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NASA's plans to launch the Artemis II into lunar orbit may get delayed again. The first moon mission involving humans since 1972 was set to go March 6th, after a dress rehearsal found no hydrogen leaks. But NASA boss Jared Isaacman said on X Saturday, an interruption in helium flow was discovered overnight. He says that will likely send the Artemis off the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center and back to the Vehicle Assembly Building for repairs. The super rocket that will carry the astronauts has its roots at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. -
The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's tariff policy. This was considered a significant loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda. However, published reports indicate that tariffs impacting Alabama, including actions against steel and automobile imports, remain in effect. -
The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's far-reaching global tariffs on Friday, handing him a significant loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda. The 6-3 decision centers on tariffs imposed under an emergency powers law, including the sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs he levied on nearly every other country. -
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is joining a group of 22 state attorneys general who back Louisiana in a lawsuit over abortion pills.The case challenges a Biden-era change that expanded access to the drug, mifepristone. -
Wearing a protective boot earlier this week, Arkansas star Darius Acuff Jr. snapped back when coach John Calipari asked if he was going to miss Wednesday night's game at Alabama. “He said, ‘Are you nuts?'” Calipari recalled. -
The Shelby County town of Columbiana is becoming the first municipality in the state to pass new restrictions governing future data centers. On Tuesday, the City Council unanimously passed a resolution imposing zoning regulations on water and energy usage, noise, landscape buffer zones and potential harm to the environment. Then, there's Bessemer. -
The State of Alabama and a coalition of law enforcement and non-profit support groups have issued a new report on human trafficking. The study breaks down the issue into vulnerabilities and efforts at combating the crime, which includes sex trafficking and labor trafficking. The Alabama Public Radio newsroom spent fourteen months investigating this problem in the state. -
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader's assassination, died Tuesday. Jackson talked with Alabama Public Radio back in 2018 for the newsroom’s international award-winning documentary “The King of Alabama.” He recalled MLK’s impact. -
Robert Duvall, the Oscar-winning actor of matchless versatility and dedication whose classic roles included the intrepid consigliere of the first two "Godfather" movies and the over-the-hill country music singer in "Tender Mercies," has died at age 95. Beginning with his 1962 film debut as Boo Radley, the reclusive neighbor in the movie adaptatation of Harper Lee’s Alabama classic "To Kill a Mockingbird," Duvall created a gallery of unforgettable portrayals. -
An Alabama senator is filing a new bill that creates a new offense for those interfering with first responders.State Senator April Weaver announced the new criminal offense on Monday, which happens when a person "remains 25-feet of a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency services personnel after being told to vacate the area. -
Valentine’s Day is a time for a heart shaped boxes of chocolates, flowers, Champagne, and of course, dinner reservations. Alabama is one of 22 states where romantic couples can get reservations at their local Waffle House. -
The Alabama men’s basketball team hosts South Carolina in Tuscaloosa tomorrow, and a former player is reportedly considering his legal options. Center Charles Bediako, who once played for the San Antonio Spurs’ minor league team lost his court injunction that enabled him to return to Tuscaloosa to play for Alabama. Tide head coach Nate Oats says Bediako is the victim of a broken NCAA system.
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Sarah Marsh of Birmingham, Alabama, was one of 27 Camp Mystic campers and counselors swept to their deaths when floodwaters engulfed cabins at the Texas camp on July 4, 2025. Grieving parents pushed Texas lawmakers to approve new safety requirements for camps, including mandating detailed emergency plans and emergency warning systems. -
Global bond rating agency Standard and Poor's has lowered the borrowing rate for the newly-created Central Alabama Water system.Concerns about the public utility's weakening liquidity, aging assets and substantial reorganization of management cited as some of the reasons.Earlier this week, the “CAW's” long-term rating was downgraded from Double-A to Double-A minus.S&P also warned of further cuts within 90 days, if financial transparency is not improved. -
Governor Kay Ivey signed The Child Predator Death Penalty Act into law. The measure strengthens Alabama’s criminal penalties against those who are convicted of felony sexual crimes against a child. Crimes of first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, and first-degree sexual assault of victims under the age of 12 would automatically become punishable by death. -
February is National Cancer Prevention Month. A recent study ranks Alabama among the states with a lung cancer crisis in the U.S. Survivability statistics are only available for thirty nine states and Alabama is at the bottom. One area where the state is doing better is cancer screening where just over twenty percent of residents get checked. -
The clash over freedom to read is playing out on the Gulf coast with both sides thinking they’re right. Members of the Fairhope Library Board agreed to stand their ground over books deemed too adult for younger readers. The city’s public library lost its state funding last month when the Alabama Public Library Service board voted to deny funding over books it says don’t belong in the library’s teen section. It was the agency’s first such denial over book placement. -
It looks like Alabama cities like Tuscaloosa and Mobile may be getting a larger share of state internet sales taxes. Mayors Walt Maddox and Spiro Cheriogatis are among the city leaders who are dropping a class action lawsuit against the Alabama Department of Revenue has been dropped. -
The Alabama Department of Human Resources has begun mailing out new chip-enabled EBT cards to SNAP benefit recipients.The upgraded cards offer enhanced security to block unauthorized out-of-state and online purchases.However, Alabama cardholders who wish to make such purchases can still do so by downloading the ConnectEBT Mobile App, visiting the ConnectEBT website or calling the EBT Customer Service phone number. -
An Alabama circuit judge on Monday denied Alabama basketball player Charles Bediako’s motion for a preliminary injunction, ending the 7-foot center's collegiate eligibility and his season with the Crimson Tide. -
The “Dark Side” defense carried Sam Darnold and the Seattle Seahawks to a Lombardi Trophy. Devon Witherspoon, Derick Hall, Byron Murphy and the rest of Mike Macdonald’s ferocious unit pummeled Drake Maye, and the Seahawks beat the New England Patriots 29-13 on Sunday to win the franchise’s second Super Bowl. The win also means former members of the Alabama Crimson Tide, Josh Jobe, Jalen Milroe, Robbie Outz, and Jarren Reed will soon be sporting oversized rings -
Labaron Philon Jr. tallied 25 points, six assists and five rebounds, Amari Allen added 17 points and six rebounds, and Alabama took down Auburn 96-92 on Saturday. Alabama basketball center Charles Bediako's lawsuit against the NCAA was in court for hearing one day before the Tide faced the Tigers. -
At least three former members of the Alabama Crimson Tide will win Super Bowl rings on Sunday. Seven players who formerly worked with retired coach Nick Saban are now with the New England Patriots and the Seahawks. So, either Christian Barmore, Anfernee Jennings, and CJ Dippre (New England,) or Josh Jobe, Jalen Milroe, Robbie Outz, and Jarren Reed (Seattle,) will acquire new bling following the NFL Championship on Sunday. Jalen Hurts has been there. -
Imagine waking up one morning, opening that day's copy of The New York Times, and seeing yourself described as TV's “king of creepy.” My guest tonight got that distinction just last year. Two time Emmy award winning actor Michael Emerson is a University of Alabama graduate, and he once worked at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. We met his wife, Carrie Preston of the CBS TV series "Elsbeth," just last month. Now, just in case you thought that creepy comment in the New York Times was a one off, the Washington Post later called Emerson “TV's most beloved creepy guy” four months later. He seems to relish in that. Emerson starred as Benjamin Linus in the TV series Lost and the eccentric billionaire Harold Finch in Person of Interest. However, fans of the cult classic horror film "SAW" may remember him as the creepy hospital orderly Zep Hindle.
