Supporters of Palestinian causes with ties to American universities have been detained in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants, an Iranian doctoral student from The University of Alabama. More than half a dozen people are known to have been taken into custody or deported in recent weeks.

Alabama meteorologists are warning about severe storms coming to the Yellowhammer State this weekend and into early next week. Damaging winds, hail and frequent lighting are being identified as the main threats during around midnight on Sunday into Monday morning. Weather experts say an isolated tornado is also possible.

There was no such thing as a bad shot for Alabama in the Sweet 16. Certainly not from beyond the arc, where the Crimson Tide set March Madness records by making 25 3-pointers, attempting 51 and knocking one of college basketball's most memorable teams, Loyola Marymount, out of a perch it had held for 35 years.

Auburn welcomes artists of all styles to take part in an exhibition happening in May. Artwork must center around types/kinds of gardens and things found in gardens are open to personal interpretation. Works may be two or three dimensional in any style.

Both the University of Alabama and federal immigration officials confirm that an Iranian UA doctoral student is in ICE custody, but few details are being made available. Alabama Public Radio was contacted by classmates of the student, identified in published reports as Alireza Doroudi, was detained by ICE agents this week. The student's F-1 student had reportedly been revoked. However, the reasons behind Doroudi’s arrest remain unclear. It’s just the latest student to be detained by the Trump administration.

The number seven ranked Crimson Tide play number seventeen BYU in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament. Alabama is hoping to repeat last year’s run when the team made it all the way to Final Four. Sports betting odds makers give Alabama the edge to win. But, the Tide will have to beat the “tater tot king” to do it. And that takes a little explaining.

The City of Huntsville is preparing to host the 2025 U.S. Paralympics Cycling Time Trial. The nation’s top Para-cyclists are set to take over the Rocket City this weekend at Cummings Research Park for the competition.

An Alabama judge heard conflicting testimony on Tuesday about newly released body camera video that captured the moments before a police officer fatally shot an armed Black man outside of his home. The newly released video appears to confirm officer’s testimony that the man pointed a gun at the policeman.

As the NCAA Tournament heats up, the styles of Notre Dame's Niele Ivey, LSU’s Kim Mulkey, Alabama’s Nate Oaks, South Carolina’s Dawn Staley and a handful of other coaches stand out in a sea of coaches in team polo shirts and quarter-zip pullovers. Most coaches moved to casual sideline attire during the COVID-19 pandemic and many simply never went back to dressing up for games.

Auburn has brushed off a late-season lull that had some questioning whether the Tigers deserved their top billing as the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Now, Auburn is in its first Sweet 16 since 2019 looking to top that Final Four run with its first national championship.

The Alabama women's basketball team's season is at an end, as the fifth-seeded Crimson Tide fell in double overtime at No. 4 seed Maryland, 111-108. This, Monday night, in the second round of the 2025 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.

The U.S. is halfway to the next once-a-decade census, but the Supreme Court is still dealing with lawsuits that grew out of the last one. The justices Monday are taking up a challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map. Just two years ago, the court ruled 5-4 that Alabama discriminated against Black voters by adopting a congressional map with just one majority Black district.