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Fairfield residents pressed officials from developer Patmos over jobs, the environment and community impact at a town hall Wednesday night.
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. The Rivals of Amziah King — Sidewalk, starts Friday. Grief Sucks: A One Man Show by KevOnStage — Lyric Theatre, 7:30 pm. Y’all Things Considered: Live — Saturn, August 15, 7pm.
Commentaries from Sean of the South
We've made changes to our program schedules. Your favorite show is still waiting for you, but it may be at a different time or perhaps a different day.
Gulf States Newsroom
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Photo courtesy of New Orleans City ArchivesTanner Riley has spent years searching for his grandfather's NOPD service records. What he found revealed something deeper about memory, history and the people willing to preserve both. -
Avery White/WWNOResearch shows that many children don’t read enough and are behind when they return to school. One way to encourage more reading, experts say, is to let them read what they want.
News from NPR
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Just like all previous summers since the pandemic began, COVID-19 cases are ticking up again, even while other health threats make more headlines. -
Mangione has pleaded guilty to stalking charges in connection with the death of Brian Thompson, a health care executive. A separate judge will decide the future of Mangione's state trial. -
Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson star in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Jane Schoenbrun's satirical film about a young filmmaker who's rebooting a fictional slasher franchise. -
TikTok made "Love Me Not" a Top 10 hit, but its rise felt disembodied from the artist behind it. On Blue Island, Lenae responds to a career plot twist by stepping into the past. -
From inflation, to credit card debt, to who's actually doing the spending: These are key takeaways from this week in economic news.
