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Alabama City Will Pay $300K in Bitcoin Ransom to End Computer System Hack

A city in northern Alabama will pay a ransom worth $300,000 in Bitcoins in response to a hack of its computer system. Florence City Council voted unanimously at an emergency meeting Wednesday evening to make the payment from the city’s …

Alabama Town Agrees to Pay $150,000 to Settle Suit

An Alabama city has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a sexual discrimination lawsuit filed by a former police sergeant who claims she’s been excluded from the department’s “good-old-boy network.” The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports that the deal avoids a trial, …