An Alabama medical center has stopped all IVF treatments after a court ruled that embryos are babies. The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), an academic medical center, suspended its IVF treatments so it could consider the legal repercussions of the decision, made by the state's supreme court. The ruling...
Kenneth Smith: Alabama prisoner ‘struggled for his life’ in nitrogen gas execution
A prisoner in Alabama has become the first inmate in the world to be executed with nitrogen gas. Convicted murderer Kenneth Smith, 58, was put to death after the US Supreme Court declined a legal bid to halt his sentence. His official time of death was 8.25pm on Thursday (2.25am...
Carlee Russell: Woman whose kidnapping sparked nationwide search admits she wasn’t abducted
A woman has admitted that she lied about being kidnapped in Alabama. Carlee Russell had claimed she was abducted after stopping to check on a toddler who was walking on the side of a busy highway. The 25-year-old had called 911 shortly before disappearing on 13 July - sparking a...