Last year, Alabama passed what was widely considered the toughest state law in the nation aimed at driving illegal immigrants out of the state. Friday, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley signed a new law that revises, and in some cases expands, that law.

HONOLULU — A Hawaii official defended the islands Tuesday as a place of business amid criticism from two key U.S. senators who questioned the decision to hold an upcoming conference for federal judges on Maui. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The Alabama House has passed an education budget $141 million short of what is being spent this fiscal year, though lawmakers found another $10 million to add to the Senate-passed version. The cuts would mean about 528 ...

ALA Boxing Promotions welcomed back welterweight veteran Jimrex “Executioner” Jaca to their fold. Jaca left ALA Boxing last 2010 and landed in the hands of Spanish boxing promoter Rafael Sancho. Under Sancho, Jaca’s career wasn’t able to flourish.

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) — Nearly 50 years after finishing high school, Anthony Lee and Willie Wyatt Jr. finally got to graduate. Both men took part in Notasulga High School's graduation Wednesday, participating in a ceremony they never experienced as seniors.

An employee of a Houston auto dealer is being sought for allegedly altering checks that cost the business more than $33,000, according to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. Peter Maina, 31, of Hoover, Ala., has been charged with aggregate ...

Harry Thomas Jr., the former D.C. Council member who was sentenced earlier this month to 38 months in prison, will report June 20 to a federal prison camp in Montgomery, Ala., a member of the Thomas defense team said Friday. The Montgomery ...

CHICAGO, May 17, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- The American Library Association (ALA), along with Carnegie Corporation of New York, today announced six books as finalists for the 2012 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction ...

ORLANDO— Authorities say an Alabama high school football coach and his 10-year-old son were killed in a central Florida crash. The Florida Highway Patrol reports that 38-year-old Stacy Watters pulled out in front of a box truck this morning ...

DEFENDING champion Jerson Mancio of the ALA Gym is set to make his first defense of the Philippine light flyweight title today against Charlie Cabilla of Bukidnon at the Mandaue City Plaza. Mancio (14W-3L-3D, 5 KOs) weighed in at 108 lbs while Cabilla (12W ...