The 10 most unsafe states to live in, ranked
WalletHub released a report ranking the safety of states in the US. Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas were the three least safe states.
Alabama
The South's economic boom is masking a harsher reality. It still has several of the poorest states in the nation.
The South's economic boom isn't happening everywhere in the region. Some Southern states are among the poorest in the nation.
A Gen X dad who drives from Alabama to South Carolina every week for work explains why it's worth it for his career — despite the time away from family
Jae Kim, 55, learned how important it was to prioritize time with his wife and two kids, given his commute from Alabama to South Carolina each week.
A boomer gets just $1,056 a month in Social Security and works as a bus driver: 'I don't see myself being able to retire, but I'm grateful and healthy'
Emma Echols, 68, gets $1,056 a month in Social Security and works as a bus driver. She worries she can't retire despite working since age 12.
Fertility expert Leslie Schrock explains why embryonic personhood will never work in practice
Conservatives are in a tizzy over discarded embryos in IVF. But just like our natural human biology, there's no way around it, one expert said.
I tried to renovate an abandoned home but failed. I'll never buy another fixer-upper.
Karie Fugett purchased a dilapidated house in Oregon with plans to achieve the American Dream. The pandemic and getting pregnant made it impossible.
Tommy Tuberville misses Ukraine aid vote after railing against it
The Alabama Republican described Ukraine as a "black hole" in a more than 9 minute floor speech. He wasn't even around to vote against the aid.
GOP-run states are warning that they could keep Biden off the ballot
Alabama and Ohio officials say they may not allow Biden on the 2024 ballot if the Democratic Party doesn't certify him by their state deadlines.
7-year-old raises nearly $10,000 for mother's headstone with lemonade stand
Emouree Johnson's lemonade stand charged $1 a cup, but people gave her extra tips over $100.
Meet Sen. Katie Britt: The 42-year-old Alabama Republican who gave the GOP response to Biden's State of the Union
Britt is viewed as a rising star within Republican politics. The GOP response Thursday night is just the latest moment in her ascent.
Nancy Mace is introducing a resolution expressing support for IVF — but it doesn't do anything to actually protect the procedure
Business Insider obtained a copy of the resolution ahead of its introduction. There's already a bill in Congress to protect in vitro fertilization.
John Oliver says Alabama's IVF ruling is 'wrong for a whole bunch of reasons'
"If you freeze an embryo it's fine. If you freeze a person, you have some explaining to do," John Oliver said on "Last Week Tonight."
125 House Republicans — including Speaker Mike Johnson — back a 'life at conception' bill without any IVF exception
An old Senate version of the bill included an exception for in vitro fertilization. Even some vulnerable Republicans have backed the hard-right bill.
An Alabama judge ruled that frozen embryos are people, and reproductive rights advocates are sounding the alarm
Critics have seized on the ruling from the Supreme Court of Alabama, which stands to inflame an already contentious debate on reproductive rights.
I've seen all 50 states. I didn't expect to love these 5 — now, they're among my favorites.
I've been to all 50 states. I didn't think I'd love some, but visiting changed my mind. Now, I think they're the most underrated states in the US.
An Alabama prisoner will soon become the first in the US to be executed by nitrogen gas. Veterinarians won't even use the method on most animals.
Human rights activists have condemned the experimental execution method, noting that even veterinarians refrain from euthanizing animals via nitrogen.
A man's heart went missing after he died in an Alabama prison. Another family claims it's not the first time this happened.
Charles Edward Singleton's daughter claims her father's body was returned without any organs after his death at the Alabama Department of Corrections.
Nick Saban, the Alabama football coach who won 7 national titles, is retiring, reports say
Nick Saban won six national titles for the University of Alabama since 2007 and is regarded as one of the greatest college football coaches ever.
Managers at Checkers restaurants in Alabama clocked staff out mid-shift and altered their timecards so they could pay them less, a federal agency claims
The restaurants also deducted break time from workers' schedules regardless of whether they actually took a break, the DOL said.
Shoppers in disbelief as man does a naked 'cannonball' dive into Bass Pro Shop aquarium
A man was arrested in Leeds, Alabama, on multiple charges after plunging into a Bass Pro aquarium naked.