Kevin West

The state Labor Department said Thursday that Georgia's unemployment rate was 4.4 percent in January, up from 4.3 percent in December.

A woman who is a primary suspect in the murder of her ex-husband and his wife, whose bodies were found in the trunk of a burned car, was fired from a police job in 2000 after attacking him.

Nearly 6,000 people have been arrested in London during the last two weeks in a massive police crack down on soaring street crime in the British capital, police said Thursday.

An important gauge of U.S. economic activity rose in January for the fourth consecutive month, suggesting the nation's economic turnaround is on solid footing and could be stronger than expected.

Hot shooting in the second half helped West Hall alum Adrian Penland lead Lander University to a win over Clayton State.

Wins Wednesday by the West Hall and North Hall girls' soccer teams mean that Hall County teams have begun the season 8-0.

A man who has spent the past 14 years in prison for rape could be released next week after work is done to support a DNA test showing he did not commit the crime, his lawyer said Wednesday.

Federal authorities tightened security and increased armed foot patrols around the Liberty Bell on Wednesday after a nonspecific threat was received.

The U.S. trade deficit in 2001 showed the first improvement in six years as the recession cut into America's appetite for foreign goods, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. Still, the $346.3 billion imbalance was the second-largest deficit in h

The limousine driver who was fatally shot at the mansion of former NBA star Jayson Williams did not die of a suicide, according to an autopsy.