Pat Duggins
News DirectorPat Duggins is APR’s news director. As a kid, he watched the Apollo manned moon launches along Florida’s space coast. Pat later spent 14 years covering NASA for NPR. After re-organizing the APR newsroom, he and the team were honored with over 150 awards for excellence in journalism. That includes APR being the first radio newsroom to receive RFK Human Rights’ “Seigenthaler Prize for Courage in Journalism.” Pat holds a master’s degree from the University of Alabama and has published two books on NASA. When he’s not at APR, he enjoys cooking with Lucia, and tending his beloved fig tree.
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Keelon Russell threw for 311 yards and three touchdowns, including a pair of fourth-quarter scores that helped Alabama pull away, and the 13th-ranked Crimson Tide beat Texas A&M 31-20 on Saturday to end a two-game skid. -
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey is asking the federal government to declare southern counties in the states to be disaster areas following the arrival of Hurricane Isais. The request asks FEMA to help cover eligible hurricane-related costs for governments and certain non-profits. This follows a request from U.S. Congressman Shomari Figures two days made two days prior. -
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is targeting nonwhite voters with new digital ads across 42 districts. The five new digital ads are aimed at forty two districts across twenty states where nonwhite voters will help determine outcomes. Alabama is among those states where incumbent Representative Shomari Figures is running in a district flipped back to an older map that reportedly favors the GOP. -
Voters in Alabama might be in a different U.S. House district in the coming mid term election, compared to the last time they cast a ballot. All seven of the state’s seats in the House of Representatives are up for election, as is one position in the U.S. Senate. It’s the House races that may cause confusion as to where people get vote. -
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of a death-row inmate after a number of former public officials, and the current district attorney, raised doubts about his conviction. -
Alabama receiver Ryan Coleman-Williams' availability is uncertain for the 13th-ranked Crimson Tide's home game against Texas A&M on Saturday. Coach Kalen DeBoer said Monday that Coleman-Williams will be reevaluated as the week progresses. ESPN reported Saturday that the junior underwent arthroscopic knee surgery after dealing with a meniscus injury for three weeks. -
NASA has announced that a 34-year agency veteran, and graduate of the University of Alabama, will take the top job at the Marshall Space Flight Center. The space agency’s administrator Jared Isaacman has named Stephen Cash director of Marshall. His first day on the job is today. -
It was a weekend never before seen for teams in the Associated Press Top 25. There’s a major shakeup is on tap in the college football poll on Sunday. And former Alabama assistant coach Mario Cristobal may be the big winner when the numbers settle. The head of the Miami Hurricanes worked for retired legendary coach Nick Saban at Alabama from 2013 to 2016. Click for some of the results. -
Tennessee’s DeSean Bishop rushed for 159 yards and two touchdowns, lifting number fourteen ranked Volunteer over number six Alabama 26-10. The Crimson Tide have lost consecutive regular-season games for the first time since 2007 after also losing to top ranked Georgia last week. The Bulldogs faced its own agony of defeat today by falling to Auburn twenty seven to twenty four. -
Fifteen Alabama communities are planning to stage “No Kings” protests just days ahead of the November mid-terms. Previous days including hand drawn signs, chanting, and colorful costumes. Tuscaloosa, Auburn, Athens, Selma, Mobile, Birmingham, Dadeville, Oxford, Foley, Fort Payne, and Oneonta are among the cities where protests are planned. Behind the get-out-the-vote message during today's protests, are concerns among members of the Alabama League of Women Voters.
