Alabama continues to have some of the worst gun laws and rates of gun death in the country, according to an annual report from GIFFORDS Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. The report ranked Alabama at ...

Alabama lawmakers advanced a bill this week that would increase the penalty for anyone who discharges a firearm into an occupied school or bus. Two weeks ago, lawmakers also moved forward a Second ...

Alabama is facing a sober reality when it comes to guns. According to newly released 2024 data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Alabama had the fourth-highest firearm death ...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from June 5, 2026 UPDATE (4:30 p.m.): It’s National Gun Violence Awareness Day, and ...

The number of gun deaths in the U.S. fell for the third consecutive year in 2024 but remained among the highest annual totals on record.

Chill Huntsville and the NAACP’s Stronger Without a Gun (SWAG) group held a festival to urge young people to turn away from ...

Birmingham officials, community organizations and faith leaders gathered at City Hall Tuesday to mark National Gun Violence ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked Alabama’s use of nitrogen hypoxia to execute a death row inmate.

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) – Beginning Friday, June 5, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is joining in ...