Alabama’s largest metropolitan area had a new name. Long known as the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area — home to more than 1.2 million people, nearly a quarter of the state’s population ...

In 2025, AL.com’s “Beyond the Violence” project, in partnership with The Birmingham Times, examines how Birmingham can become safer, healthier and happier. Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin ...

Lately, Timms’ phone has barely stopped ringing as some 17,000 metric tons of garbage have piled up on Birmingham’s streets. “The smell is absolutely unbelievable,” Timms told CNN.

Myanmar's military chief Min Aung Hlaing, centre, arrives in Bangkok to attend the 6th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit [Thailand's ...

Here is what the riders had to say and post after Round 10 of the Monster Energy Supercross at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama: Chase Sexton — Winner, 450s: “Triple Crowns are tough because ...

On the same day, leaders of seven countries from South Asia and Southeast Asia will gather for the BIMSTEC summit in Thailand. Earlier in the week, Muslims across the region will celebrate Eid al ...

transcript A pay strike by garbage collectors in Birmingham, Britain’s second-largest city, has left 17,000 tons of rotting trash on its streets, raising public health concerns. “The worst ...

Hundreds of bin collectors are set to strike into summer as rats the “size of cats” dig through rubbish bags piling up outside Birmingham’s front doors. Nearly 400 Unite the Union workers ...

Nate Oats has turned to the Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball program into an SEC powerhouse over the past several years. Alabama, led by Mark Sears and Grant Nelson, entered the NCAA ...

An all out bin strike is about to get under way in Birmingham. Not for the first time in our city's recent tumultuous history, the streets of Birmingham are filling up with unemptied bins as the ...

Since a September mass shooting and a record-level of violent crime last year, Birmingham police are hitting ... Woodfin and Pickett sat down with AL.com Tuesday to talk about progress on crime.