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State, local and federal leaders stand behind a blue ribbon, ready to cut it marking the opening of a new early learning center in Birmingham's Titusville community.

James Giles

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New early learning center brings childcare closer for Birmingham’s Titusville community

James Giles

The Villas Early Learning Center will provide free early learning opportunities for children from four months old through pre-K.

Central Alabama Water CEO Jeffrey Thompson faces a long table behind which sits members of the utility board.

Olivia McMurrey

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Central Alabama Water changes insurance brokers in last-minute scramble, considering only one firm

Olivia McMurrey

A photo of jazz trumpeter José Carr used for the cover of Tara Stallworth Lee's book, "An Alabama Song"

Courtesy Tara Stallworth Lee

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'An Alabama Song': A new book celebrates Alabama music and what makes it so special

Richard Banks

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Lights, Camera, Baseball - July 23, 2026

Here's your round up of events to check out in Birmingham this weekend from BHMSTR's Sam George.

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Gov. Jeff Landry personally signed an NDA with Meta. Here’s what it says.

Drew Hawkins

Records show Landry personally executed a "Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement" in April 2024 with Laidley LLC, the data center subsidiary of Meta Platforms.
Drew Hawkins

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‘Gag order’: More than 100 Louisiana state employees signed NDAs with Gov. Landry’s office

Drew Hawkins

Legal experts warn that the NDAs could create a culture of fear and chill employees’ constitutionally protected speech.

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'Taiwan Travelogue' rethinks history, colonialism, and identity

Jan Camenzind Broomby

The author and translator of Taiwan Travelogue, the winner of the 2026 International Booker Prize, discuss identity and history amid the debate over Taiwan's colonial ties to Japan and escalating geopolitical pressure from China.
'Odyssey' translator Emily Wilson says Nolan shouldn't have written the movie himself

Dave Davies

The renowned classics scholar caused a stir when her critical review of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey went viral. Wilson explains her reaction to the film and why she's translating the poem again.
Greetings from an isolated region in northern Pakistan's Hindu Kush mountains

Betsy Joles

Chitral borders Afghanistan and isn't easy to reach. Breathtaking views abound in this remote mountainous region — as do rockslides and avalanches.
Glen Hansard, Irish songwriter and 'Once' star, dies at 56

Stephen Thompson, Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

Glen Hansard, the Irish singer who won an Oscar for the musical movie Once and the led the bands The Frames and The Swell Season, died on Wednesday. He died following a motorcycle crash in Dublin.
New York school pauses plan to deploy humanlike AI robot teacher after backlash

The Associated Press

A school district in upstate New York is pausing plans to deploy an AI-powered, humanoid robot in the classroom after state education officials, teachers and local residents raised concerns.