By: WTVC & AP, Source: News Channel 9, ABC, Originally Published: November 1, 2016 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama Governor Robert Bentley declared a State of Emergency Tuesday afternoon following Monday’s deadly Colonial Pipeline explosion. Bentley’s website says “The State of Emergency will facilitate the granting of a waiver from the U.S. Department of Transportation –

By: Campbell Robertson, Source: The New York Times, Originally Published: 9.30.16 Nine months after instructing Alabama’s probate judges to defy federal court orders on same-sex marriage, Roy S. Moore, the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, was suspended on Friday for the remainder of his term for violating the state’s canon of judicial ethics.

The U.S. has relied on flawed forensic-evidence techniques for decades, falsely convicting many. The White House will release a report Tuesday that will fundamentally change the way many criminal trials are conducted. The new study from the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) examines the scientific validity of forensic-evidence techniques—DNA, fingerprint, bitemark,

By: Kim Kimzeykim, Source: GoUpstate.com, Originally Published: 8.19.14 A jury awarded a family $2 million in damages for the death of a woman at Spartanburg Medical Center. Jurors reached the verdict Monday — seven days after the civil trial began. Dr. Raja Paladugu was among four co-defendants in a lawsuit filed by the family of Janice

Itasca, IL – Preliminary estimates from the National Safety Council indicate motor vehicle deaths were 9% higher through the first six months of 2016 than in 2015, and 18% higher than two years ago at the six month mark. An estimated 19,100 people have been killed on U.S. roads since January, and 2.2 million were

By: Kimiya Manoochehri, Source: USA Today, Originally Published: 8.26.16 Despite more safety equipment in cars, car crash deaths are rising — and Labor Day weekend could prove to be the deadliest since 2008, the National Safety Council says. Based on recent crash death rates, which have been on the rise since 2014, the council predicts that this Labor