Kevin West

American forces swoop down on a suspected al-Qaida or Taliban hide-out, sometimes raiding unoccupied sites, where they collect only intelligence, sometimes taking prisoners. Sometimes the prisoners are nothing more than ordinary Afghans.

It's the best crawfish season in years, with bigger crawfish and better prices, farmers say.

The dog-mauling trial that began with a defense attorney crawling on the courtroom floor during her opening statement neared its end with a judge threatening to lock her up if she didn't sit down and keep quiet.

The government is moving forward with its investigation of online travel company Orbitz LLC, which has been under scrutiny for potentially anticompetitive behavior since its inception nine months ago.

A minor league basketball player was suspended from one game without pay after making a comment to airport security over the weekend that delayed the team's flight to Alabama.

An auto accident that claimed the life of a West Hall senior postponed the Tuesday games of the 19th Annual Northeast Georgia Mountains Soccer Cup Tournament.

A month after a Georgia jury acquitted him of rape charges involving three teen-age girls, a 19-year-old man is facing charges he raped a woman in North Carolina.

The arrival of spring on Wednesday brings with it the threat of tornadoes in Georgia, where cold fronts from the north often collide with warm moist air this time of year.

Voters in 33 school districts across Georgia decided on billions of dollars worth of local option sales taxes and bonds on Tuesday for school construction, renovation and equipment.

Pat Osborn hit a three-run homer and Mario Garza added a two-run shot as Florida beat Massachusetts 15-3 Tuesday.