Ken Stanford

Georgia students have performed better on state standardized tests for the third year in a row, data released Thursday show.

Federal officials have a warning for immigrants considering too-good-to-true legal aid: The wrong help can hurt.

The father of a man who died in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, after being punched is stunned by the prison release of the man who hit his son.

Two Hall County students have been named Georgia Scholars.

Authorities in Forsyth County are debating a change to its animal control ordinance in an attempt to better protect animals bitten by other animals.

The number of people seeking unemployment benefits hardly changed for a second straight week, stuck at a high level that suggests a slowing job market.

Citigroup Inc. said Thursday that hackers accessed the credit card information of tens of thousands of its North American customers.

The Arts Council, Inc. announces its 2011 Summer MusicFest line-up.

The Food and Drug Administration says some chicken meat may contain small amounts of arsenic, though the agency is stressing that the amount is too tiny to be dangerous to people who eat it.

Federal authorities say they've dismantled a large Mexican drug trafficking organization operating in metro Atlanta.