Ken Stanford

The CIA's waterboarding of a top al-Qaida figure was approved at the top levels of the U.S. government, a former CIA agent said Tuesday.

A man has been freed after a DNA test proved he did not commit a rape that sent him to prison nearly three decades ago.

Car bombs exploded minutes apart Tuesday in central Algiers, heavily damaging a U.N. building and ripping the facade off the wing of a government office. Officials said 45 people were killed, and that 12 U.N. employees were missing.

The new southbound bridge on I-985 at Exit 16 in Oakwood is about ready for traffic and will be opened Thursday.

The Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate by one-quarter of a percentage point Tuesday, trying to keep the country out of recession

A record high that had stood for 64 years in Gainesville was tied Monday, one day after another that had also stood for 64 years was broken and on the same day that snow and ice paralyzed parts of the Southwest and Midwest.

Some state workers say they weren't deliberately defying the governor's car-washing ban when they washed their cars in violation of his drought-driven directive.

The biggest hurdle standing between Georgia and its pursuit of a long-term water management plan might not be the lingering legal fight with Alabama and Florida or the uncertainty about federal intentions.

At least 57 voters lacked the needed photo identification in November's local elections and were forced to cast provisional ballots, state elections officials said Monday.

As another group of Latino leaders moves into three areas of the state to tackle community issues, there are plans to include Gainesville next year.