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Supporters of Palestinian causes with ties to American universities have been detained in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants, an Iranian doctoral student from The University of Alabama. More than half a dozen people are known to have been taken into custody or deported in recent weeks.
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Both the University of Alabama and federal immigration officials confirm that an Iranian UA doctoral student is in ICE custody, but few details are being made available. Alabama Public Radio was contacted by classmates of the student, identified in published reports as Alireza Doroudi, was detained by ICE agents this week. The student's F-1 student had reportedly been revoked. However, the reasons behind Doroudi’s arrest remain unclear. It’s just the latest student to be detained by the Trump administration. -
The number seven ranked Crimson Tide play number seventeen BYU in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament. Alabama is hoping to repeat last year’s run when the team made it all the way to Final Four. Sports betting odds makers give Alabama the edge to win. But, the Tide will have to beat the “tater tot king” to do it. And that takes a little explaining. -
The City of Huntsville is preparing to host the 2025 U.S. Paralympics Cycling Time Trial. The nation’s top Para-cyclists are set to take over the Rocket City this weekend at Cummings Research Park for the competition. -
An Alabama judge heard conflicting testimony on Tuesday about newly released body camera video that captured the moments before a police officer fatally shot an armed Black man outside of his home. The newly released video appears to confirm officer’s testimony that the man pointed a gun at the policeman. -
As the NCAA Tournament heats up, the styles of Notre Dame's Niele Ivey, LSU’s Kim Mulkey, Alabama’s Nate Oaks, South Carolina’s Dawn Staley and a handful of other coaches stand out in a sea of coaches in team polo shirts and quarter-zip pullovers. Most coaches moved to casual sideline attire during the COVID-19 pandemic and many simply never went back to dressing up for games. -
Auburn has brushed off a late-season lull that had some questioning whether the Tigers deserved their top billing as the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Now, Auburn is in its first Sweet 16 since 2019 looking to top that Final Four run with its first national championship. -
Misty Chaviers sat down with StoryCorps and told us how she was able to overcome domestic violence. -
The Alabama women's basketball team's season is at an end, as the fifth-seeded Crimson Tide fell in double overtime at No. 4 seed Maryland, 111-108. This, Monday night, in the second round of the 2025 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.
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After the Chernobyl disaster of 1986, hundreds of children from the affected areas dealt with multiple health issues caused by radiation from the nuclear meltdown. A few years later, families from all across Alabama housed many of those same children for a summer to give them access to better healthcare and a reprieve from the radiation.
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The U.S. is halfway to the next once-a-decade census, but the Supreme Court is still dealing with lawsuits that grew out of the last one. The justices Monday are taking up a challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map. Just two years ago, the court ruled 5-4 that Alabama discriminated against Black voters by adopting a congressional map with just one majority Black district. -
James H. Harvey III is 101 years old and one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen. The Black U.S. Air Force pilots and crew based at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama fought in North Africa and Europe in World War II. One of their last accomplishments was winning the first U.S. Air Force Gunnery Meet in 1949, a forerunner of the U.S. Navy “Top Gun” school. -
The public library in Fairhope, Alabama has found itself in the crosshairs of battles over library content. The Alabama Public Library Service Board of Trustees voted Thursday to withhold state funding from the library. The action came after complaints from conservative parents about books in the teen section. -
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Alabama thundered past Saint Mary's 80-66 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Crimson Tide reached the Sweet 16 for a third consecutive year behind a steady stream of alley-oop dunks that caught the Gaels flat-footed. -
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Alabama lawmakers have approved a bipartisan bill that would make teachers and state employees eligible for paid parental leave. The Republican dominated House of Representatives passed the legislation 94-2 on Thursday. It now goes to Republican Gov. Kay Ivey, who has endorsed the legislation. -
Alabama lawmakers on Thursday advanced proposed regulations on pharmacy benefit managers. Supporters said the bill is needed to protect independent pharmacy stores. The Alabama Senate voted 32-0 Thursday to advance legislation to require minimum reimbursement rates to community pharmacists. -
The No. 21 Alabama Crimson Tide play in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament against the Green Bay Phoenix . Saturday's matchup is the first of the season for the squads. Alabama is 10-7 against the SEC, and Green Bay is 22-1 against the Horizon. -
Miles Kelly made seven 3-pointers and scored 23 points, All-American Johni Broome added 14 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 1 seed Auburn beat 16th-seeded Alabama State 83-63 on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
