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Top, L-R: Seth Koval; Curtis J. Angst, Tyler H. Simmons; Bottom, L-R: John A. Klinner, Ariana G. Savino, Ashley B. Pruitt; all were killed when a US military plane crashed in Iraq on March 12, 2026. (Steven Nordhaus on X)
March 15, 2026, 9:28 am
US military names 6 crew members killed on refueling plane that crashed in Iraq
3 US Air Force, 3 US Air National Guard members were serving on the KC-135 that came down in an accident that authorities said wasn’t caused by ‘hostile fire or friendly fire’
By Agencies
Weapons and body armor were confiscated from an Alabama man, Jeremy Wayne Shoemaker, who was arrested for allegedly planned attacks on synagogues, October 29, 2025. (Clarke County Sheriff's Office via JTA)
October 30, 2025, 8:37 am
Alabama man arrested for allegedly plotting major attacks on synagogues
Sheriffs say Jeremy Wayne Shoemaker, 33, made ‘credible threats of violence’ to local Jewish targets, found with ‘weapons, suitcase full of ammo, body armor’ during arrest
By Grace Gilson
Bruce Pearl celebrates with his team after defeating the Alabama Crimson Tide at Auburn Arena, February 1, 2022. (Michael Chang/Getty Images)
September 23, 2025, 10:50 pm
Bruce Pearl, record-breaking Jewish basketball coach, quits amid rumored senate run
Pearl’s son Steven set to take the helm of top team at Tennessee’s Auburn University, as the pro-Israel, Trump-supporting coach reportedly mulls succeeding state’s departing senator
By jacob gurvis
This 2024 photo provided by Sama Ebrahimi Bajgani shows her and her fiance, Alireza Doroudi, who was detained by immigration officials in March 2025. (Alireza Doroudi via AP)
May 4, 2025, 6:34 am
International students in Alabama fearful after researcher from Iran detained
Iranian students say they have been advised by faculty to ‘lay low’ and ‘be invisible’ after Sama Ebrahimi Bajgani and fiancé Alireza Doroudi swept up by immigration officers
By SAFIYAH RIDDLE
Illustrative: An in vitro fertilization embryologist works on a petri dish at a fertility clinic in London, August 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
March 6, 2024, 2:21 am
Jewish fertility group helps Alabama clients undergo IVF elsewhere after state ruling
Jewish Fertility Foundation calls court decision classifying frozen embryos as unborn children a ‘worst-case scenario,’ as clinics have largely halted treatments
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Snir Lalum. (Social media picture used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 2, 2023, 11:08 am
Man charged with killing of Israeli man at Alabama moving company warehouse
Sebastian Deonta Ross, 23, indicted for capital murder after allegedly killing Snir Lalum, 44, during a robbery in Birmingham
By ToI Staff and Luke Tress
Illustrative: Authorities at the scene of a shooting in Birmingham, Alabama, March 14, 2018. (AP//Brynn Anderson)
August 25, 2023, 1:00 am
Israeli man shot to death at Alabama moving company warehouse
Foreign Ministry: 44-year-old slain in Birmingham was longtime resident of US; security group says attack did not target Jews and sees no further threats
By Luke Tress
Brothers Aaron (left) and Peter Berry play wheelchair basketball for the University of Alabama. They both suffered spinal cord injuries and were paralyzed from the waist down in a 2011 car accident that killed their parents. (Courtesy of the University of Alabama Adapted Athletics)
June 29, 2023, 5:51 am
US brothers Peter and Aaron Berry turn tragedy into wheelchair basketball glory
Having lost their parents and ability to walk in a car crash, Houston siblings turn to sport to rebuild their lives and today play for the University of Alabama’s championship team
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Temple Beth-El of Birmingham, Alabama, as seen in 2010. (Flickr via JTA)
November 6, 2022, 8:15 pm
Birmingham, Alabama, rabbi says synagogue fire not an antisemitic attack
Blaze was lit on Friday, while synagogues in New Jersey were under an FBI warning about a ‘broad threat’ to them
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Screen capture from video of police outside Temple Beth-El Synagogue in Birmingham, Alabama, November 4, 2022. (WBRC. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 6, 2022, 9:22 am
Man held after propane tank wrapped in burning clothes left near Alabama synagogue
‘Person of interest’ suspected of arson; no damage caused at Temple Beth-El in Birmingham; synagogue was targeted in 1958 attempted bombing
By Stuart Winer
Ruth Scheuer Siegler. (YouTube screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 7, 2022, 6:08 pm
Inseparable to the last: Sisters who survived Holocaust, moved to US, die days apart
Ruth Scheuer Siegler and Ilse Scheuer Nathan, who said they helped each other survive Nazi camp, are remembered for remaining inseparable throughout their lives
By AP
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks at a news conference to announce the first presumptive positive case of the coronavirus, technically known as COVID-19, in Washington, March 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
June 20, 2022, 3:26 pm
DC mayor battles challenge from councilor who claimed Rothschilds control weather
In Tuesday election, Muriel Bowser faces growing anger from voters over crime and homelessness in the US capital; primary races in Alabama, Georgia and Virginia
By AP
Church members console each other after a shooting at the Saint Stevens Episcopal Church on Thursday, June 16, 2022 in Vestavia, Alabama. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
June 17, 2022, 8:23 am
Two killed, one injured in Alabama church shooting
‘This should never happen — in a church, in a store, in the city or anywhere,’ Alabama Governor Kay Ivey says in a statement; suspect in custody
By AP
A teacher at Mountain Brook High School is seen giving a Nazi salute, in a video published on February 8, 2022. (Screenshot: Twitter)
February 12, 2022, 1:20 am
Alabama school system faulted for response after teacher had kids give Nazi salute
Local civil rights group says Mountain Brooks Schools’ response to complaints about incident from a Jewish student was ‘disconcerting’; student was told to apologize to teacher
By JAY REEVES
A teacher at Mountain Brook High School is seen giving a Nazi salute, in a video published on February 8, 2022. (Screenshot: Twitter)
February 10, 2022, 4:34 pm
Alabama Jewish student reprimanded for outing class’s Nazi salute
High schooler Ephraim Tytell says he was told to apologize to history teacher after making school ‘look bad’ in videos and photos posted to social media
By AP
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