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Alabama's top health official says the state has "literally shrunk." According to preliminary data, it saw 64,714 total deaths and 57,641 births in 2020.
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Alabama banned yoga back in 1993. The ban is now revoked — but English names must be used for all poses and exercises. And meditation is not allowed.
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Amazon avoided the prospect of a first unionized warehouse in America, where it's now the second-largest private employer. The vote in Alabama had prompted new interest in unions across the country.
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It's a really large mail-in election. (Yes, this one, too.) The tally of yes and no votes has finally begun.
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Shelby is the fourth GOP senator to announce he won't seek reelection in 2022.
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If workers from Amazon's warehouse near Birmingham vote to unionize in the next two months, they would turn a new page not only for the company but for the region.
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State officials say they were blindsided this week by the legal action alleging brutal and unconstitutional conditions in the state's prisons.
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The federal lawsuit is an effort to get the state to improve prison conditions after negotiations with officials failed to result in voluntary change.
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Warehouse workers in Bessemer, Ala., notify federal labor authorities of plans to hold a unionization vote, teeing up a major labor battle at the retail giant known for its opposition to unionizing.
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Isolated areas in the storm's path could see nearly 3 feet of rain. Forecasters say the flooding will be "historic" and will affect areas far inland. One death was reported in Alabama on Wednesday.