Birmingham News

Police have charged a Birmingham man with manslaughter in the shooting death of his brother.

Artur Davis, U.S. Representative of Alabamaa TMs 7th congressional district in 2009, at a news conference announcing his bid for the 2010 Democratic nomination for governor.

A lawsuit contended the council discussed issues June 25 at a closed meeting not allowed under the open meetings law and that it failed to give proper notice for a July 6 meeting.

The Shelby County Drug Enforcement Task Force has arrested eight people in connection with methamphetamine drug activity.

Authorities have charged two men with capital murder in the shooting death of a man in east Birmingham earlier this week.

Richard "Richie Rich" Johnston boasted to a fellow inmate about a 2005 double-homicide, not realizing the other inmate was a long-time friend of the victim, a Birmingham police detective testified today.

Former federal prosecutor Michel Nicrosi says she plans to run for Alabama attorney general as a Democrat.

James Armstrong, a long-time Birmingham barber and civil rights foot soldier, died today.

BIRMINGHAM, ALA.: An undercover officer posing as a prostitute in Alabama tried more than once to run off a 13-year-old boy who asked her for sex, but police say the teen insisted and had to be arrested.

It's a nationwide phenomenon and now it's in bookstores. Sarah Palin's new book, "Going Rogue" has finally hit the shelves and it's getting quite the response.

The person shot and killed while in a car in Birmingham has been identified. According to the Birmingham Police Department, the victim was found in the 7700 block of 4th Avenue South about 5:30pm CT Monday, November 16, 2009.

Today's shooting victim appears to have suffered life-threatening injuries, officers said.

Three people are now charged in connection with a burglary of high-tech items. The Birmingham Police Department reports the burglary happened Thursday, November 12, 2009.

Oklahoma City forward Shaun Livingston was scheduled to undergo surgery Tuesday to remove staples from an earlier procedure on his left knee.

The Birmingham News reports that authority director Pamela E. Darwin says the grant to re-roof 154 apartments owned by the authority has created 14 jobs.

Birmingham P.D. is investigating the city's 57th homicide. It happened on Monday around 5:30 p.m. Officers from the East Precinct responded to the 7700 block of 4th Avenue South to investigate a report of shots fired.

BIRMINGHAM - Former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy's estate in Vestavia Hills, estimated to be worth $4 million, is scheduled for auction next month.

An increase in rail traffic has caused Norfolk Southern Railway to recall furloughed workers in northwest Alabama.

The Greater Birmingham Humane Society and Shelby Humane Society are joining forces to adopt 500 pets during December as part of the Forever Home for the Holidays adoption drive.

Birmingham's former mayor, Richard Arrington, said today, Nov. 16, 2009, he's not in the hunt to lead the city again through the Dec.