Ken Stanford

Former GOP congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul has started a petition drive to pressure the Obama administration to grant clemency to former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who is charged with espionage over leaks about the government's surveillance programs.

Lanier Technical College and Valdosta State University recently signed two Pathway Program agreements.

Georgia utility companies report that more than 180,000 customers in the state are still without power after a storm blanketed the region with snow and ice.

The Georgia Department of Transportation has declared that the latest battle with Old Man Winter is over - and the boss at the district office in Gainesville is applauding the public for its part in the fight.

Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday he had won a commitment from China to help bring a belligerent North Korea back to nuclear disarmament talks, even as he butted heads with Chinese leaders over a series of increasingly aggressive steps Beijing has taken to assert itself in territorial disputes with its smaller neighbors.

In a federal court ruling echoing decisions reached elsewhere in the U.S., Virginia on Thursday became the first state in the South to overturn a voter-approved prohibition of same-sex marriage.

The relentless snow and ice storms this winter have led to the highest number of flight cancellations in more than 25 years, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.

Amtrak plans to resume passenger train service to Toccoa, Gainesville and Atlanta Friday after it was suspended Wednesday and Thursday because of the snow storm that struck the South.