Medrick Burnett Jr., Alabama A&M football player, dies after head injury
Linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr. sustained a head injury in an October game against Alabama State and had been hospitalized ever since.
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Linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr. sustained a head injury in an October game against Alabama State and had been hospitalized ever since.
An Alabama prisoner convicted of the 1994 murder of a female hitchhiker became the third person executed by nitrogen gas in both the U.S. and Alabama.
Meregrass Flight 681 took off from Auburn University Regional Airport at 2:40 p.m. on Friday, but returned after less than an hour later.
Attorneys for Alabama death row inmate Carey Dale Grayson asked a federal judge to block his scheduled execution by nitrogen gas.
Willie Mays began his professional baseball career with the Birmingham Black Barons, who barnstormed the Jim Crow South as a member of the Negro Southern League.
The discovery on Dauphin Island came just one day after divers found 25 kilograms of suspected cocaine off Key West.
A Democratic-led effort to safeguard access to IVF failed earlier this year in the Senate.
Led by Castle and Clingan, UConn kept its bid to repeat as national champion intact by surviving its first true test of the NCAA Tournament.
The procedure involves an incision that could be several inches wide and several inches deep.
Alabama patients are in limbo with IVF treatments being put on hold following the state supreme court's ruling that frozen embryos are considered children under state law.
The police in Birmingham, Alabama, said they believe one or more of the victims were targeted.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said he expects to see nitrogen hypoxia used in more executions.
Politicians pushed for the nitrogen gas execution method with limited scientific research behind it. Critics say it could amount to torture.
Experts have denounced Alabama's planned execution of a death row inmate by nitrogen hypoxia — an untested suffocation method that they say could cause "grave suffering."
Hundreds of state laws take effect across the United States starting Monday, Jan. 1.
Alabama is preparing to employ a new method of execution using nitrogen gas following botched attempts at lethal injections last year.
Johnny Mims, the band director at P.D. Jackson-Olin High School in Birmingham, Alabama, was tased and arrested for not complying with officers' orders, police said.
A three-judge panel has blocked Alabama's new congressional map after lawmakers failed to create a second district where Black voters at least came close to comprising a majority, as suggested by the court.
Civil rights groups urged three federal judges to reject Alabama's newly drawn congressional districts, saying state GOP prioritized partisan concerns over complying with court order to draw lines fair to Black voters.
Patrick Braxton said that the "minority White residents ... long accustomed to exercising total control over the government, refused to accept his election as mayor.
Russell called police after saying she saw a toddler on the highway, and then vanished. But investigators have not found any evidence of that child.
The bill is part of a wave of restrictions on transgender people being pushed in conservative states.
There is no suspect in custody at this time, police said.
Four young people were killed in the shooting late Saturday night at a dance studio in the town of Dadeville, Alabama.
Phil Dowdell's final act was to push his little sister, Alexis Dowdell, out of the way of gunfire at her own birthday party, she told CBS News.
Elizabeth School District says there has been false information about why it chose to remove 19 book titles from its school libraries.
A Parker man is facing several charges, including leaving the scene of an accident causing serious bodily injury, after a bicyclist was hit by a Ford F-150 pickup truck in northeast Boulder.
The City of Boulder is looking for the public's help to create a community project recognizing a big part of Colorado history, the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864.
A prescribed burn in northwest Larimer County was putting off a lot of visible smoke that could be seen from Fort Collins Wednesday.
A second dean wounded in a shooting at Denver's East High School has filed a lawsuit against the school district alleging they failed to protect staff and students.
A family of six was trapped inside their car after a fiery crash Monday when a speeding Tesla ran a red light and slammed into them, police said. That family is now speaking about their experience and recovery.
Elizabeth School District says there has been false information about why it chose to remove 19 book titles from its school libraries.
A Parker man is facing several charges, including leaving the scene of an accident causing serious bodily injury, after a bicyclist was hit by a Ford F-150 pickup truck in northeast Boulder.
The City of Boulder is looking for the public's help to create a community project recognizing a big part of Colorado history, the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864.
A prescribed burn in northwest Larimer County was putting off a lot of visible smoke that could be seen from Fort Collins Wednesday.
Elizabeth School District says there has been false information about why it chose to remove 19 book titles from its school libraries.
A Parker man is facing several charges, including leaving the scene of an accident causing serious bodily injury, after a bicyclist was hit by a Ford F-150 pickup truck in northeast Boulder. Dustin Kelsey was booked into jail Wednesday evening after a crash at the intersection of 63rd Street and Spine Road just before 11 a.m.
A friendly competition is encouraging the Douglas County community to save lives. The first Battle of the Badges Blood Drive began Wednesday between Douglas County law enforcement, fire and EMS departments. Donors get to decide who brings home the trophy. Thursday the competition continues at the Parker Fieldhouse.
A new law goes into effect next week that minimizes requirements for undocumented people in Colorado to get their driver's license. The process is the same for everyone, requiring both a written and driving test, but will now allow passports and other forms of foreign identification to apply for a license.
According to the American Diabetes Association, there are 1,444,000 Coloradans with prediabetes, which means their blood sugar is higher than recommended and they're verging on developing Type 2 diabetes. The YMCA of Metro Denver offers a Diabetes Prevention Program as part of its Health Initiatives.
Colorado State University men's basketball coach Niko Medved is leaving CSU to be the next coach of the Golden Gophers, sources told CBS Sports.
CSU Rams men's basketball fell to the Maryland Terrapins in the second round of the NCAA Tournament Sunday.
Colorado's Thairo Estrada broke his right wrist when he was hit by a pitch from Texas' Kumar Rocker and will be out for four to eight weeks, manager Bud Black said Friday.
George Foreman, an Olympic gold medalist and two-time heavyweight champion, competed between 1967 and 1997.
Hundreds of diehard Colorado State basketball fans packed into several restaurants and bars in Fort Collins Friday, as the Rams took on the Memphis Tigers in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
The Trump White House has said "these were NOT war plans that were discussed."
The Trump administration is moving to end the "Housing First" approach despite warnings from providers and homelessness experts that the shift won't work.
Health officials in Washington, D.C., are investigating after an Amtrak passenger who rode the train into Union Station was confirmed to have measles.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA director John Ratcliffe testified in a Senate Intelligence hearing that was pre-scheduled to deal with global threats.
The Justice Dept. invoked a state secrets privilege, refusing to give judge any more information about the deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador.
The Trump White House has said "these were NOT war plans that were discussed."
The Trump administration is moving to end the "Housing First" approach despite warnings from providers and homelessness experts that the shift won't work.
In a Senate committee hearing on Tuesday, Democratic senators questioned Trump administration intelligence officials after a journalist was added to a group chat of administration officials appearing to discuss war plans in Yemen.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA director John Ratcliffe testified in a Senate Intelligence hearing that was pre-scheduled to deal with global threats.
The Justice Dept. invoked a state secrets privilege, refusing to give judge any more information about the deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador.
The Trump administration is moving to end the "Housing First" approach despite warnings from providers and homelessness experts that the shift won't work.
Health officials in Washington, D.C., are investigating after an Amtrak passenger who rode the train into Union Station was confirmed to have measles.
While Muslims in Colorado and around the world continue to observe Ramadan, one teacher in Aurora is offering meals for students who are fasting to take home and eat after sundown.
UNAIDS boss Winnie Byanyima says if U.S. foreign aid isn't restored, AIDS will "come back, and we'll see people die the way we saw them in the '90s."
Irene Wells didn't ask just how bad her pancreatic cancer was — she just wanted aggressive treatment so she could do "a little bit more" in her life.
23andMe, which helped popularize ancestry tracing through genetic testing, filed for bankruptcy protection and will seek a sale.
Hundreds of diehard Colorado State basketball fans packed into several restaurants and bars in Fort Collins Friday, as the Rams took on the Memphis Tigers in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
More motorists are trading in their used Teslas for other vehicles, as the Musk-owned car company faces a "brand crisis tornado."
Chomps, a maker of protein snacks, is recalling beef and turkey sticks after consumers report metal fragments.
Barnett was subjected to a "campaign of harassment, abuse and intimidation" after he raised safety concerns, lawsuit alleges.
A conservative legal group said it was "no coincidence" that Denver Mayor Mike Johnston and his staff began communicating on Signal after the group filed open records requests over Denver's handling of the migrant crisis.
For one Colorado father, something felt off with the family investigator working on his case case. He filed a complaint with the state.
Denver's mayor and 14 of his top advisors, appointees and lawyers nicknamed themselves "Strike Force" and communicated about the migrant crisis through an end-to end encryption app that then proceeded to automatically delete their initial conversations.
A startling discovery about a day care center employee in Centennial left parents in disbelief.
A criminal investigation was launched at Columbine High School after school officials falsely claimed a student was homeless so she could move in with a teacher.