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Evangeline Juliet Montgomery
Martha's Vineyard Times - Massachusetts
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August 8, 2025
Evangeline Juliet Montgomery (“E.J.”), artist and curator, passed away on May 1, 2025, at the age of 94. Born on May 2, 1930, in New York City, and adopted by a Baptist minister and his homemaker wife, she discovered her love for art at the age of...
Shelley Stewart: From breaking racial barriers in Alabama to national radio recognition
WVTM 13 - Alabama
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August 8, 2025
TONIGHT, A BIRMINGHAM LEGEND IS FINALLY GETTING HIS DUE. THIS FALL. SHELLEY, THE PLAYBOY STEWART, KNOWN FOR HIS KNOWN TO HIS LISTENERS AS JUST THAT, WILL BE INDUCTED INTO THE NATIONAL RADIO HALL OF FAME. BUT STEWART’S STORY IS MORE THAN JUST A...
How AI Supports Student Mental Health in Higher Education
EdTech Magazine
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After observing a disconnect between the number of students who were struggling and how few actually sought assistance, Yusen Zhai, director of the Community Counseling Clinic at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, created a tool to predict...
Experts urge students to use AI responsibly as kids head back to school in North Alabama
WAAY31 - Alabama
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WAAY is Coverage You Can Count On for news, weather, sports and more from North Alabama and the rest of the world. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/WAAYTV As the new school year begins, students, parents, and educators across the...
Britt reflects on immigration, child care legislation in one-on-one interview
Alabama Daily News
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August 8, 2025
WASHINGTON — “You’re up,” Sen. Katie Britt recalls Majority Leader John Thune telling her as they began the 119th Congress with the Laken Riley Act as the first bill on the Senate floor in January. Six months after the immigration bill that Britt...
Alabama STEM Council propels students toward future careers
WAAY31 - Alabama
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The council aims to expose students to STEM education and training, with input from diverse industries to understand workforce challenges. Gov. Kay Ivey signed House Bill 365 into law, formally recognizing the Alabama STEM Council as the state...
Some Alabama colleges risk federal financial aid access as student loan delinquencies climb
Alabama Daily News
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August 8, 2025
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – With the pandemic-era pause on student loan payments lifted and debt levels at a record $1.7 trillion nationwide, attention is now turning to the growing number of delinquent loans – and the impact on colleges as well as...
2 Atlanta transit officers shot; suspect arrested in Alabama
WRDW 12 - Georgia
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August 8, 2025
ATLANTA, Ga. - Two Atlanta transit police officers were shot after they tried to confront a man urinating in a train station, and the suspect was later arrested in another state. The shooting happened just before midnight at MARTA’s Five Points...
Valerie Montgomery Rice named to Georgia Power Board of Directors
Americus Times-Recorder - Georgia
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August 8, 2025
Published 9:15 am Friday, August 8, 2025 Georgia Power announced today that it has elected Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, FACOG, to the company’s board of directors. Montgomery Rice currently serves as the president and CEO of Morehouse School of...
Alabama lawmakers praise Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ in video
The Tuscaloosa News - Alabama
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Alabama lawmakers appeared in a White House-released video on Aug. 4 praising President Trump's newly enacted "Big Beautiful Bill," a sweeping tax and spending package they say will deliver significant benefits for the state. Signed by President...
The Jule of Auburn: Where art meets education
The Auburn Plainsman - Alabama
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Tucked behind a shimmering pond on manicured grounds sits Auburn’s Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art. Affectionately referred to as “the Jule,” the museum has become a hot spot for art appreciators, class trips and university events. The...
What Is Reilly Opelka’s Ethnicity, Religion, and Nationality? Exploring His Family Roots and Background
Essentially Sports
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August 8, 2025
Following an eight-month hiatus, Reilly Opelka made a return to competitive action in July 2024. Soon after making his return to the Tour, he managed to make it to the QF of the Hall of Fame Open. But after that, his biggest success came in...
Alabama Big 10 Mayors launch annual statewide photo competition
Alabama Political Reporter
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August 7, 2025
The Alabama Big 10 Mayors on Wednesday kicked off its annual statewide photo competition, allowing Alabamians to submit their photos from the state’s ten biggest cities with a chance to be recognized as the winner and receive a cash prize. This...
L.A.’s underground art scene comes alive in new video game, ‘Blippo+’: L.A. arts and culture this weekend
Los Angeles Times
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August 8, 2025
More than 100 artists, musicians, comedians, actors and performers from L.A.’s thriving, multifaceted underground art scene are featured in a new experimental video game named “Blippo+.” Created by Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans, with music by...
Alabama Big 10 Mayors launch statewide photo contest
WZDX - Alabama
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August 6, 2025
Alabama Big 10 Mayors launch a photo contest for residents to win $500 by submitting city photos. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabamians with an eye for photography and a love for their city have a chance to shine and win $500 as the Alabama Big 10 Mayors...
Bill to exempt optical aids from Alabama sales tax filed again for 2026 session
Alabama Political Reporter
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August 8, 2025
During the 2025 Legislative Session, the Alabama House of Representatives passed House Bill 176, a bill that would exempt optical aids, including eyeglasses and contact lenses, from Alabama sales tax. However, HB176 ultimately failed to pass...
'Promises made, promises kept': Alabama's GOP federal lawmakers celebrate 200 days of Trump
1819 News
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Thursday marked the 200th day of President Donald Trump's second term in the White House, and members of Alabama's GOP federal delegation are lauding it as "200 days of WINNING." In a post on X, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn), who is...
Parents Who Oppose Sex Education in Schools Often Don’t Discuss It at Home
The Good Men Project - California
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August 8, 2025
Public battles over what schools can teach about sex, identity and relationships, often framed around “parental rights,” have become more intense in recent years. Behind the loud debate lies a quiet contradiction. Many parents who say sex...
Anna Pier: A Day in Immigration Court
Sonoma Valley Sun - California
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August 8, 2025
By Anna Pier With a glance at the votive candle I’d lit, and a silent prayer, I leave my house to drive to an established gathering place where I will meet my “compa.” In this case, my “compas,” the couple I am accompanying to a court hearing for...
7 Things: Trump-Putin meeting seems likely; ICE arrests the perfect Alabama immigrant; redistricting battle; and more …
Yellowhammer News - Alabama
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August 8, 2025
7. The suggested meeting of Trump administration officials took place at the White House, after all, the administration is considering releasing transcripts of a Department of Justice interview with Ghislaine Maxwell that has allegedly cleared...