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Mississippi moved into the top five with its win over LSU, the Tigers stayed in the top 10, and Florida and Mississippi State cracked the rankings to give the Southeastern Conference 10 teams in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll released Sunday. Alabama also moved up following its 50-36 come-from-behind win over FSU.
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The CATalyst Council was formed to improve the lives and care of domestic cats. Thank you to my friend who introduced me to this group - I like their mission! -
From film sets to dye gardens: Birmingham artist April Bonasera of Dress Dye Magic gives us a look into her world of bespoke fashion and giving new life into vintage textiles. In this episode of Quick-Fire Quips, she shares her journey as a fourth-generation seamstress, building custom pieces for stars like Catherine O'Hara, crafting dyes from home-grown plants, and why Alabama’s art scene needs to embrace fresh perspectives. -
Florida State left last season’s opener against Alabama with a statement victory. The Crimson Tide left with questions about where their season was headed. The months that followed changed the outlook for both programs. -
Alabama is set to execute a man Thursday night via lethal injection, three months after a judge's ruling blocked the state from putting him to death with nitrogen gas. Jeffery Lee, 49, is scheduled to receive an injection beginning at 6 p.m. at south Alabama's William C. Holman Correctional Facility for killing two people during a 1998 pawnshop robbery in rural Dallas County. -
The Trump administration has cut or frozen up to $177 billion in federal grants since the president took office for his second term, according to a tracking tool released Wednesday by a pro-democracy nonprofit and a group of researchers and scientists. Last summer, frozen funding for schools in Alabama generated headlines. -
Sixty-three years ago, dynamite planted by Ku Klux Klan members exploded through the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four girls as they prepared for Sunday services. Hundreds of people filled the church on Tuesday on the 63rd anniversary of the bombing. -
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's bid to restrict mail ballots for the midterm elections, capping a flurry of last-minute legal action with voting already underway. The decision allows states to continue sending out mail ballots under the same processes they’ve used for years and have accounted for nearly a third of votes cast. Alabama’s mail-in ballots for absentee voting were sent out last week. -
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is hoping that photos taken Saturday night in Tuscaloosa will lead to clues to a shooting that left eight people injured. Similar efforts helped cracked cases like the Brown University shooting in 2025.UPDATED with arrest -
This week, Don reviews Hermits Die on Thursday: Stories of Appalachia and the Dark Ages by Gregory Ariail. -
A 2016 investigation by the Alabama Public Radio news team may be getting a fresh look as Governor Kay Ivey considers the fate of two dozen people sentenced to death through the state’s now abolished policy known as “judicial override.” -
The Crimson Tide saw some improvement in the AP Top 25 following a 45-17 come from behind win over Kentucky. But, it was the earthquake at the top of college football that may be remembered this week. -
Keelon Russell threw for 188 yards and a touchdown to help No. 12 Alabama beat Kentucky 45-17 on Saturday in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams. Russell overcame two interceptions in the first half as the Crimson Tide (2-0) overcame a 17-13 halftime deficit, outscoring the Wildcats (1-1) 32-0 in the second half
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"Simplified" is an interview-style show where Morning Edition host Lacey Alexander takes complex topics and breaks them down so that everyone can better understand them. She enlists a new academic in the state of Alabama every week to simplify a big idea-- whether it's science, economics, media or anything in between.
Sports Minded podcast with host Brittany Young features interviews with coaches, athletes and sports personnel. Insight, commentary and analysis on professional, collegiate and high school sports can be heard here.
Speaking of Pets with host Mindy Norton is a commentary for people who care about pets and want to celebrate that special relationship between humans and animal companions.
Quick-Fire Quips is centered around people who stand out in Alabama. Host Baillee Majors presents guests with a questionnaire of playful personal questions and questions about the Yellowhammer State.
Alabama is known for football and white barbecue sauce. But we’re also making our mark in science, literature and the arts—and we helped put astronauts on the moon! Join APR news director Pat Duggins as he takes up topics like this with interviews on APR Notebook.
Dr. Don Noble, specializing in Southern and American literature, gives his weekly review on the work of Alabama’s finest authors.
StoryCorps episodes show a candid, unscripted conversation between two people about love, loss, family, friendship and everything else in between. These stories are from Selma, where APR recently hosted the Airstream portable studio.
Host Cam Marston brings fun weekly commentaries on generational and demographic trends to provide new ways to interpret the changing world around us.
Coffee & History brings you weekly conversations with fascinating figures in the historical community. Each Sunday morning, Rebecca Todd Minder, Susan E. Reynolds and Caroline Gazzara-McKenzie, explore and share the stories that shape Alabama.
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Roselle, a trained guide dog, was afraid of thunder, but on 9/11 she led her blind human down a staircase of more than 1,400 steps in the North Tower and out to safety. In the process she encouraged many humans to keep going until they also were out of the building. She was declared a hero - and rightly so!! -
Alabama handled life on the road far better in Kalen DeBoer’s second season than his first. After going 2-3 in true road games in 2024, the Crimson Tide improved to 5-1 last season. Now, Kentucky awaits as 12th-ranked Alabama’s first road test of 2026. -
On this week's Keepin' It Real, Cam sat in a church fundraising meeting and pitched drawing the termites as the devil himself. It did not go over the way he'd hoped. -
“It’s one thing to see it dimensionally on a TV. But, when you get there, all your senses are aware of what’s going on…smell…sight…taste…feeling,” said Baldwin County Sheriff Hoss Mack said about the 9/11 attacks, back in 2021. -
Southeastern Conference leaders met by video conference on Thursday without holding a vote on LSU's membership. The SEC had threatened as part of a federal lawsuit against LSU to take such a vote earlier in the week. -
University presidents representing the Southeastern Conference reportedly still plan to meet today. The gathering was initially to consider possibly expelling LSU, which was considering the inclusion of two former college players who signed contracts with the NFL. Tigers head coach Lane Kiffin, who had previously worked as an assistant coach and offensive coordinator at Alabama under Nick Saban, was viewed by a key instigator of the controversy. -
Quilt-lovers, assemble! The 5th Annual Airing of the Quilts Festival is coming back to Gee's Bend on Saturday, October 3rd. In this episode of Quick-Fire Quips, Keya Nkonoki from the Freedom Quilting Bee Legacy talks about the signature celebration. Hear how the generations-old art form is inspiring younger generations to pick up a needle and thread. Plus, the secret backroad routes to visit Alberta year-round, local museum exhibits, and how Gee's Bend quilts went global! -
Leaders of the Southeastern Conference may meet Thursday to discuss whether to take the extraordinary step of kicking LSU out of the league in the wake of an ugly feud over whether players who spent time in the NFL should be allowed back on the team’s roster this season. Published reports say the SEC is laying the blame at the feet of former Alabama assistant coach Lane Kiffin who now leads the Tigers, and LSU leadership for allegedly failing to manage the program. -
Telling the story of 9/11 has become the labor of U.S. schools now that about 1/3 of Americans weren’t yet born on Sept. 11, 2001. The Associated Press has found that a growing majority of states — at least 40 — now expect or suggest that public schools address 9/11 in some way. The AP analyzed how this story is told on a state by state basis, including here in Alabama. -
The state of Alabama is preparing to send out its mail-in ballots tomorrow, with five more states scheduled to do likewise next week. The Trump administration renewed its appeal to the Supreme Court to allow new restrictions on mail ballots in time for the midterms.
