A ruling by Alabama’s Supreme Court is prompting action in Congress. U.S. Senator Katie Britt is co-sponsoring a bill that would protect invitro fertilization clinics.
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This week, Don reviews "Lights, Camera, Bones: A Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery" by Carolyn Haines
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An Associated Press investigation into prison labor in the United States found that prisoners who are hurt or killed on the job are often being denied the rights and protections offered to other American workers. In Alabama alone, at least three men have died since 2015.
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Dubbed "Cicadapocalypse", a rare concurrence of two types of periodical cicadas are emerging from hibernation this spring, with trillions of cicadas being heard throughout the central and south-central parts of the country!
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Mission managers are still troubleshooting a helium leak on NASA’s new gumdrop shaped space capsule called Starliner. The vehicle, on top of an Alabama built Atlas-V rocket, will now launch no earlier than May 25th.
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Friday’s no vote from Mercedes Benz workers on joining the United Auto Workers may not be the end of the matter. The UAW appears ready to follow up on complaints that Mercedes managers allegedly used anti-labor consultants to try to intimidate workers. Mercedes denies any interference.
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Workers at two Mercedes-Benz factories near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, voted overwhelmingly against joining the United Auto Workers on Friday, a setback in the union's drive to organize plants in the historically nonunion South.
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On this week's Keepin' It Real, Cam has seen much more of the healthcare world than he would like these days. His advice: Stay well.
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There’s an event tomorrow along the Gulf coast featuring food and live music as well as a judge, a prosecutor, and a defense attorney. The City of Mobile is hosting a clinic to resolve outstanding warrants in the court system.
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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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Gambling legislation and proposed changes to the state ethics law failed to win final approval at the end of Alabama’s lawmaking session in Montgomery. Lawmakers faced a public backlash over IVF access. Clinics paused services following a state court ruling equating frozen embryos to children.
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Every Spring, Cam sits in his reading chair and sees a friend right outside his window. But, Cam won't give him a name. He absolutely won't.
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The University of Alabama wheelchair basketball team is gearing up to brings athletes from around the country to Tuscaloosa.
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Gambling legislation remains stalled in the Alabama Senate with members expressing doubt that it will get another vote in the closing hours of the legislative session.
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A divided Supreme Court ruled that authorities do not have to provide a quick hearing when they seize cars and other property used in drug crimes, even when the property belongs to so-called innocent owners. The case involves Alabama.
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Alabama has scheduled a second execution with nitrogen gas, months after the state became the first to put a person to death with the previously untested method.
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The hot, steamy, months of July and August are peak mosquito season on the Gulf Coast. The Mobile County Public Health Department is preparing for this battle of the bugs by bringing in a new batch of recruits to help out. They’re not human foot soldiers but sentinel chickens. This APR story was made possible by a grant from the Caring Foundation.
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The “Protect The Ball Act” is sponsored by U.S House member Barry Moore of Alabama and Russell Fry of South Carolina. The bill is intended to provide legal safe harbor for the entities that run college sports, which has been under siege from antitrust lawsuits.
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Alabama lawmakers gave final approval to legislation to provide state tax breaks to businesses that help their employees afford childcare. The Alabama Senate voted 31-0 for the bill that now goes to Governor Kay Ivey for her signature.
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A federal judge said abortion rights advocates can proceed with lawsuits against Alabama's attorney general over threats to prosecute people who help women travel to another state to terminate pregnancies.