Ken Stanford

Holding out Poland's transformation to democracy as a model for the world, President Barack Obama on Saturday exhorted Western allies and the American public alike to extend their support, energy and vision to those now reaching for democracy in the Middle East and North Africa.

A 30-year-old woman died on her birthday and another woman was seriously injured when they plunged from a 10th-story hotel window in Atlanta early Saturday morning, investigators said.

Gov. Nathan Deal has asked agriculture officials to assess complaints of farm labor shortages after he signed one of the toughest laws in the country targeting illegal immigrants, including those who help harvest the state's fruit and vegetable crops.

This year is now the deadliest year for tornadoes since 1950.

North Georgia vineyards are getting ready to pour samples of their wines for festival-goers.

Montana residents struggled against widespread flooding that could linger for several weeks as the soggy Northern Plains braced for the flood waters to descend from higher elevations.

North Korea freed an American it held for a half year for reportedly proselytizing, handing him Saturday to a U.S. envoy who said Washington had not promised to provide aid in exchange for the man's release.

There's less money this summer for hotel rooms, surfboards and bathing suits. It's all going into the gas tank.

Joe Reed of Gainesville has been appointed by Gov. Nathan Deal to the Georgia State Board of Dispensing Opticians.

At least three people were killed in the Atlanta area as powerful storms toppled trees and power lines and knocked out power to more than 200,000 customers statewide.