A University of Alabama sorority recruitment video was slammed as being “racially homogenous” and objectifying to women because it features a number of attractive, thin white girls. The video shows a group of mostly white women partying and dancing to promote Alpha Phi, who are based at the Tuscaloosa campus. However, the clip set off a firestorm of criticism, with AL.com writer A.L. Bailey... 

Severe tornadoes in the US have left at least 313 people dead across several central and southern states. A massive spring storm system tearing through central and southern United States, has left over 300 people dead across nine states, emergency officials say. At least 204 people died in the State of Alabama alone, many in Tuscaloosa, a city of over 83,000 where a massive tornado devastated the city,...