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The widow of an airman from the Birmingham area killed on a combat mission in the Middle East said it took a viral social media post to get clarity from the Pentagon related to her husband’s benefits.
This Weekend Today
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Here's your round up of events to check out in Birmingham this weekend from BHMSTR's Sam George.
This series explores the debate over data centers in Alabama as more than a dozen of the facilities are proposed or under construction across the state.
Commentaries from Sean of the South
Gulf States Newsroom
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Aubri Juhasz/Gulf States NewsroomLouisiana Delta Community College created new four-week programs in response to Meta’s data center in Richland Parish and is helping locals land jobs. -
Elise Catrion Gregg/Gulf States NewsroomFor many indigenous students in the Gulf South, pursuing higher education at a tribal college or university comes with significant barriers.
News from NPR
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Video showed thick smoke rising from the plane crash of the Boeing 767 that the Federal Aviation Administration says overran the airport runway in Miami. -
Exit polls show Germany's AfD taking a commanding lead in a regional election, but it remains unclear whether the far-right party can form the country's first state government since World War II. -
Even as anti-Muslim rhetoric rises in Texas, Muslim pitmasters are winning over diners and reshaping one of the state's most iconic culinary traditions. -
U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held meetings in Kyiv with Ukraine's President Zelenskyy on Sunday, a day after lengthy conversations with Russian President Putin in Moscow. -
Learn a few surprising facts about procrastination — and helpful tools to overcome it — with this quiz. It's based on social scientist Itamar Shatz's new book, Solving Procrastination.
