Anna Willis was set on fire allegedly by her husband in Decatur, Alabama, in 2023. As she awaits his trial in that state, she has filed a civil suit in Maine.
Alabama
A person is dead and 16 hurt after a shooting at Tuskegee University
A man was taken into custody while leaving the scene of the campus shooting and had been found with a handgun with a machine gun conversion device.
Alabama inmate Alan Eugene Miller executed, second to die by nitrogen gas
Critics have said dying by nitrogen hypoxia is akin to being tortured to death.
Last known intact U.S. slave ship is too ‘broken’ and should stay underwater, report recommends
That key historical evidence in the Clotilda’s remains includes the lower hull where the enslaved Africans were held in captivity.
Handful of U.S. grocery stores to sell ammo in vending machines
Grocery stores in Alabama, Oklahoma and Texas allow patrons to pick up bullets along with a gallon of milk.
Alabama lawmakers approve legislation to ensure Biden is on November ballot
Alabama has one of the earliest candidate certification deadlines in the country, which has caused difficulties for whichever political party has the later convention date that year.
Alabama lawmakers pass legislation to protect IVF treatment
The fast action by both House and Senate on bills to shield IVF came less than two weeks after the state’s Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are people and that individuals could be liable for destroying them.
Several people shot on I-59 in Alabama, police say
Police in Alabama say multiple people have been shot on Interstate 59 southbound in Birmingham
Alabama man charged with setting wife on fire
Riley Herbert Willis III, 40, was charged with domestic violence in the first degree – assault in the first degree, and arson in the first degree.
Despite early and accurate forecasts, victims didn’t escape the Alabama tornadoes
The infrastructure of the affected area, lacking sturdy structures that could withstand such a force, has emerged as a primary culprit.