( April 14, 2026, 2:59 PM EDT) -- MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s reporter shield law does not protect all information that could reveal a confidential source but only “information that would inevitably reveal the identity of a confidential source,” a split Alabama Supreme Court held in answering a certified question from an Alabama federal court that is presiding over a defamation case brought by a member of the University of Alabama’s men’s basketball team against The New York Times....