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First , there was “bloody Sunday” and “turnaround Tuesday,” then there was a rally in Boston in 1965 over housing discrimination and school segregation. Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior led the protest in Boston as well as Selma. The sixtieth anniversary of this demonstration in the city known as the “cradle of liberty” is expected to draw thousands of people at the same site to honor and reflect on the historic event.
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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! -
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. -
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. -
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.
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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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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. -
The Blount County Extension is holding an educational session focusing a specific audience in agriculture. The 2025 Women in AG workshop will include speakers on handling cattle, estate planning, and driving a tractor aimed at female farmers working in the state. -
Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster off the Gulf Coast, the effects of the largest oil spill in U.S. history are still being felt. Oil company BP has paid billions of dollars in damages, propelling ambitious coastal restoration projects. APR news was recognized with a national Sigma Delta Chi award from the Society of Professional Journalists for our documentary on the tenth anniversary of the Gulf oil spill. -
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! -
Alabama lawmakers advanced legislation that would allow local law enforcement to enforce immigration law, as conservative legislators push for increased alignment with the federal government's crackdown on immigration. The bill was dubbed "Laken Riley Act," named after the 22-year-old Augusta University student who was killed last year in Georgia by an undocumented immigrant.
