 residents between July 2007 and July 2008, the continuation of a long exodus out of the city, new U.S. Census estimates show.

The latest data shows the water level at Lake Purdy is lower than it was in 2008.

Birmingham police officers say a detention officer with the jail has been missing since early Sunday morning.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Former HealthSouth Corp. chief Richard Scrushy says allegations he has hidden his assets to avoid collection are "outrageous and ridiculous." Scrushy lawyer Art Leach released the statement Friday, one day after lawyers for HealthSouth shareholders made the allegation in court documents.

The Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital in Birmingham treated five patients over the Fourth of July weekend who were hurt in fireworks accidents, a UAB Hospital spokeswoman said this morning.

Birmingham - Panzee Drake says she had to react quickly to get out of her apartment Saturday morning.