Where is Hoda Muthana now? Alabama woman who joined Islamic State group says she still hopes to return to US

QAMISHLI, SYRIA: A woman who left her Alabama home at age 20 and joined the Islamic State ... to Ms Muthana's citizenship status. Hoda Muthana is not a US citizen. As the State Department ... Read More

U.S. Secretary of State: Woman who joined Islamic State cannot return to U.S.

Secretary of State ... woman is not a citizen and will not be admitted to the country U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday a woman born in the United States who joined the Islamic ... Read More

Expanded so-called 'Don't Say Gay' education restrictions advance in Alabama

Alabama is on track to further restrict discussions of "gender identity or sexual orientation" in public schools in a new proposal of the so-called "Don't So Gay" law. Read More

Struggling Private Birmingham-Southern College in Alabama Says It Will Close at End of May

Struggling Private Birmingham-Southern College in Alabama Says It Will Close ... Randall Woodfin said news of the closure is “disappointing and heartbreaking to all of us who recognize it ... Read More

Alabama woman who faked kidnapping pleads guilty to false reporting

(AP) — An Alabama woman who ... She returned home two days later and told police she had been abducted and forced into a vehicle. Police quickly cast doubt on Russell’s story. Read More

Topic: Islamic State

World News // 3 weeks ago U.S. Embassy in ... citizenship of woman who joined ISIS as teen Shamima Begum, the British woman who traveled to Syria to join the Islamic State as a teenager nine ... Read More

Alabama bans DEI in schools and says bathrooms must be designated by ‘biological sex’

Bill signed by governor Kay Ivey and lambasted by civil rights advocates affects public schools, universities and state agencies The Alabama governor Kay Ivey has signed a bill into law in effect ... Read More

US births fell last year, marking an end to the late pandemic rebound, experts say

A little under 3.6 million babies were born in 2023, according to provisional statistics released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's about 76,000 fewer than the year ... Read More

Biden could miss the deadline for the November ballot in Alabama, the state’s election chief says

Alabama's election's chief said President Joe Biden could be left off the ballot in Alabama because the state’s certification ... and Washington all allowed provisional certification for ... Read More

US Secretary of State Blinken Says Ukraine Will Be NATO Member

US Secretary of State Blinken Says Ukraine Will Be NATO Member BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that Ukraine will eventually join NATO as support for ... Read More

Anti-LGBTQ bills in Alabama’s legislature threaten the state’s youth and undermine one gay teenager’s legacy, critics say

Camika Shelby says 2019 was ... the scope of what isn’t allowed to be discussed in the classroom. For Neil Rafferty, a husband, combat veteran and the only Alabama state lawmaker who identifies ... Read More