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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. -
Nine local agencies serving Huntsville’s most vulnerable residents are getting a financial boost in federal funding. The organizations will receive about $300,000 to help unsheltered populations in the Rocket City. -
At least half of U.S. states now outlaw devices that can convert pistols into machine guns. Alabama and New Mexico are the latest to take a stand against so-called Glock switches. The small parts can be attached to handguns to make them fire like machine guns. -
The 24th annual Auburn CityFest returns to Kiesel Park on Saturday, April 26. The free, family-friendly festival is Auburn’s largest outdoor event. This years celebration will feature circus performers, acrobatics and balancing acts. -
The National Weather Service is predicting a wave of severe weather for this morning through the afternoon. All modes of severe weather will be possible, including tornadoes, damaging winds with gusts up to 70 mph, and large hail up to golf ball size. -
Florida came back to beat Texas Tech eighty four to seventy nine after trailing the Red Raiders in the final six minutes of their western regional game. This will be the first Final Four appearance for the Gators since 2014. Number one Duke beat number two seed Alabama eighty five to sixty five -
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.
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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. -
Wall Street is having another tough day amid anxiety over President Donald Trump's often-changing tariff proposals. Trump delayed most tariffs on Mexican goods after talking with their president. But Canada's prime minister said retaliatory Canadian tariffs will remain as long as Trump leaves any U.S. tariffs in place. Alabama may get a momentary reprieve based on the “fine print” in Trump’s latest action on tariffs. -
The No. 7 Alabama men's basketball team is recovering after a 99-94 loss to No. 5 Florida during its final home game of the season. The Crimson Tide fell to 23-7 on the season and 12-5 in SEC play on Wednesday. UA now looks to its rematch with No. 1 Auburn over the weekend. -
11th-seeded Florida is leading past 14th-seeded Auburn 60-50 after the first day of the SEC Tournament. The Gators' win ends the Tigers' season, and Florida now advances to a second-round matchup against sixth-seeded Alabama. -
2025 includes three key anniversaries in the Alabama civil rights movement. This December will mark seventy years since the Montgomery Bus Boycott. 2025 is also the sixtieth anniversary of the shooting of civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson, which led to the March 7th demonstration over the Edmund Pettus bridge that culminated in Bloody Sunday. The city of Selma will remember that day with this weekend’s bridge crossing jubilee. -
Don’t get out your checkbook to buy a landmark associated with Alabama’s Freedom Riders. The Trump White House identified the Montgomery bus station that now serves as a museum to that time in the state’s civil rights history for sale. That is until the administration deleted the list. -
The number of states imposing sales taxes on groceries is likely to shrink as lawmakers hear complaints about high prices for eggs and other household staples. Democratic Party leaders in Alabama are among the political officials calling for grocery-tax reductions. -
The Trump administration has published a list of more than 320 federal properties it identified to close or sell, including in Alabama. The designations are part of Trump and billionaire Elon Musk's unprecedented effort to slash the size of the federal workforce and shrink government spending. -
Two Alabama sheriff’s deputies are being indicted on charges of using excessive force against a man who later died of sepsis and hypothermia in a local jail. At least 10 Walker County jail employees have pleaded guilty to charges related to the death of 33-year-old Tony Mitchell. -
As people get ready to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the Selma to Montgomery March and passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts just opened a show of photographs taken by Spider Martin in those days.
