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An aerospace contractor that builds rockets here in Alabama is gearing up for a historic blastoff maybe next month. United Launch Alliance is working with another company that wants to send a small version of NASA’s space shuttle on a resupply mission to the International Space Station.
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Starting July 1, paid parental leave for eligible public employees, including teachers and state workers, will go into effect. This comes as Gov. Kay Ivey signs SB199, also known as the Alabama Public Employee Paid Parental Leave Act of 2025, into law. -
Alabama lawmakers have approved legislation aimed at creating a path for people who experience suicidal thoughts to voluntarily store their weapons with licensed gun dealers. The bill would provide lawsuit immunity to licensed firearm dealers who agree to hold someone’s weapon for a period of time. -
A federal judge has ruled that the Alabama attorney general can't prosecute groups who help Alabama women obtain abortions in another state. The ruling sides with an abortion fund and medical providers who sued the state attorney general. -
A plea deal reveals that an Alabama sheriff’s deputy will plead guilty to assaulting a man suffering from a mental health crisis. In 2023, Tony Mitchell died in the local jail just two weeks later after he was detained in a concrete cell covered in feces with no toilet or access to medical attention. -
An Alabama judge is ruling that a police officer was not acting in self-defense when he shot an armed Black man who was standing in his own front yard. Body camera footage shows the officer shooting 18 bullets less than two seconds after identifying himself as law enforcement. -
This week marks two hundred years since a 1825 tour of the United States by the Marquis de Lafayette. The French general served under George Washington during the Revolutionary War. LaFayette later became a key figure in the French Revolution in 1789. He also holds the distinction of being the only foreign leader ever invited to be a guest of the nation by order of Congress. President James Monroe asked LaFayette to tour the U.S., and that included Alabama. -
Supporters of an Iranian University of Alabama student are speaking out with their dollars. A now closed GoFundMe site includes close to twenty six thousand dollars for the legal defense of Alireza Doroudi. Donors sent amounts ranging from five to three hundred dollars. It’s been just over a week since ICE agents arrested the engineering doctoral candidate. -
As pollen fills the air, many people will suffer from pollen allergies this spring. Experts from The University of Alabama at Birmingham offer tips and advice to help manage pollen allergies this year. -
The University of Alabama is preparing to host the second annual Bark to the Beat 5k on April 5. The run will serve as a fundraiser for the Tuscaloosa Metro Animal Shelter and will have live music performed by the University of Alabama School of Music and local high schools and have animals from the shelter.
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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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Investigators with the National Weather Service will spend today working to establish the intensity of tornadoes that hit the southern U.S. Unconfirmed twisters in Alabama hit northwest of Tuscaloosa and southeast of the state capitol of Montgomery. One storm near Birmingham picked up a school bus and dropped it on a local high school. Violent weather in Georgia flipped a gas station onto its roof. Roads remain impassable due to downed trees and power lines -
Walter Clayton Jr. scored 22 points, and number four Florida pulled away from number five ranked Alabama for a 104-82 victory in the Southeastern Conference Tournament semifinals. -
Some heroes come with four legs and a tail. They are the dogs who serve in the military, law enforcement and search and rescue, and there is a special day to recognize their service! -
The threat of tornadoes moved east into the Mississippi Valley and Deep South on Saturday, a day after a massive storm system moving across the country unleashed winds that damaged buildings, whipped up dust storms that caused deadly crashes and fanned more than 100 wildfires in several central states. Alabama is under what forecasters called a rare “level 5” storm alert. -
Labaron Philon scored 21 points and fifth-ranked Alabama never trailed in routing number fifteen Kentucky 99-70 on Friday night to advance to the Southeastern Conference Tournament semifinals. The Crimson Tide will play fourth-ranked Florida looking to play for their second tournament title in three seasons. -
More than 50 universities are being investigated for alleged racial discrimination as part of President Donald Trump's campaign to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs that his officials say exclude white and Asian American students. -
Governor Kay Ivey is declaring a state of emergency in all sixty seven counties in Alabama. A sweeping storm system moving across the U.S. threatens to bring tornadoes, blizzards and possibly wildfires to different regions of the country. The National Weather Service says an outbreak of severe storms could spawn tornadoes over the weekend. -
The Alabama Crimson Tide punched its ticket to the Southeastern Conference tournament with last week’s buzzer beater over cross state rival Auburn. Kentucky won its chance to play the Crimson Tide just last night with a win over Oklahoma. Otega Oweh made a baseline jumper with 0.5 seconds left after No. 15 Kentucky had blown a late lead in the final minutes and the Wildcats beat Oklahoma 85-84 on Thursday night to advance to the Southeastern Conference Tournament quarterfinals. -
The New York Jets parting with one of the team's popular captains in a salary cap move. This athlete played in just four games last season because of a toe injury and later a herniated disk in his neck. He was also a star of Nick Saban’s second national championship win at Alabama, when the Crimson Tide beat LSU in 2012. His performance was punctuated by a dislocated hip he suffered while returning an interception. -
Major trade partners swiftly hit back at President Donald Trump's increased tariffs on aluminum and steel imports, imposing stiff new taxes on U.S products from textiles and water heaters to beef and bourbon. Alabama may be impacted by actions Canada is taking on products that the state exports north of the border.
