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• Why spring is the perfect time to improve your mood

  07-04-2025 20:13 via alabamagazette.com
  
  Despite the sometimes gray skies of April, many of us feel a familiar lift in spirits. That post-winter mood boost isn't just your imagination—there's fascinating biology at work, centered around a crucial nutrient that nearly half of Americans don't get enough of. The Winter-Spring Mental Health Connection If you've ever felt like a different person once spring arrives, you&ap...
  
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• Young Americans say parenthood now feels like a choice between family and financial security

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  Young Americans say parenthood now feels like a choice between family and financial security For a prominent number of young Americans, the decision of whether to have children is just as much financial as it is personal. New research from Intuit Credit Karma, conducted by The Harris Poll in April 2026, surveyed 629 U.S. adults ages 18-45, who don’t want to have any children or more children, or a...
  
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• Women Are Absent from Hillsdale College's "Revolutionary America"

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  The documentary, "Revolutionary America", produced by Hillsdale College is currently showing in movie theaters. It is Hillsdale College's first feature-length documentary and is billed as a historical documentary that "tells the story of America's Founding and those who risked their 'lives, fortunes, and sacred honor' fighting for liberty." In actuality,...
  
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• "With Peace"

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  Did you know that God says if you want to live in peace and avoid anxiety, you must avoid two things and you must pursue one thing? Jesus teaches us of this principle through the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. These were cities destroyed by God with fire and sulfur due to extreme wickedness and corruption. In the story, Lot and his wife are leaving, and God tells them the first principle. Do not to...
  
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• Will AI replace therapists? What experts say

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  Will AI replace therapists? What experts say The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, like ChatGPT and Gemini, has led some people to wonder if AI can support mental health. With easy access, low cost, and around-the-clock availability, AI tools are a convenient and appealing option. Recent social media trends have also added to the growing curiosity, leaving many wondering,...
  
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• Why social anxiety is rising among remote-first workers

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  Why social anxiety is rising among remote-first workers Recent figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that nearly a quarter (22.9%) of the workforce has traded the traditional office for a remote setup. While those already embedded in this lifestyle overwhelmingly favor it—with 98% in the 2023 Buffer report suggesting it to others—the data is beginning to tell a more complex story. S...
  
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• When no medical treatment existed for their children, these fathers built one

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  When no medical treatment existed for their children, these fathers built one Every year on Father's Day, the internet fills up with tributes to dads who showed up at recitals, practices, and bedsides during long nights. But there is another kind of showing up that rarely makes the greeting cards: the kind where a father receives the worst news of his life, is told there is nothing medicine...
  
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• What your birth month says about you, according to the data

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  What your birth month says about you, according to the data Your birthday may feel like a personal milestone, but it’s also a unique data point among one of the most interesting patterns in American health and demographics. Scientists, educators, and epidemiologists have spent decades poring over birth records and medical histories to understand what the month you appear in the world says about yo...
  
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• What the US can teach other countries about home-based child care

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  What the US can teach other countries about home-based child care Each day, nearly 70% of the world’s children are cared for and educated by adults other than their parents in home-based settings, many of which are informal and run by women. (In the United States, it’s about 30%.) In many countries, these home-based settings receive little financial or training support from their governments. The...
  
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• What parents should understand about AI chatbots in social media apps

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  What parents should understand about AI chatbots in social media apps Most kids on social media have likely interacted with an artificial intelligence (AI) chat buddy. Some well-known examples: Meta has a new AI assistant that explains how to change a tire or lose weight. Snapchat’s My AI buddy will explain a science topic in a simple way. Even X has an AI chatbot named Grok (available with a subs...
  
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• What happens when a town governs from the future?

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  What happens when a town governs from the future? When Mikiko was first asked to envision herself in the year 2060, she was skeptical. The instructions were clear: Imagine you could time travel 40 years into the future of Yahaba Town and live there at your present age. Then, provide ideas for policies that should be implemented now that would represent the interests of that generation. As a...
  
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• WFF, 68 Ventures Team Up to Relocate Gopher Tortoises

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  With about 95 percent of land in Alabama in private ownership, partnerships with landowners and developers are crucial for the conservation of threatened species like the gopher tortoise. That type of collaboration happened recently in Baldwin County when development company 68 Ventures contacted the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources' (ADCNR) Wildlife and Freshwater...
  
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• Watch or Worry

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  About a month ago, I hunted this same area. I was able to take a big gobbler that morning. I had not been back since. So, I knew, after a month, I could go back and see if I could get another one of those toms to come to my call. It was a beautiful, crisp, and quiet morning. My set up turned out to be about textbook. Before I made my first call, a tom belted out a loud gobble over the small hill,...
  
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• Want to stay ahead of AI? Start with the skills it can't replicate.

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  Want to stay ahead of AI? Start with the skills it can't replicate. In a world where, thanks to generative AI, anyone can churn out brand content at scale, it may be tempting to assume that writing-heavy jobs will soon be few and far between. But it turns out that many employers are actively looking for brand journalists and content marketers who have the storytelling skills that AI can’t rep...
  
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• U.S. Senator Katie Britt Discusses Alabama Infrastructure and Dredging Priorities with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Hearing on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 President’s Budget request for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation. She spoke with witnesses Lieutenant General William H. Graham, Jr., Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Eng...
  
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• US host cities made transit improvements a World Cup goal

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  US host cities made transit improvements a World Cup goal The latest addition to Seattle’s already expansive public transit system opened to great fanfare this spring when more than 200,000 people rode the Crosslake Connection light rail line. Its March 28 debut was second only to the parade that followed the Seahawks’ Super Bowl victory as Sound Transit’s busiest day ever. Trains now glide across...
  
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• U.S. Forces Kill Leader of Venezuelan Gang Tren de Aragua in Coordinated Strike, Trump Says

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  June 13, 2026 - Washington - The United States military has killed Héctor "El Niño" Guerrero, the top commander of the Venezuelan criminal syndicate Tren de Aragua, in what President Donald Trump described as a "swift and lethal kinetic strike" carried out earlier this week. Trump announced the operation late Friday on Truth Social, saying U.S. forces acted "in full coordi...
  
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• Two Dead, Five Injured After Gunfire Rips Through Gathering in West Birmingham Neighborhood

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  June 5, 2026 - BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - A mass shooting in Birmingham's western Sandusky neighborhood left two people dead and five others injured after a barrage of bullets disrupted an evening community gathering. The incident took place shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 4, 2026. West Precinct officers responded to multiple 911 calls reporting gunfire in the 100 block of Holley...
  
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• Tuberville Leads Bipartisan Push for Federal Investigation into AI Use in K‑12 Classrooms

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  June 8, 2026 - WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R‑AL), who chairs the Senate Subcommittee on Education and the American Family, is leading a bipartisan effort to examine how artificial intelligence is reshaping America's K‑12 classrooms. Tuberville, joined by Ranking Member Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D‑DE) and Sen. Tim Kaine (D‑VA), has formally requested that the Government Accoun...
  
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• Trump Administration Announces Texas Cattleman and Food Safety Entrepreneur, John Bellinger, as Senior Advisor New World Screwworm Preparedness

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C., June 8, 2026 - Today U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced President Donald J. Trump has appointed John Bellinger as the new Senior Advisor for New World Screwworm Preparedness. In this role, Bellinger will integrate into USDA's team to help further drive its robust effort to explore all available technologies to combat the New World Screwworm. "I...
  
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• Troy and Alabama Heading To The College World Series

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  The State of Alabama is going to be well represented at the Men's College World Series this year. As the baseball team for Troy University is headed to the College World Series for the first time, ever. They beat Little Rock over the weekend to secure their entry into the College World Series and now all roads lead to Omaha as they face West Virginia in the first round of the College World...
  
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• Tragic Loss: Bishop Osório Citora Found Dead in Suspected Brutal Murder

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE - The Catholic community and the nation of Mozambique are mourning the sudden and tragic death of Bishop Osório Citora of Quelimane. In the early hours of June 6, 2026, the 54-year-old bishop was found dead inside the episcopal residence in what local authorities are treating as a suspected act of brutal murder. According to reports from the international Catholic charity Aid to...
  
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• Today marks 82 years since the Allied landings on Normandy - D-Day

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  Today marks the 82nd anniversary of D-Day, the historic June 6, 1944, invasion of Normandy that altered the trajectory of World War II and permanently reshaped the modern world. Code-named Operation Overlord, this massive undertaking remains the largest and most complex amphibious assault in military history. It stands as an enduring testament to the power of international collaboration, the...
  
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• Today is Jefferson Davis's birthday

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  Monday is a state holiday in Alabama as the state honors the legacy of the President of the Confederate States of America. State offices, county court houses, and most schools will be closed for the official state. Federal offices, post offices, and most banks will be open. Davis was inaugurated in Montgomery – the first capital of the Confederacy. The first White House of the Confederacy, where P...
  
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• The World Cup is coming to the United States. What happens when 6 billion fans go online?

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  The World Cup is coming to the United States. What happens when 6 billion fans go online? For most Americans, the FIFA World Cup has always been someone else's home game. This summer, that changes. The 2026 tournament is being co-hosted by the US, Canada, and Mexico. FIFA projects nearly six billion viewers, making it the largest live and digital audience in the event's history. Fans...
  
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• The only states where you can find the last drive-in movie theaters in the US

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  Cars entering The Moonlite Theatre in Abingdon. Michael Williamson // The Washington Post via Getty Images States with the most drive-in movie theaters Drive-in theaters evoke nostalgia, a step back to the 1950s. The first opened in New Jersey in 1933, when opening night drew people from at least 20 states to watch movies outdoors from their cars. Drive-ins reached their peak in popularity in the...
  
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• The Movie, "Pressure", about D-Day Now Showing In Movie Theaters Nationwide

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  Ahead of the 82nd anniversary of the largest seaborne invasion in all of history, Hollywood has released a very impacting film, "Pressure", regarding some of the intense decision making that led to the Allied forces landing on the beaches in Normandy during World War II on June 06th, 1944. Specifically, the well-done motion picture, focuses on the decision General Eisenhower faces as to...
  
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• The most affordable states for retirees: 3 factors to consider

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  The most affordable states for retirees: 3 factors to consider Every year across America, millions move to a different state. Roughly 20% of the population did so in 2022, and that also held true for retirees in 2025. Some are drawn by the weather, the lifestyle, or simply a desire to be closer to family and friends. However, for many, affordability also plays a role. That’s especially true for re...
  
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• The long-distance family: How American relatives stay close when they live thousands of miles apart

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  The long-distance family: How American relatives stay close when they live thousands of miles apart There’s a version of family life that many people idealize, one that instantly evokes a feeling of nostalgia. Sunday dinners within driving distance, cousins who see each other more than just on holidays, and parents who drop by on a whim without needing to get on a plane. For a growing number of Am...
  
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• The FBI is contacting Wisconsin election officials. Here's what we know.

  03-06-2026 19:31 via alabamagazette.com
  
  The FBI is contacting Wisconsin election officials. Here’s what we know. The federal government’s probe into the 2020 election has reached Wisconsin, with several current and former election officials, including multiple people in Milwaukee, confirming they have been interviewed or approached by the FBI. The exact nature of the investigation remains unclear, though it appears to be at least somewh...
  
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