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Alabama’s universities energize aerospace recruitment at Paris Air Show
Made in Alabama
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June 18, 2025
PARIS — From deep-space exploration to next-gen aviation systems, Alabama is a national leader in the aerospace and defense sectors. But behind the rockets, aircraft and advanced weapons systems is a powerful network of research universities that...
Abundant Anglers, Crowds and Fish Expected at 92nd ADSFR
Courier Journal - Alabama
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Expect another huge crowd of anglers and spectators for the 92nd Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo (ADSFR) during Alabama’s premier fishing event July 17-20 at the rodeo site on Dauphin Island. A tarpon tournament held in 1929 started the long...
Man critically injured in accident at Alabama BF Goodrich plant not expected to survive
AL.com - Alabama
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June 25, 2025
A man was critically injured when he was exposed to high voltage electricity in an industrial accident at an Alabama manufacturing plant. The victim, authorities said Wednesday, is not expected to survive. The accident happened on Sunday at BF...
Legal Age In Alabama To Leave Kids Home Alone
95.3 The Bear - Alabama
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June 26, 2025
What a great question! One of the biggest challenges all of us parents and grandparents face during the summer is what to do with the kids when they can't go with us and we have nobody to look after them. WHAT DO WE DO OVER THE SUMMER??? Work must...
Carson Champion of Valley to compete in Miss Alabama Competition
Valley Times-News - Alabama
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June 25, 2025
Carson Champion of Valley to compete in Miss Alabama Competition Published 9:30 am Wednesday, June 25, 2025 Ten University of Alabama students are among this year’s field of 43 contestants set to compete for the title of Miss Alabama June 23-28 at...
Huntsville Police welcome 72nd Academy graduates to the force
Speakin' Out News - Alabama
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July 8, 2025
The Star of Alabama Huntsville Police welcomed eight new officers after they graduated from the HPD Police Academy The Huntsville Police Department (HPD) proudly celebrated the graduation of its 72nd Police Academy Session on Thursday, July 3,...
VIDEO: Research on role of drusen deposits in AMD may enable earlier intervention
Healio News
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June 25, 2025
June 25, 2025 2 min watch Add topic to email alerts Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Back to Healio SALT LAKE CITY — In this...
Alabama won’t track student outcomes under CHOOSE Act – parents will
Alabama Daily News
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June 18, 2025
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – For more than a decade, Alabama lawmakers have pushed public schools for more accountability: More testing, more transparency and a sharper focus on student outcomes. But under the state’s new CHOOSE Act school choice program,...
Report: Higher degrees raise earnings, but Alabama struggles to keep graduates
Alabama Baptist
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June 24, 2025
Alabama’s college graduates earn significantly more income as their level of education rises, but the state struggles to retain many of its highest-paid graduates to other states, according to a recent report from the Alabama Commission on Higher...
Kash Patel and Dan Bongino Want Huntsville, Alabama, To Be the New Quantico for the National Academy: They’re Meeting Resistance
The New York Sun
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June 25, 2025
The FBI director, Kash Patel, and the deputy director, Daniel Bongino, want to host a pilot session of the bureau’s vaunted National Academy class at the Redstone Arsenal in Alabama instead of at Quantico, in what skeptics believe is an idea...
In a first for fish, feds give thumbs up for lab-grown salmon
Food Safety News
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July 9, 2025
Imagine dining on salmon with no worries about mercury, toxic metals or plastics. Or concerns about dwindling fish stocks. Or, from a food safety viewpoint, about contamination from salmonella or Listeria or other foodborne bacteria. Not to...
Opinion | Alabama education policy needs improvements
Alabama Political Reporter
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June 25, 2025
While I can personally attest to some of the drawbacks of getting older, I am learning that there are some obvious benefits—besides qualifying for the “Senior” discount at Burger King. Time does provide the opportunity to see and experience more...
10 Fastest WRs in College Football 26
Game Rant
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July 9, 2025
Summary Different positions benefit from different stats in College Football 26 - WRs need speed and solid catching. Ranking based on Speed and Acceleration stats first, followed by Overall and Agility. Top WRs in College Football 26 include...
The bizarre tale of Alabama’s marble tombstone castle
AL.com - Alabama
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June 25, 2025
Did you know that Sylacauga, Ala., was once home to what was likely (hopefully?) the world’s only service station made of tombstones? Yep. It was even featured in the Ripley’s Believe It or Not newspaper feature. Called the Marble Castle, the...
Scientists hope 17-year cicadas can unlock the mysteries of toxic mercury
WBUR - Massachusetts
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A strange whistling hum fills the air in Bourne. It's a tell-tale sign that hundreds of periodical cicadas are all around, in the trees and crawling up bushes, hoping to attract a mate after 17 years underground. The bugs are part of Brood XIV,...
University of Alabama announces spring 2025 dean’s list
Tonganoxie Mirror - Kansas
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Connor Torres, Fort Leavenworth, was named to the University of Alabama Dean’s List for spring semester 2025. A total of 14,289 students enrolled during spring semester 2025 at the University of Alabama were named to the dean’s list with an...
Alabama student using scholarship to support water conservation
The Wetumpka Herald - Alabama
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A Munson Foundation scholarship at the University of Alabama is allowing a 2022 Wetumpka High School graduate to discover a possible career. A 2022 Wetumpka High School graduate, Ella Kate Baker, took advantage of the opportunity through an...
Former Alabama Attorney General Bill Baxley speaks at Scottsboro Boys Museum
Jackson County Sentinel - Alabama
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The Scottsboro Boys Museum is completely full. Not a seat open on the pew benches from the former Joyce Chapel building was left unfilled. A few folding chairs were set up near the back of the museum for those remaining to try and grab a seat....
Alabama students made gains in reading, readiness and high school graduation in 2024
Yellowhammer News - Alabama
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June 17, 2025
Alabama’s public schools made measurable academic progress during the 2024 school year, with gains in third-grade reading proficiency, graduation rates, and college and career readiness. State education leaders say the upward trends signal that...
Alabama ONE announces opening of branch in Valley
Opelika Observer - Alabama
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June 17, 2025
CONTRIBUTED TO THE LAFAYETTE SUN VALLEY — Alabama ONE Credit Union recently announced the opening of its newest branch in Valley, furthering its mission to provide exceptional financial services to communities across the state. The new location,...