Kevin West

The Atlanta Beat picked Santa Clara defender Anna Kraus in Monday's Women's United Soccer Association Draft.

The Jefferson High wrestling team proved that last season was no fluke dominating the Class A field Saturday to win its second straight Class A wrestling title.

Several members of the Georgia House sponsored a bill Monday that would change the way small towns such as Dahlonega vote on whether to allow Sunday sales of beer and wine at restaurants or hotels.

Three conservation groups sued the National Park Service Monday to try to stop vanload tourists from driving in federally protected areas on Georgia's Cumberland Island.

Most of Georgia remains unusually dry, despite 2 to 3 inches of rain last week that moistened the ground and caused some rivers to temporarily swell.

Nimbus Group Inc. said Monday it received a $1.2 billion commitment to finance its purchase of 1,000 jets from aircraft maker Eclipse Aviation.

A Delta plane headed for Phoenix returned to Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport shortly after takeoff Monday morning because of a smoky odor in the cabin.

Four people were wounded in a drive-by shooting outside a hotel in center city Philadelphia early Monday.

The last Olympics in the United States were rocked by terrorism when a bomb hidden in a knapsack exploded in an Atlanta park.

Weyerhaeuser Co.'s hostile takeover bid for timber rival Willamette Industries came to an official end Monday after nearly all of Willamette's shareholders agreed to Weyerhaeuser's $6.2 billion offer.