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The Rodriguez Tellez family poses for a picture, together for the first time in 25 years. The sign says, "25 years waiting for a hug. We love you."

Advocacy group helps Mexican families in Alabama reunite after decades apart

Some Mexican immigrants living in the U.S. hadn't seen their parents for decades. An advocacy group in Alabama is working with Mexican officials to reunite dozens of families in time for the holidays.

At an August 14 ceremony, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin congratulates Admiral Lisa Franchetti, who has been nominated to be the next Chief of Naval Operations. Franchetti is first woman to be nominated as a service chief. but will serve in an acting role until she is confirmed by the Senate.

Military spouses say the GOP hold on service member promotions has put families' lives on hold, too

Since February, Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville has held up military nominations and promotions to pressure the Biden administration to reverse a policy that provides troops with leave time and travel funds to obtain abortions.

President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 7, 2024.

5 takeaways from President Biden's State of the Union address

President Biden used the high-profile speech to draw a contrast with his 2024 likely opponent, former President Donald Trump. He hit on the economy, abortion, the Mideast and the border.

An earthquake for college sports? Dartmouth basketball union election set for March 5

The Dartmouth men's basketball team could become the country's first unionized team in college sports. The union campaign drew inspiration from labor activism in the dining hall.

Antwon McGhee is one of about 500 Warrior Met Coal miners in Brookwood, Ala., who have been on strike for 20 months.

Alabama coal miners begin their 20th month on strike

The miners have survived more than 600 days on the picket line, thanks to widespread support and anger at their employer, Warrior Met Coal. Even now, neither side seems ready to budge.

A small group of Senators are tying to temporarily change Senate rules to approve military promotions that have been blocked for months by Alabama Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville.

A temporary Senate rule change could finally end Tuberville's military blockade

Republican Sen. Tuberville of Alabama has been blocking nearly all military nominations this year in protest of a Pentagon abortion policy. His fellow senators are getting creative with solutions.

A man wades through a flooded parking lot near Widgery Wharf on Wednesday in Portland, Maine.

Parts of the Northeast and South are recovering after a huge, deadly winter storm

Heavy rains, flooding and destructive winds and tornadoes snarled traffic and knocked out power up and down the East Coast.

Carlee Russell, the Alabama nursing student who said she was kidnapped, was charged with two misdemeanors in connection with the hoax, Hoover police announced Friday.

Carlee Russell is charged with kidnapping hoax

It remains unclear why the 25-year-old Alabama nursing student fabricated a story of a stranded toddler and why she went missing for two days.

Demonstrators hold up large cut-out letters spelling "VOTING RIGHTS" at a 2021 rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

An appeals court has struck down a key path for enforcing the Voting Rights Act

Who can sue to enforce key voting protections for people of color under the Voting Rights Act could be severely limited by a lawsuit out of Arkansas, which may be headed for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama alongside Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel.

Fractures in the Grand Alliance between Black and Jewish Americans

The Grand Alliance between Black and Jewish leaders, known largely for shared work on Civil Rights in the 1960s, has a complicated legacy--and an uncertain future between these communities.

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