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Video above: Previous coverageThe Supreme Court rejected an emergency request by former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore against the Senate Majority PAC on Monday.The request came after a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit said the evidence did not clearly and convincingly show that the Democratic super PAC knowingly published false information or acted with reckless disregard for the truth when it aired a television advertisement during Alabama's 2017 special U.S. Senate election.Moore lost that election to Doug Jones.From the Supreme CourtMoore's request was denied by Justice Clarence Thomas, who handles emergency requests from this region.As is typical with emergency rulings, no reason was given for the decision.A long court battleIn the weeks leading up to the 2017 special election, multiple women came forward accusing Moore of sexual misconduct. Moore stated they were false and part of a political attack. >> Roy Moore's attorneys on "political conspiracy"In 2019, Moore sued for defamation and false-light invasion of privacy.The ad ran more than 500 times, according to court documents. It cited news reports alleging Moore had pursued teenage girls decades earlier, including statements that Moore had been banned from a shopping mall for soliciting young girls and that one of the women who accused him had been 14 years old while working as a Santa's helper. >> Roy Moore files defamation lawsuit over Senate campaign adsMoore argued the ad falsely implied he had solicited that 14-year-old girl for sex.Moore's team said the ad was "a deliberate cinematic fabrication that branded Moore, falsely, as a predator of children at the most critical moment of a United States Senate race,” according to court documents.A federal jury in Alabama agreed in 2022 and awarded him $8.2 million in compensatory damages for defamation and false-light invasion of privacy. >> Video below: Roy Moore accuser insists she was not paid to come forward The appeals court reversed the decision, blocking Moore from receiving $8.2 million in compensatory damages for defamation and false-light invasion of privacy. Moving forwardThe court case can still continue. Moore's lawyers can ask the Supreme Court for a more permanent ruling on the case outside of the emergency request.

The Los Angeles Lakers are trading for former Auburn player Walker Kessler, according to ESPN sources.

Medicaid has reversed its decision and will now pay for the lifesaving cancer surgery needed by a St. Clair County teen.

Plaintiffs challenging a proposed Birmingham data center project have filed an emergency motion asking a Jefferson County judge to quickly reassign the case and allow a preliminary injunction hearing to continue rather than begin again following the presiding judge's recusal.

A newly assigned Jefferson County judge will hear arguments Tuesday on whether a challenge to a proposed Birmingham AI data center can resume where it left off after the previous judge recused herself.

BROOKWOOD, Ala. — Two people and a dog were found fatally shot inside a Brookwood home Monday, and a 24-year-old man was arrested hours

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin is speaking with community partners to announce a special exhibit celebrating Birmingham's restaurant community.

Two people and a dog were found fatally shot inside an Alabama home Monday, and a 24-year-old man was arrested hours later on a capital murder warrant after authorities found him hiding in an attic crawl space, investigators said.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Jefferson County Probate Judge Yashiba Blanchard is expected to respond to allegations of ethics violations in a hearing before the Alabama Court of the Judiciary on Thursday.

The Southwestern Athletic Conference and Birmingham officials are holding a news conference on Tuesday ahead of the annual SWAC Football Media Day on Wednesday.