Huntsville

Hector Acosta-Ojeda, the North Texas man found guilty of capital murder in the fatal shootings and mutilations of his roommate and his roommate’s girlfriend has been sentenced to death.

A haunted house that promises an extreme experience that can last up to 10 hours requires participants be medically cleared by a doctor and sign a 40-page waiver.

Sweetkick Co-Founder Harley Pasternak explains how to celebrate Halloween while avoiding overindulging on candy.

Struggling to keep his emotions in check, the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration both defended President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday and thanked forecasters who contradicted the president’s claims about Hurricane Dorian threatening Alabama. Speaking to a meteorology group, acting administrator Neil Jacobs said a NOAA statement issued Friday that criticized the Birmingham-area National Weather Service office...

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned Tuesday to the exact spot where he flew to the moon 50 years ago with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Collins had the spotlight to himself this time — Armstrong has been gone for seven years and Aldrin canceled. Collins said he wished his two moonwalking colleagues could have shared the moment at Kennedy...

There were warning signs throughout a marathon day of spelling that this Scripps National Spelling Bee would not conclude like any other in the event’s 94-year history. Rishik Gandharsi sensed it as he stepped to the microphone for the ninth round of Thursday night’s prime-time finals, when he was one of eight spellers remaining onstage. “Just out of curiosity,” Rishik...

Chaos erupts near Texas’ death chamber when son of condemned inmate pounds on chamber windows, shouts obscenities as father speaks last words; son, grandson arrested.

Polls have barely opened on the East Coast, and voting machines — and people — are already causing a few foul-ups. Experts say that the errors are normal, and that none that have emerged so far should prevent voters from casting a ballot. “There are literally hundreds of thousands of voting machines being set up, mostly by volunteer poll workers,...

The former president of USA Gymnastics has pleaded not guilty in Texas to a charge of tampering with evidence in the sexual assault investigation of now-imprisoned gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.

Chest tightening. Uncontrollable shaking. Feeling like you’re breathing through a tiny straw. These are just some of the ways that 17-year-old Zach Crites experiences anxiety. Crites’ mom, Allison Heber, noticed that he had a higher level of anxiety when he was in elementary school. “His attendance in elementary school was abysmal,” Heber told TODAY. “And it was because he would...

Former USA Gymnastics president Steve Penny was arrested Wednesday after a Texas grand jury indicted him, alleging he tampered with evidence in the sexual assault investigation of now-imprisoned gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.

The 2018 Perseid meteor shower, considered the best meteor shower of the year according to NASA, will light up the night sky this weekend, NBC News MACH reported. Sunday night will be the peak night for shooting stars, which will continue to fall into the early hours Monday. Experts say this year’s Perseids could be especially dazzling because the crescent...

There’s little downtime for the dozen or so spellers who make it to the primetime finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Once they get through the morning finals, which can last 4 hours or more, the remaining spellers are swarmed by relatives, reporters — and Scripps representatives who hand them a color-coded schedule that maps out nearly every minute...

After legendary gymnastics coaches Bela and Martha Karolyi quietly filed a lawsuit over the sexual abuse scandal that rocked their Texas ranch, a former member of the U.S. national team on Tuesday lodged the third suit against the couple and claimed they failed to protect athletes from former doctor Larry Nassar.

Back in 1991, Boston Police bomb technician Jerry Hurley was killed in the line of duty.

Jerry Hurley loved his backyard pool, a good joke and his family. He was a father, a grandfather and a Boston cop — one with an unusual job to do.

The Boston Marathon bombing changed a lot, and not just locally. In Huntsville, Alabama it led the FBI to change how it trains technicians at its Hazardous Devices School, the place bomb squads nationwide go for the certification they are required to renew every three years.

Authorities in Texas say they’re investigating the Karolyi Ranch that was a training site for U.S. Olympic gymnasts until a sexual abuse case against a doctor cast a shadow over the facility.

The teams are finally set. The pricey commercials are ready to go. The prop bets are being made and the Super Bowl party invites are going out. As Super Bowl LII approaches, nearly everything about the game has been mapped out. Even Justin Timberlake promises he’ll be on his best behavior. But what about the action on the field before...