A judge has ruled that Mercedes-Benz U.S. International violated labor laws while dealing with employees interested in forming a labor union. The company has been ordered to revise rules in its employee handbook governing the solicitation and distribution of materials at its Vance manufacturing plant.

Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty for Alexius Foster, who is accused of capital murder in the deaths of his uncle George Foster and his friend Antonio Williams last year. The trial is set for next year.

An attorney for the physicians in an alleged botched circumcision lawsuit says the claims made by Johnny Lee Banks, Jr. are untrue.  The hospital also says the claims are without merit.

Officials believe Alabama's unwillingness to expand Medicaid is adding to the economic distress of the state's rural communities and further impeding their economic development efforts. A dozen rural hospitals have closed across the state and over a dozen more could be lost over the next two years.

House and Senate negotiators have agreed on a compromise plan to fix a veterans' health program scandalized by long patient wait times and falsified records. The plan is expected to be unveiled today and must be approved by the full House and Senate.

Researchers have found that both fist bumps and high-fives are less germy than handshakes, as fist bumps only pass one-twentieth the amount of bacteria and high-fives only half the germs handshakes do.

An estimated 48,000 people showed up for the National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony Sunday. The attendance was the third most in history.

Former Alabama star Roland McClain was found guilty on two misdemeanor charges and sentenced to 18 days in jail, which will be delayed after his attorneys filed an appeal. McClain was convicted on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, stemming from an incident last year, in which he supposedly yelled an obscenity in a crowd of more than 500, reports AL.com.

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