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Budget cuts in Washington are raising concerns for beach safety along the Alabama Gulf coast. The Associated Press is reported staff vacancies as bad as twenty percent at some National Weather Service offices. These are the people who provide beach safety forecasts for both Alabama beach goers and lifeguards.
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This week, Don reviews “Hemingway’s Passions: His Women, His Wars, and His Writing” by Nancy W. Sindelar. -
Keeping your pet safe at Easter means protecting them from the dangers lurking in the treats, decorations and trimmings we humans enjoy for this holiday! -
School material could look very different if two bills before the Alabama legislature become law. One measure would mandate the displaying of the Ten Commandments in an expansion of Christian texts in public schools, while deleting references to drag shows and the displaying of pride flags. Another bill would require schools to change their maps and materials to say “Gulf of America.” -
On this weeks Keepin' It Real, Cam tells us that based on a series of recent events, he has two people he'd like to offer up as potentially superb spies. -
Alabamians may find themselves quoting Longfellow today. Governor Key Ivey says the state will join the nation in a commemoration known as “two lights for the future.” The day remembers the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Paul Revere’s famous midnight ride during the Revolutionary War. -
The Alabama legislature is working to make Hollywood feel more at home in our state. A bill is making its way through the Senate in Montgomery to add incentives for people who make movies or commercials here in Alabama. APR student reporter Barry Carmichael spoke to one Mobile resident whose movie making experience including meeting the actor who played Luke Skywalker. -
A growing number of conservative leaders are pushing states to upend the long-standing U.S. constitutional right to free public education for children, regardless of immigration status. Alabama tried to enforce a state law to keep undocumented migrant children from public schooling, but agreed to a legal settlement on the matter and the law was blocked. -
The Trump administration is expected to reverse a controversial 2023 decision on the permanent location of U.S. Space Command, perhap as soon as month’s end. Alabama is watching what happens since Huntsville is one possible landing spot. -
The Trump administration has granted nearly seventy coal-fired power plants a two-year exemption from federal requirements to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals such as mercury, arsenic and benzene. The list includes the Tennessee Valley Authority, which serves seven southern states including Alabama.
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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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Myra Evans sits down with Barbara Caddell at StoryCorps to discuss her efforts in bringing a Pomeroy marker honoring Eugenia Marx, a local suffrage activist, to Mobile. And they also take a look at the impact Eugenia had.Note: No image available -
The Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit from Republican attorneys general in 19 states aimed at blocking climate change suits against the oil and gas industry from Democratic-led states. The Republicans' complaint, led by Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, asserts that the Democratic states are trying to dictate national energy policy. -
This week, Don reviews "With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying: Tales of Sinning and Redemption” by Debra Goldstein. -
Charles Mauldin was near the front of a line of voting rights marchers walking in pairs across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on March 7, 1965. The marchers were protesting white officials' refusal to allow Black Alabamians to register to vote, as well as the killing days earlier of Jimmie Lee Jackson, a minister and voting rights organizer who was shot by a state trooper in nearby Marion. APR listeners heard from marchers as young as fourteen. -
Mark Sears hit a game-winning floater as time expired, and No. 7 Alabama spoiled the home finale of rival and No. 1 Auburn with a 93-91 overtime road win Saturday. The off-balance buzzer-beater from the free-throw line was only the third made basket of the game for Sears, who finished with nine points. -
When should you spay or neuter your pet? Now - do it now! -
The Washington Commanders have released two-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Jonathan Allen. The move Friday comes less than two weeks since they gave the former Crimson Tide’s camp permission to talk to other teams around the NFL about a potential trade -
No. 7 Alabama takes on the No. 1 Auburn Tigers after Mark Sears scored 30 points in the Crimson Tide's 99-94 loss to the Florida Gators. Saturday's game is the second meeting of the season between the two teams. The Tigers won the last matchup 94-85. Auburn is 15-2 against the SEC, and Alabama is 12-5 against conference opponents. -
The Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday approved enhanced legal protections for law enforcement officers. Representatives voted 75-26 for the bill that is backed by Republican Gov. Kay Ivey. The bill now moves to the Alabama Senate. -
On today's Keeping It Real, Cam recounts his birthday week, which has some unexpected surges of happiness.
