Ken Stanford

Forecasters expect that high concentrations of ozone will make the air in and around Atlanta today difficult to breathe for children or those with illnesses.

Signs point to an exodus of migrant workers in Georgia's rural Vidalia onion country now that the state has passed a get-tough law on illegal immigrants.

The newest members of the Northeast Georgia Business Hall of Fame were inducted Thursday night at a banquet in their honor at Chattahoochee Country Club.

Republicans looking to unseat President Barack Obama charged Thursday that he undermined the sensitive and delicate negotiations for Middle East peace with his outline for resumed talks between Israelis and Palestinians

With racks of ribs and whole hogs slowly cooking in the smoke of more than 40 fires, there

Top congressional leaders agreed Thursday to a four-year extension of the anti-terrorist Patriot Act, the controversial law passed after the Sept. 11 attacks that governs the search for terrorists on American soil.

The FBI has requested a DNA sample from "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski as part of its investigation into the 1982 deaths of seven Chicago-area people who took cyanide-laced Tylenol from packages that had been tampered with, officials said Thursday.

Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn will return to a New York City jail pending his release on bail. Strauss-Kahn is charged with trying to rape a hotel maid and is likely to spend one more night at Rikers Island jail.

Stepping into an explosive Middle East debate, President Barack Obama on Thursday endorsed a key Palestinian demand for the borders of its future state and prodded Israel to accept that it can never have a truly peaceful nation based on "permanent occupation."

Fewer people purchased previously occupied homes in April. But foreclosure sales declined while activity among first-time homebuyers increased.