Alabama
state, United States
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An Alabama judge appoints a mediator in a long-running medical marijuana dispute
• Oct. 22, 2024, 10:46 PM ET (AP)
Alabama executes man who killed 5 and asked to be put to death
• Oct. 17, 2024, 11:09 PM ET (AP)
Alabama man arrested in SEC social media account hack that led the price of bitcoin to spike
• Oct. 17, 2024, 6:10 PM ET (AP)
A federal judge halts an Alabama program that purged thousands of legal voters
• Oct. 16, 2024, 4:16 PM ET (AP)
Lilly Ledbetter, an icon of the fight for equal pay, has died at 86
• Oct. 14, 2024, 8:17 PM ET (AP)
Alabama, constituent state of the United States of America, admitted to the union in 1819 as the 22nd state. Alabama forms a roughly rectangular shape on the map, elongated in a north-south direction. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, and Mississippi to the west. The Florida panhandle blocks Alabama’s access to the Gulf of Mexico except in Alabama’s southwestern corner, where Mobile Bay is located. Montgomery is the state capital. The state offers much topographical diversity. The rich agricultural valley of the Tennessee River occupies the extreme northern part of the state. In northeastern ...(100 of 5392 words)