"Botched" Alabama execution caused pain and torture, attorneys say

Prison staff subjected Kenneth Eugene Smith to numerous needle jabs, including in the neck and collarbone region while an official held his head, attorneys wrote in a court filing.

• Nov 29, 2022

Alabama governor orders executions pause after third failed lethal injection

The state did not complete the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith because officials couldn't find a suitable vein to inject the lethal drugs.

• Nov 21, 2022

Execution of Alabama inmate stayed by appellate court; state has appealed

Kenneth Eugene Smith was convicted in the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher's wife.

• Nov 17, 2022

Alabama set to execute man after jury recommended life sentence

Alabama judges are no longer allowed to sentence an inmate to death if a jury recommends a life sentence, but the 2017 change was not retroactive.

• Nov 17, 2022

Jeff Cook, co-founder of country group Alabama, dies at 73

The guitarist disclosed in 2017 that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

• Nov 8, 2022

In the 5 states without lotteries, a case of Powerball fever

Giant lottery jackpot has people flooding across state lines to buy tickets for the $1.5 billion drawing.

• Nov 4, 2022

Bills best Chiefs in championship rematch

CBS Mornings co-host Nate Burleson and NFL analyst for CBS Sports HQ Ryan Wilson joined Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers to recap the sixth week of regular season play in the NFL.

• Oct 17, 2022
• 05:33

Inmate endured "torture" during botched execution, attorneys say

Alan Eugene Miller said prison staff poked him with needles for over an hour as they tried to find a vein during an aborted lethal injection last month.

• Oct 12, 2022

GOP Sen. Tuberville faces backlash over comments

Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama is coming under criticism for comments he made this weekend claiming Democrats are "pro-crime" and favor reparations for the descendants of people who were enslaved in the U.S. because they believe "the people that do the crime are owed that." CBS News' Meg Oliver and Lilia Luciano have more.

• Oct 10, 2022
• 00:59

Voting rights case before Supreme Court

The Supreme Court kicked off its new term with a historic new justice and they are wasting no time taking up several major cases. On Tuesday, they will hear a significant voting rights case from Alabama which could impact how congressional districts are drawn nationwide. CBS legal correspondent Jan Crawford reports.

• Oct 4, 2022
• 03:17

Supreme Court hears challenge to Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court heard arguments in a major voting rights case. Critics say an Alabama redistricting case could further weaken the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Jan Crawford reports.

• Oct 4, 2022
• 02:07

Supreme Court hears high-stakes Alabama gerrymandering case

At issue is an Alabama congressional map that has only one majority-Black district out of seven, even though the state's population is 27% Black.

• Oct 4, 2022

Justices hear challenge to Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday over a lawsuit in Alabama that could have a significant impact on voting rights moving forward. The suit was filed by the state, challenging a federal court's decision invalidating Alabama's congressional map for potentially violating the law. Alan Jenkins, a professor of practice at Harvard Law School, where he teaches courses on Supreme Court jurisprudence, joined CBS News to discuss the case.

• Oct 4, 2022
• 04:20

Alabama sets execution date in 1988 contract killing of pastor's wife

A judge overrode the jury's recommendation of a life sentence and sentenced Smith to death

• Oct 4, 2022

U.S. captives said they "prayed for death" on brutal ride from Ukraine

One of two American veterans released from Russian captivity after being captured in Ukraine says they both prayed for death during the brutal ride to freedom.

• Sep 30, 2022

7/29: Red and Blue

White House ramps up efforts to close vaccination gap; COVID-19 spreads rapidly across Alabama

• Jul 29, 2021
• 50:39

A Man with a Past

A young woman vanishes. The prime suspect has a criminal past — he murdered his parents when he was a child. Did he kill again? "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

• Sep 24, 2022
• 40:49

An Alabama town honors the boll weevil

A century ago, cotton farmers in Enterprise, Ala., faced disaster when their crops were wiped out by an invasive species, the boll weevil. Rather than accept defeat, the farmers switched to growing peanuts, and the town was saved. Correspondent Conor Knighton looks at how, today, Enterprise honors the insect pest that not only failed to destroy the town, but allowed it to come back stronger.

• Sep 18, 2022
• 04:52

"We got our miracle": Americans captured while fighting in Ukraine return home

"Happy to be home," Alex Drueke said after arriving in the U.S. on Friday.

• Sep 24, 2022

4/14: Red and Blue

Biden announces troop withdrawal from Afghanistan; Race to win Republican primary in Alabama

• Apr 14, 2021
• 45:10

3/30: Red and Blue

Biden signs PPP extension, unveils judiciary picks; Amazon union effort in Alabama

• Mar 30, 2021
• 46:13

Alabama grandfather charged after 2-year-old boy dies in hot car

DA Pamela Casey, the mother of two young children, fought back tears when asked about the emotions surrounding the child's death.

• Sep 22, 2022

2 American veterans captured in Ukraine released, their families say

Relatives say two U.S. military veterans who went missing while fighting Russia with Ukrainian forces have been released after about three months in captivity.

• Sep 21, 2022

Alabama inmate and jailer had hundreds of calls, including "phone sex," sheriff says

Authorities have said the two were in a romantic relationship and the sheriff said some of the calls were sexual in nature.

• Sep 16, 2022

Alabama may use untried execution method on man convicted in triple killing

Alabama could be ready to use a new, untried execution method to carry out a death sentence later this month.

• Sep 12, 2022

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