UAB Opens New Football Offices and Practice Facility
UAB Blazer fans celebrated Friday as university and community leaders cut the ribbon on the football team’s new operations center and Legacy Pavilion. The $22.5 million facility is a major milestone for a program that university officials cut in December 2014, only to revive it six months later after an outcry from alumni and the Birmingham community.
UAB will kick off the season at Legion Field against Alabama A&M on September 2nd.
Kate Hudson on regret, rom-coms and finding a role that hits all the notes
Hudson always wanted to sing, but feared it would derail her acting career. Now she's up for an Oscar for her portrayal of a hairdresser who performs in a Neil Diamond tribute band in Song Sung Blue.
A powerful winter storm is roiling travel across the northeastern U.S.
Forecasters called travel conditions "extremely treacherous" and "nearly impossible" in areas hit hardest by the storm, and air and train traffic is at a standstill in many parts of the region.
U.K. arrests ex-ambassador to the U.S. on suspicion of misconduct over Epstein ties
Police have arrested Peter Mandelson, a veteran Labour Party politician who served as British ambassador to the U.S., as part of an investigation into his ties with Jeffrey Epstein.
What NPR reporters will remember most about these Winter Olympics
NPR's reporters on the ground in Italy reflect on a far-flung, jam-packed Winter Olympics.
In the shadow of the Olympics, migrants search for a welcome in Milan
As Italy cracks down on migration, Milan takes a different path — offering shelter and integration to asylum seekers even as the central government tightens borders and funds deterrence abroad.
Trump to raise global tariffs. And, most say the state of the union is weak, poll says
President Trump says he is raising global tariffs to 15%. And ahead of the president's address tomorrow, most Americans say the state of the union is not strong, according to an NPR poll.
