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[ad_1] CNN  —  Severe storms swept across the South on Thursday, where ferocious winds sent residents running for cover, blew roofs off homes and killed at least six people in Alabama. Damaged powerlines, severed tree limbs and debris littered streets in Alabama, Georgia and Kentucky, where at least 34 preliminary …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Severe storms capable of tornadoes are sweeping across the Southeast Thursday, already injuring several people in Alabama and leaving damage in several states with the potential for hours of more destruction ahead, authorities and forecasters say. In northern Alabama’s Morgan County alone, a storm caused 10 to …

[ad_1] CNN  —  One person was killed and nine others were injured in a shooting in Mobile, Alabama, Saturday night, just blocks from where people had gathered for the city’s New Year’s Eve celebration, according to CNN affiliate WPMI. Police got a call about shots fired at 11:15 p.m. in …

[ad_1] CNN  —  A worker at the Montgomery Regional Airport in Alabama died Saturday in an incident on the ramp, the Federal Aviation Administration said Saturday. The Montgomery Regional Airport said in a statement an American Airlines/Piedmont Airlines ground crew employee was “involved in a fatality” around 3 p.m. “We …

[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Affected by the storms? Use CNN’s lite site for low bandwidth. CNN  —  The threat of possible tornadoes, strong winds and hail in parts of Alabama and Mississippi persisted early Wednesday as a line of storms that loomed over the region for much of Tuesday is expected …

[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Affected by the storms? Use CNN’s lite site for low bandwidth. CNN  —  Numerous tornadoes – including a few intense ones – are possible Tuesday afternoon and evening for parts of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi as severe storms rake the area, a situation that moved forecasters to …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Alabama death row prisoner Kenneth Smith’s execution was called off Thursday night, a state corrections official announced, citing time constraints caused by a late-night court battle. The execution was called off at approximately 11:20 p.m. local time “due to the time constraints resulting from the lateness of …

[ad_1] Washington CNN  —  Voters in several states on Tuesday were asked whether to amend rules that will determine how elections will be run in the future, focusing on issues such as citizenship and registration, photo identification, and early voting. Several states have approved new rules, according to CNN projections. …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Jeff Cook, one of the original members of the country band Alabama, has died, according to the group’s representative, Don Murry Grubbs. He was 73. Cook died at his vacation home in Destin, Florida on Monday “with his family and close friends by his side,” according to …