India, Dec. 16 -- Starting Monday, December 15, till Friday, December 19, US flags in Alabama are being lowered to half-mast in all state buildings, according to an order by Alabama Governor, Kay Ivey.

On Monday, Ivey announced that flags in all government buildings in the state will be lowered to half-staff for a week to honor Ella Cook, a Brown University sophomore from Alabama who was killed in the shooting at the University on Saturday.

In a post on X, Kay Ivey said that she has ordered the lowering of flags. "I have directed flags to be flown at half-staff until sunset, Friday, December 19, 2025, in memory of Ella Cook of Mountain Brook," Ivey wrote on X.

"As all of Alabama wraps our arms around Ella's family in prayer, I also joi...