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An immigration judge set a bond hearing for Alireza Doroudi, a University of Alabama mechanical engineering doctoral student from Iran arrested by ICE in March, for Thursday.

As the Alabama Legislature nears the final stretch of the 2025 legislative session, State Rep. Ernie Yarbrough (R-Trinity) is hopeful his Laken Riley Act will be presented to the House of Representatives this week for a vote.

Samford University faculty have gathered twice this year to discuss President Donald Trump's second term and his administration's potential policy goals.

Seafood, 1930s music, swing dancing. Mobile Big Band at Bluegill Restaurant Tuesday April 15.

Nine states have joined Alabama’s voter integrity database (AVID), started by Secretary of State Wes Allen to replace the controversial Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC).

Legislation by State Sen. Andrew Jones (R-Centre) would limit which Chinese companies the Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA) can invest in.

Mobile Baykeepers are concerned after multiple testing sites along Alabama’s Gulf Coast showed high levels of bacteria a week after record rainfall.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall joined a coalition of 27 states pushing President Donald Trump’s administration to combat the influx of allegedly illegal Chinese e-cigarettes into the U.S. that the group argues targets Children.

U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) introduced the Why Does the IRS Need Guns Act on Monday.

The Foley Police Department is investigating a double-fatal crash involving a pickup truck and two teens riding an electric scooter.

The bishops of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile are standing in solidarity with illegal immigrants, who they claim are the victims of a "broken" system.

Former Decatur Police officer Mac Bailey Marquette will appeal the ruling in his “stand your ground” hearing.

The state of Alabama is taking on human cloning after the House of Representatives passed legislation last week making it a Class C felony to engage in human asexual reproduction.

The 2025 Ballin' on Belrose run and street party are shaping up to be one of the most successful events yet for 68 Ventures.

In 2020, following George Floyd's death and the Black Lives Matter movement, minority students at Samford began to speak out about their experiences on campus with stories that included alleged racial and religious discrimination.

Legislators still have work left to do to find funding for completing the move into the new State House currently being built, according to State Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Range).

Montgomery attorney Julian McPhillips died April 12. He represented citizens suing state and local government. He founded the Fitzgerald Museum.

Baldwin County Superintendent Eddie Tyler sent a long letter to parents about State Sen. Chris Elliott’s (R-Josephine) efforts to change the tax distribution to ensure all public school systems in the county get a share.

Victor Marx has a heart for the vulnerable and downtrodden. He is the founder of All Things Possible Ministries, which operates across the globe in harm's way to rescue victims of trauma.

On Saturday, Bayou La Batre Mayor Henry Barnes appeared on NewsNation to praise the Trump administration's tariff policy.

No telling what Dusty Slay will say. It will be Alabama-based and trailer park originated. He came by it honest.

The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday officially approved the lethal injection execution of James Osgood, the man convicted of the repeated rape and eventual murder of a Chilton County woman in 2010.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum visited Warrior Met Coal mines in Tuscaloosa and Berry on Friday.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) cancelled a Biden-era settlement on Friday that forced the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) to provide septic and wastewater infrastructure in Lowndes County.

After weeks of negotiation and compromise, the Alabama Legislature finally passed legislation regulating Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) this week, sending it to Gov. Kay Ivey for her signature.

U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cut another grant to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Tuskegee University on Tuesday.

The Pink Moon will rise on Saturday but will be colored only shortly after sunset.