Mark Schiefelbein/AP
/
AP
The White House is opening a weeklong celebration of President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office. Officials kicked off the promotional campaign Monday with a focus on his immigration crackdown. Trump is holding a rally in Michigan on Tuesday and delivering a commencement address at the University of Alabama on Thursday.
News & Commentaries From APR
-
In this edition of StoryCorps, Janet Cobb and Shea McLean are back to discuss two major donations to Battleship Memorial Park made by the late Jimmy Buffett. -
-
World Veterinary Day is celebrated on the last Saturday in April, to celebrate veterinarians and their teams that help us care for our best friends! -
A recent report from Livability has placed Auburn among the top 100 places to live. The report highlights the city's school system, safety and welcoming atmosphere as reasons for the ranking. -
On this week's Keepin It Real, Cam wonders if we have what it takes any more. If the thumbs up button is as far as we'll go or as much as we'll do. -
Former Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe was left on the sidelines following round one of the NFL draft. Things went better for two former offensive linemen for the Crimson Tide. -
Rail passengers can soon buy tickets to ride Amtrak between Mobile and New Orleans. The service announced the resumption of travel between the two cities for the first time since Hurricane Katrina halted Amtrak’s route along the Alabama Gulf coast back in August of 2005. -
The Auburn Public Library is hosting a postcard design competition to promote this year's Summer Learning Challenge. The theme for the challenge this year is "Color Our World" and the library is calling all artists to show how they would color the world through their postcard designs. The contest ends on May 13. -
A Mobile, Alabama woman and toddler whose remains were discovered scattered along an oceanfront highway not far from the victims of Long Island's infamous Gilgo Beach killings. The two were identified Wednesday as a U.S. Army veteran from Alabama and her daughter.
Latest News From NPR
- Harvard pledges reforms following internal reports on antisemitism and anti-Arab bias
- The Mellon Foundation announces 'emergency funding' for humanities councils
- Why Google's search engine trial is about AI
- White House dismisses authors of major climate report
- Jack Black hits a milestone on the charts, while Alex Warren's 'Ordinary' keeps rising
Now a retired English professor at The University of Alabama, Dr. Noble's specialties are Southern and American literature.
Speaking of Pets with host Mindy Norton is a commentary (opinion piece) for people who care about pets and humane treatment for animals in general, and who want to celebrate that special relationship between us and our animal companions.
Host Cam Marston brings us fun weekly commentaries (opinion pieces) on generational and demographic trends to provide new ways to interpret the changing world around us.
Sports Minded is a monthly sports podcast. It features interviews with current and former coaches, athletes and sports personnel. They share insight, commentary and analysis on professional, collegiate and high school sports.
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.
-
We’ve all heard of dogs sniffing for bombs or drugs. But what about sniffing for bacteria? APR headed to south Alabama where an environmental group is training man’s best friend to find untreated wastewater in local rivers and streams. -
Huntsville's Panoply Arts Festival is hailed as the premier arts weekend in the Southeast. The annual event highlights local artists and musicians while also hosting food vendors and interactive activities for children and the wider community. -
African American church leaders are speaking out over budget cuts being proposed by the Trump White House. The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture features artifacts from, and has sponsored research into, the slave ship Clotilda. The double masted schooner carried the last kidnapped Africans to be held as slaves at the time of the U.S. Civil War. -
A man on Alabama's death row wants his execution to go forward this week, saying he believes in an "eye for an eye." James Osgood, 55, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday at his south Alabama prison. -
With Earth Day being observed today, several cities across Alabama, including Birmingham, Montgomery and Huntsville, are taking part in events that focus on the environment and how to protect it. -
Donald Trump says he’s coming to Tuscaloosa, again. The President announced on his social media site that he’ll be delivering the commencement address at the University of Alabama in early May, as well as at West Point. -
Coworkers Janet Cobb and Shea McLean sit down with StoryCorps to talk about the significance of Battleship Memorial Park.
-
Drivers licenses from out of state may be rendered invalid in Alabama, if they’re held by illegal immigrants. In addition to Wyoming and Tennessee, at least a half-dozen other Republican-led states have considered legislation this year to invalidate certain types of out-of-state driver's licenses issued to immigrants illegally in the U.S. -
This week, Don reviews “Hemingway’s Passions: His Women, His Wars, and His Writing” by Nancy W. Sindelar. -
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 forecasts, including beach safety information for both Alabama beach goers and lifeguards.
