Want to get top dollar for your home this spring? Or are you looking to buy your first home? NerdWallet gives tips for those on both sides of the equation.
The Birmingham Police Department is working to better bridge the divide between law enforcement and youth in the community. Police Chief Patrick Smith says he's making it a priority. We’re looking into a programs that could help make a difference.
The deaths of hundreds of children because of abuse or neglect goes unnoticed every year by agencies that protect kids. Congress and a 45-year-old law are largely to blame.
When children die because of abuse or neglect, child protection agencies are often blamed – they are underfunded and overworked. But there are many other culprits who failed children.
Carfax experts say there are potentially more than one million cars on the roads with false odometer readings - meaning their mileage has been rolled back to make the vehicles look like they have less wear and tear.
In 2017, more than a million children were identity theft fraud victims. Two thirds of those kids were under the age of 8 according to new research from the firm Javelin.
The Uniform Crime Reporting Act of 1988 requires federal law enforcement agencies to submit information about their cases to a federal database maintained by the FBI; however, those agencies are currently not submitting data, including information about hate crimes.
Amazon delaying the opening of their fulfillment center in Bessemer may not be all bad news, here's how to use this extra time to make yourself an even better candidate for 1 of those 1,500 new jobs.
None of these suspected hate crimes were counted in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s year end tallies by jurisdiction, despite the 2009 Hate Crime Statistics Act mandating data collection.
There are 76 schools on this year’s list of so-called “failing schools” and they’re spread all over the state, in both rural and urban areas, some are very diverse, others hardly at all.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau provides information about financial institutions, including complaints. But NerdWallet and InvestigateTV have found examples of complaints that don't show up in the database.
A federal court ruling could strike down parts of Alabama’s sex offender law. A recent federal ruling says convicted sex offenders may not have to give internet provider information, instant messages or email addresses to law enforcement.
The Metro Area Crime Center's new helicopter's advanced camera system is saving time, resources, and potentially lives in its first few months on patrol, we're taking you for an exclusive ride.
Three years ago, a Birmingham woman paid over $4,000 for a new roof. Three years later, it's still leaking. She called the On Your Side Investigators for help.
Alabama's new anti-bullying law was supposed to make it easier for schools to track and prevent bullying---but it's just now going into effect almost a year after passage.
According to government reports, there is evidence that the main oversight agency for seafood, the Food and Drug Administration, has failed to meet new mandates to increase inspections at foreign food facilities.
New research shows shifting school start times back could help students achieve more academically, but most local school systems seem resistant to the idea.
Fed up with a lack of meaningful results, 39 Attorneys General across the country are working to reduce the volume of robocalls to cell phone customers.
Under Facebook's policies, convicted sex offenders are not allowed on the site; however, InvestigateTV identified multiple offenders who appeared to have recently active profiles.
The average tax refund last year was over $2,800. Morgan Stanley estimates refunds could be 26% higher this year due to changes in the tax code. That also means scammers could be out to find more victims.
The shutdown fight centers on securing the border, but it's leaving what some call the "electronic wall" preventing illegal employment in the U.S. unfunded and not working.
It's been almost a year since two prisoners somehow slipped out of a maximum security state prison and since then, no details have been released by ADOC on how the prisoners pulled it off.
Why can’t we see the body camera video from the officer-involved shooting at the Galleria? That’s the number one question so many of you are asking and the short answer is because of Alabama’s open records law.
Donors have given millions of tax-deductible donations to Alabama Accountability Act scholarships in the last 5 years, but are these scholarships actually helping students achieve more in the classroom?
Thousands of nuclear weapons workers are seeking compensation from a federal program that has ballooned far past initial projections - and some say they're being denied based on incorrect information.
A company offering to help people reduce their student loan debt is now under investigation. One St. Louis woman says her debt actually increased after trying to work with the company.
Hundreds of Americans live in deplorable rental properties and their landlord is the federal government. The properties need $50 billion in repairs. Uncle Sam now is hoping that private investors will save public housing.
Research shows many Americans are concerned with whether Social Security will be available when they retire, but many aren’t saving. NerdWallet experts help explain the realities of Social Security and what you can do.
New research predicts candidates and Political Action Committees (PACs) will spend $1.8 billion on digital ads in this 2018 midterm election cycle, but tracking who’s paying for these ads and how they’re targeting your Facebook feed can be tough.
Political organizations with shadowy origins are spending millions on Facebook ads, and some people featured in the ads don't know who the groups are either.
A state audit in Mississippi found 20% of randomly-checked school computers had explicit content on them, so how are Alabama schools making sure your children aren't exposed to something similar, and making sure your tax dollars aren't paying for teachers to use school computers inappropriately?
Despite a big push to update the state's anti-bullying laws and guidelines, our investigation found the Alabama Department of Education is slow in rolling out the new anti-bullying protocols months after the law took effect.
Is your phone listening to your conversations? We spoke with a professor who is researching what happens to your information when it leaves your phone.
