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.
Air Canada suspends restart plans after union defies return to work order
Air Canada will resume flights Monday evening, claiming the union illegally directed flight attendants to defy a return-to-work order.
After meeting Putin, Trump changes his position on the need for a ceasefire
When President Trump was flying to Alaska to meet Vladimir Putin, he said the goal was a ceasefire. But after they talked, Trump aligned himself with Putin and downplayed the need for a truce.
One neurosurgeon, 8 million patients
Alieu Kamara is the first and only neurosurgeon in Sierra Leone. "Before Dr. Kamara, there was no hope," said professor Kehinde Oluwadiya of the University of Sierra Leone Teaching Hospital Complex.
Sunday Puzzle: Dressed to the rhymes
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz and NEPM listener Alison Triebwasser of East Longmeadow, Massachusetts.
Hurricane Erin downgraded to Category 3 storm
Heavy rain is still expected across the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, with rainfall of up to 8 inches in some areas.
European leaders to join Ukraine’s Zelenskyy for White House meeting with Trump
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte are among those expected to attend.