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Meet a researcher using AI to reduce financial strain on caregivers
The Daily - Case Western Reserve University - Ohio
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July 2, 2025
Assistant Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing Area of Focus: Family caregiving, psychoeducational intervention, health and aging policy, caregiving relationships and financial well-being, gerontology, artificial intelligence Nearly...
Alabama delegation commemorates 65th anniversary of Marshall Space Flight Center
Alabama Daily News
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June 29, 2025
WASHINGTON – Alabama’s entire congressional delegation joined in resolutions to honor the 65th anniversary of the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. U.S. Rep. Dale Strong, R-Huntsville, led the House resolution to mark 65 years since the...
Marshall opens applications for 2025 Alabama Safe Schools Initiative
The Cullman Tribune - Alabama
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July 2, 2025
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has announced the application process for the 2025 Alabama Safe Schools Initiative Awards. These awards provide the opportunity to identify and recognize excellence and current trends in...
A selfless act of love between an Alabama lawmaker and his wife
WAFF 48 - Alabama
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July 2, 2025
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - We can all thank someone for giving us the gift of life, but how do you thank someone for giving you a second chance at it? That’s what House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels will be doing every day from here on out for...
A Boxing Card in Alabama Goes Pfft: A True Tale from the Underbelly of The Sweet Science
The Sweet Science
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July 2, 2025
“I’ve had fights fall out before, but never like this,” said Keith Hunter. The only saving grace was that Hunter (pictured) was intercepted at the airport before he went off on a wild goose chase to Alabama. And therein lies a tale that is all too...
Alabama home to 40-plus species of snakes: Here’s what they look like, including 6 venomous ones
AL.com - Alabama
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June 29, 2025
As one of the most biodiverse states in the nation, it should be no surprise Alabama has a variety of snakes slithering around - 49 species and subspecies to be more precise. In fact, the state boasts some of the world’s most extreme snake species...
Honeybee populations across US and Alabama in major decline
FOX10 News - Alabama
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July 1, 2025
LOXLEY, Ala. (WALA) - Africanized honeybees have been discovered again in Alabama. That’s the word from the Alabama Department of Agriculture in a press release Monday. Commonly known as killer bees for their aggressive nature, the colony was...
Alabama Legislature Has to Finish Job to Protect State Critical Infrastructure
Alabama Gazette
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June 29, 2025
The current wars being fought in Europe and the Middle East have brought home the new dangers of the modern battlefield - enemies hiding advanced weapons technology in the backyard of their adversaries. With it a warning to United States and state...
Attorney General Marshall Opens Applications for the 2025 Alabama Safe Schools Initiative
WVAS FM 90.7 - Alabama
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July 1, 2025
(Montgomery, Ala.) – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall today announced the application process for the 2025 Alabama Safe Schools Initiative Awards. These awards provide the opportunity to identify and recognize excellence and current trends...
U.S. states with the highest traffic fatality rate per emergency service worker
Digital Journal
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July 6, 2025
Gunfire broke out outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington as the venue held a social event for young professionals and diplomatic staff - Copyright AFP Alex WROBLEWSKI The life of an emergency worker in the U.S. is stressful, and it is...
Rep. Simpson debates reviving stalled Alabama ethics bill in 2026
WZDX - Alabama
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July 1, 2025
Rep. Matt Simpson said he wanted to gauge the appetite of the Legislature for the legislation, which drew criticism from the Alabama attorney general. MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A state representative who led efforts to change Alabama’s ethics laws said...
David Rainer on Outdoor Alabama: Sport Fish Restoration Act celebrates 75th year
Gulf Coast Media - Alabama
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By David Rainer Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources As we reflect on the importance of the Sport Fish Restoration Act (Dingell-Johnson) during the celebration of its 75th anniversary, Alabama and the rest of the nation have...
Forecasting firm to bolster WKU atmospheric sciences
Bowling Green Daily News - Kentucky State
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July 1, 2025
Published 8:00 am Tuesday, July 1, 2025 A Louisville-based firm on the forefront of weather surveillance technology is set to bolster the Earth, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences Department at Western Kentucky University, the company and WKU...
‘Smokable’ hemp products now illegal in Alabama after judge denies last ditch effort to stop it
WSFA 12 - Alabama
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July 1, 2025
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Much of HB 445, the bill that reshapes Alabama’s hemp industry, is now effective as of July 1 after a Montgomery Circuit Court denied a last-ditch lawsuit that would have temporarily stopped its implementation. In part,...
Trump's efforts to revive U.S. shipbuilding slowed by inconsistent policies, leadership gaps, funding shortfalls
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 7, 2025
Published: 07 Jul. 2025, 10:57 Audio report: written by reporters, read by AI U.S. President Donald Trump gestures on the day he attends an event hosted by America250 in Des Moines, Iowa, on July 3. [REUTERS/YONHAP] The United States is pushing to...
$68M in K-12 funding caught in latest federal funding freeze
Alabama Daily News
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July 6, 2025
About $68 million in expected federal K-12 funding for Alabama schools is now tied up in a freeze announced this week by the Trump administration. The grant money was expected starting July 1. “These are funds that Congress has authorized for the...
Alabama DEI law faces scrutiny as judge weighs First Amendment claims
WVTM 13 - Alabama
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June 28, 2025
Video above: Previous coverageProfessors and students at the University of Alabama testified Thursday that a new state law targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives has disrupted funding and changed curriculum, as a federal judge...
Death investigation underway after human remains, truck found burned in Montevallo
The Shelby County Reporter - Alabama
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July 7, 2025
Published 8:56 pm Sunday, July 6, 2025 By DAVE DOMESCIK | Staff Writer MONTEVALLO – Authorities have launched a death investigation after human remains were discovered in Montevallo buried beneath a burned pickup truck belonging to a man reported...
Florida-Alabama TPO seeks public input on long-range transportation funding priorities
WUWF - Florida
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July 1, 2025
The Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) is seeking public input on how limited transportation funding should be prioritized over the next couple of decades. The feedback will aid development of the region’s 25-year...
Chinese scientists uncover coal power’s dirty secret in satellite data study
South China Morning Post
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July 1, 2025
In the first high-precision satellite mapping of carbon dioxide emissions from large international coal power plants, Chinese scientists have found that existing databases are underestimating discharges from facilities across the globe. They...