Ken Stanford

Secretary of State John Kerry is warning Russia that it will face an immediate, "very serious series" of steps from the United States and Europe if it annexes Ukraine's strategic Crimea region.

Failings exposed last spring at a U.S. nuclear missile base, reflecting what one officer called "rot" in the ranks, were worse than originally reported, according to Air Force documents obtained by The Associated Press.

A former police officer accused of killing a man in a movie theater during a dispute over texting had used his own phone to send a message to his son minutes before the shooting, according to documents released Thursday by Florida prosecutors.

A freeze warning has been issued for all of north and central Georgia from 10:00 Thursday night until 10:00 Friday morning.

The 2014 season begins at Road Atlanta this weekend with a National Auto Sports Association (NASA) event.

A state lawmaker's bill that would change regulations for auctioneers has drawn opposition, as well as concerns about a potential conflict of interest.

The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad said Thursday it had agreed to halt a wave of rocket fire on Israel, signaling an end to the heaviest fighting between the sides since 2012, though soon after the announcement two rockets fired from Gaza exploded inside Israel.

The World War II Foundation, in collaboration with the family of the late Damon

Gov. Nathan Deal says Georgia will move on its own toward deepening the Savannah harbor as much as it legally can with the $652 million project stuck at the federal level in what he calls "regulatory purgatory."