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The state of Alabama executes convicted murderer Kenneth Smith using nitrogen hypoxia, the first time the technique is used.
2024-01-25

The Alabama attorney general’s office makes a filing with the Supreme Court of Alabama indicating plans to carry out a death penalty by nitrogen hypoxia, an execution method that is authorized in three US states but has never been used.
2023-08-25

Federal district judge Tanya Chutkan blocks the four federal executions scheduled for July and August including that of Daniel Lewis Lee, whose execution was scheduled for later today per the Chicago U.S. Court of Appeals' ruling Sunday. Judge Chutkan said this will allow continuation of the condemned men’s legal challenges to the new lethal injection protocol. She stated scientific evidence before the court overwhelmingly indicates the 2019 protocol is very likely to cause extreme pain and needless suffering during their executions. The federal government is likely to appeal her ruling.
2020-07-13

The Alabama Ethics Commission finds there is probable cause that Governor Robert J. Bentley violated the state's ethics and campaign finance laws, and refers the case to Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey.
2017-04-6

A 90-car Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway train carrying crude oil derails and explodes in western Alabama.
2013-11-8

A worker at the chief clerk's office (making reference to a will) at the Hugo Black U.S. Federal Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama shoots himself in the head.
2012-12-13

Seventeen people are wounded after being shot in a bar in Alabama, United States.
2012-07-17

Two tornadoes hit Tuscaloosa County in the US state of Alabama causing extensive damage, with the main strongest wedge tornado crossing over the state of Alabama and affecting the Gadsden Metropolitan Area. [http:--blog.al.com-spotnews-2011-04-ema_reports_people_trapped_in.html ("Birmingham News")]Extreme storms in Alabama cause the temporary closure of three Tennessee Valley Authority nuclear reactors and knocking out eleven high-voltage power lines. [https:--www.reuters.com-article-2011-04-27-us-utilities-tva-storms-idUSTRE73Q98920110427?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&dlvrit=60573 (Reuters)]The Downtown Tuscaloosa tornado passes over the University of Alabama campus close to the Bryant-Denny Stadium.[http:--www.timesdaily.com-article-20110427-NEWS-110429812?Title=Witness-South-part-of-Phil-Campbell-is-just-gone-12-confirmed-dead-or-missing (Times Daily)] [http:--www.thestate.com-2011-04-27-1795745-forecasters-say-severe-storms.html (The State)]date=August 2019 [https:--web.archive.org-web-20110502070856-http:--www.waff.com-story-14527806-very-large-tornado-on-ground-in-tuscaloosa ("WAFF")]At least 54 people have died in the storms of Tuesday and Wednesday with 40 people dead in Alabama, five in Mississippi and one in Arkansas. [http:--blog.al.com-montgomery-2011-04-ema_6_confirmed_dead_as_a_resu.html ("Montgomery News")] [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-us-canada-13217726 (BBC)] [https:--news.yahoo.com-s-nm-20110428-ts_nm-us_weather (Reuters via Yahoo News)] [http:--news.blogs.cnn.com-2011-04-27-possible-tornado-touches-down-in-alabama-damage-reported- (CNN)] [http:--www.google.com-hostednews-afp-article-ALeqM5hYcw3VQ5dUuvh8lKilJoaAfDd4ww?docId=CNG.fb6d5467c8dc5b3160c4939c2d753569.171 (AFP via Google News)] [http:--www.myfoxmemphis.com-dpp-news-local-storms-kill-54-around-south,-including-40-in-ala.-apx-20110427 (Fox News)]Storms cause numerous power outages in Alabama; more than 176,000 in Birmingham, Alabama are left without electricity. [http:--www.cbs42.com-content-localnews-story-Power-Outages-xwFqXDr5iUyhU8vxIlRJoA.cspx (CBS42)]At least 9 people are killed in Mississippi by the outbreak. [http:--www.clarionledger.com-article-20110427-NEWS-110427004-Deadly-tornado-outbreak-devastates-Mississippi?odyssey=tab%7Cmostpopular%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE ("Clarion Ledger")]date=May 2020 Tornado watches affect areas from Northern Georgia to Upstate New York. [http:--www.wggb.com-Global-story.asp?S=14527002 (ABC 40)]date=August 2019 [http:--www2.wspa.com-news-2011-apr-27-24-flooding-danger-through-wednesday-western-nc-upsta-ar-1764938- ("News Channel 7")]date=August 2019 A local National Weather Service building is evacuated as a tornado passes over its radar site and it temporarily switches operations to Mobile in the same state of Alabama.Reports of gas leaks from Birmingham, Alabama. [http:--blog.al.com-spotnews-2011-04-major_gas_leaks_reported_throu.html ("Al.com")]A local National Weather Service building is evacuated as a tornado passes over its radar site and it temporarily switches operations to Mobile in the same state of Alabama.
2011-04-27

Two tornadoes hit Tuscaloosa County in the US state of Alabama causing extensive damage, with the main strongest wedge tornado crossing over the state of Alabama and affecting the Gadsden Metropolitan Area.
2011-04-27