Inmate set to die by nitrogen gas asks for firing squad, hanging instead

An Alabama death row inmate who is scheduled to be executed using nitrogen gas later this year is challenging the controversial method in an ongoing lawsuit.

• Aug 19

Unarmed man's death ruled homicide after police kneeled on his neck

Body camera footage reviewed by Reeder's family but not publicly released shows him saying, "I can't breathe" three times, his wife said.

• Jul 22

Trump admin. freezes billions in funding for after-school and summer programs

The Trump administration is withholding over $6 billion in funding for after-school and summer programs, English language instruction and more.

• Jul 2

Killer bees prompt response in Alabama as swarms spotted nationwide

Alabama beekeepers recently trapped a swarm of killer bees, prompting state officials to respond in hopes of controlling the notoriously aggressive insects.

• Jul 2

Powerful storms kill at least 11 people in the Southeast

A severe storm outbreak in the Southeast killed at least 11 people. Strong winds knocked out power and toppled trees, leaving tens of thousands of people still in the dark. Meg Oliver reports.

• Jan 12, 2020
• 02:06

The true story behind “Just Mercy”

In 1992, Ed Bradley reported that the wrong man might have been sitting on Alabama’s death row. "Just Mercy," a movie about the case, opens in theaters this week

• Jan 9, 2020
• 15:10

7 firefighters welcome newborns

A group of firefighters at the same fire house in Opelika, Alabama, all welcomed new babies within just a few months. Five of them are first-time fathers. Mireya Villarreal shares their story.

• Dec 19, 2019
• 01:56

Rosa Parks was no accidental activist

In our series "A More Perfect Union," we aim to show that what unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides us. That principle is embodied by Rosa Parks, whose actions inspired the civil rights movement. She was arrested 64 years ago this week for not giving her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. Michelle Miller reports.

• Dec 5, 2019
• 04:36

Community supports officer battling cancer

After Jeff Gulley was diagnosed with colon cancer, his fellow officers started selling blue wristbands with his badge number. That money raised will help his family make the trip for an upcoming surgery. Mark Strassmann has more.

• Dec 4, 2019
• 01:54

Reporter's Notebook: What JFK knew about force

In 1963, JFK sent National Guard troops to enforce desegregation in Alabama. But he knew the deeper battle was for the nation's moral conscience. "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John Dickerson explains.

• Jun 11
• 02:15

New Montgomery mayor hopes MLK Jr. is "proud"

Steven Reed made history Tuesday when he was sworn in as the first African-American mayor to lead Montgomery, Alabama, the first capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War. Jericka Duncan spoke with Reed about the significance.

• Nov 13, 2019
• 05:52

Search for missing Alabama girl

The reward is growing in the case of a missing 3-year-old Alabama girl. It's up to $33,000 in the search for Kamille "Cupcake" McKinney.

• Oct 17, 2019
• 00:16

2 executions take place in U.S., 2 others are planned this week

Death row inmates are expected to face executions this week in Alabama, Florida, Oklahoma and South Carolina.

• Jun 10

Jones: "Put some teeth" back in the Voting Rights Act

Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, joins Margaret Brennan to discuss his new book, "Bending Toward Justice: The Birmingham Church Bombing that Changed the Course of Civil Rights."

• Mar 3, 2019
• 06:18

Gillibrand wants to eliminate detention system for immigrants

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand joins moderator Margaret Brennan to talk about the anti-abortion law passed in Alabama and the Trump administration's immigration policies.

• May 19, 2019
• 07:48

Calendar: Week of August 14

From Elvis Presley to Pokémon, "Sunday Morning" takes a look at some notable events of the week ahead. Steve Hartman reports.

• Aug 13, 2017
• 00:57

A four-year-old superhero

By day, Austin Perine is a mild-mannered four-year-old from Birmingham, Alabama. But once a week, he turns into this alter ego: a superhero set on feeding as many homeless people as possible. Steve Hartman reports.

• May 6, 2018
• 02:40

The folk art of Bill Traylor

Born into slavery around 1853 in rural Alabama, Bill Traylor worked as a sharecropper for nearly five decades after the Civil War and Emancipation. But in his 80s, without work and homeless in Montgomery, he took a new path, as an artist. Painting on scraps of paper or cardboard, Traylor's folk art told the story of African Americans in the Jim Crow era. Chip Reid reports on "Between Worlds," an exhibition of Traylor's work, and life, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.

• Apr 7, 2019
• 04:44

Company's coming

Eleanor Baker, a widow, was sitting alone at Brad's Barbeque in Oxford, Alabama, when she was approached by three young men, in a meeting she told Steve Hartman had to have been arranged by the Almighty.

• Apr 28, 2019
• 02:37

What's in a name?

At a small university near Birmingham, Alabama, Steve Hartman found a big guy: 6'8", 310-pound senior offensive lineman George Grimwade, a dominating force on the Samford Bulldog football team, who used his time on the playing field to send a very special message to his stepdad.

• Oct 20, 2019
• 02:40

Inside the memorial to victims of lynching

Oprah Winfrey reports on the Alabama memorial dedicated to thousands of African-American men, women and children lynched over a 70-year period following the Civil War.

• Apr 8, 2018
• 14:08

Oprah Winfrey examines the legacy of lynching

A new memorial is dedicated to the thousands of victims of lynchings that took place over a 70-year period following the Civil War

• Apr 6, 2018
• 01:20

The Mysterious Death of Tiffiney Crawford

A young mother found dead in her car. Could she have shot herself twice? "48 Hours" contributor David Begnaud reports.

• Jan 27, 2024
• 41:42

Miami Hurricanes player injured in Florida crash that killed 3, including 2 children

Adarius Hayes, 20, was identified as one of the drivers involved in the crash in Largo. He was hospitalized with injuries that are not life-threatening.

• May 12

Almost 60 cases dropped due to corruption in an Alabama police department

Almost five dozen criminal cases will no longer be prosecuted because they were tainted by rampant corruption in a northern Alabama police department.

• May 8

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