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Latrell Wrightsell, Jr. scored 24 points and fourth-seeded Alabama earned a fourth straight trip to the Sweet 16 with a 90-65 second-round rout of No. 5 seed Texas Tech in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday night
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National Poison Prevention Week is an effort to encourage safety and protection for all members of the family, including the four-footed ones! -
Police in Barcelona say foul play was likely not a factor in the death of University of Alabama student James "Jimmy" Gracey. Officials told the New York Post, "Everything points to it being an accidental death." -
Labaron Philon Jr. finished with 29 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, and No. 4 seed Alabama rallied from an early double-digit deficit to beat 13th-seeded Hofstra 90-70 in a first-round game in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. -
A man was convicted of murder in the 2019 death of Alabama college student Aniah Blanchard, whose disappearance drew national attention, but the jury spared him a possible death sentence Thursday. -
Catalonia’s regional police say the body of 20-year-old James “Jimmy” Gracey was found in the water off a Barcelona beach. A team of police divers found the body. Gracey’s body was found near where he was last seen outside a nightclub with his friends early Tuesday. -
Police investigators in Spain now say they suspect foul play in the disappearance of a University of Alabama student.This, as the search continues for James Paul Gracey, who was last seen early Tuesday morning outside a beachfront restaurant in Barcelona. -
Jaylen Waddle and Pat Surtain II are gearing up for some fierce training camp competitions now that the former Alabama stars have been reunited in Denver. -
Today Lacey sits down with a pro on social media culture, influence and history. Dr. Jessica Maddox is an Associate Professor of Entertainment and Media Studies at the University of Georgia, but spent 7 years of her academic career at the University of Alabama. In this episode, she chats with Lacey about how people can get dependent on social media, how these websites design themselves to make them as "scrollable" as possible, and how humans have craved connections (like the ones social media seems to provide) for centuries. -
Governor Kay Ivey has ordered flags on all state government buildings to be flown at half staff, in honor of an Air National Guard member killed in Iraq last week.Major John Kliner lived in Trussville and was also an Auburn graduate. -
Alabama is set to begin March Madness on Friday against Hofstra. The Crimson Tide will face the Pride during round one without Aden Holloway. The point guard is facing felony drug charges and more details are reportedly emerging in his case. -
Ruling in the case of a Black pastor who was arrested while watering his neighbor’s flowers, the Alabama Supreme Court said police can demand to see identification during a stop if they are dissatisfied with a person's verbal answers. -
This week on StoryCorps, Johnathon Matthews talks with Peggy and Clete Verhoff about the devastating floods from the Cahawba river and the resilience of the community that followed.
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"Simplified" is an interview-style show where Morning Edition host Lacey Alexander takes complex topics and breaks them down so that everyone can better understand them. She enlists a new academic in the state of Alabama every week to simplify a big idea-- whether it's science, economics, media or anything in between.
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Quick-Fire Quips is centered around people who stand out in Alabama. Host Baillee Majors presents guests with a questionnaire of playful personal questions and questions about the Yellowhammer State.
Alabama is known for football and white barbecue sauce. But we’re also making our mark in science, literature and the arts—and we helped put astronauts on the moon! Join APR news director Pat Duggins as he takes up topics like this with interviews on APR Notebook.
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One of the team's most notable players made two notable changes during the offseason. He added Coleman to his now-hyphenated last name to honor his mother and switched from No. 2 to No. 1, returning to the digit he wore in high school for in-state powerhouse Saraland -
Alabama guard Aden Holloway was arrested on a felony drug charge, just days before the start of the NCAA Tournament, authorities said. Holloway, 21, was arrested by agents with the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force, -
This week, Don Noble reviews Marriage and Other Monuments by Virginia Pye. -
Disturbing video footage shot by Alabama prison inmates wasn’t enough to sway voters for the 2026 Academy Awards. “The Alabama Solution” lost to “Mister Nobody versus Putin” at last night’s Oscars. The winning entry for “Best Documentary Feature” similarly used video shot in secret. A school videographer in Russia used footage he took at schools to illustrate how Vladmir Putin is working to indoctrinate young students. -
Three of the six U.S. service members who died in the crash of a U.S. military refueling aircraft were stationed in Birmingham as part of 6th Air Refueling Wing at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. -
A pilot from Alabama had just been promoted to major in January and had been deployed less than a week when the refueling aircraft he was aboard crashed in Iraq this week, killing him and five others. -
Your furry friend may have been enjoying the pleasant spring weather, but oops - here comes cold weather again! -
AJ Storr scored 17 points, Ilias Kamardine added 16 and 15th-seeded Mississippi upset No. 15 and second-seeded Alabama 80-79 on Friday night in the Southeastern Conference Tournament quarterfinals. Mississippi won for the third time in three days in the tournament after losing 12 of the final 13 regular-season games. -
In this episode of Alabama Out Loud, Aydan Conchin explores the history of St. Patrick’s Day while sharing favorite ways to celebrate the holiday between Huntsville and Tuscaloosa. -
Recent employment reports may indicate a mixed labor market – but there are jobs aplenty in Alabama. The office of Governor Kay Ivey says 2025 was a record breaking year for economic development with more than nine thousand new jobs on the horizon. We’re not talking about just any jobs, but ones that require an educated workforce. Baldwin County is home to a career tech public high school that’s helping meet the demand.
