Ken Stanford

Emergency management workers in the Atlanta area and other parts of north Georgia were preparing to spring into action as rain - and temperatures - were falling early Wednesday, potentially leading to "catastrophic" ice conditions across the region.

Attorney General Eric Holder called on a group of states Tuesday to restore voting rights to ex-felons, part of a push to fix what he sees as flaws in the criminal justice system that have a disparate impact on racial minorities.

Residents of a small Nebraska city voted Tuesday to keep regulations that require all renters to swear they have legal permission to live in the U.S., likely pushing the city back into the forefront of the immigration debate.

Members of the Georgia National Guard were placed on standby Tuesday for help in dealing with a major ice storm expected to hit the state overnight Tuesday and into Thursday.

Unwilling to spook the markets and divided among themselves, House Republicans backed away from a battle over the government's debt limit Tuesday and permitted President Barack Obama's Democratic allies to drive quick passage of a measure extending Treasury's borrowing authority without any concessions from the White House.

Flowery Branch along with Gainesville, Oakwood, and Hall County Tuesday all issued a Declaration of Emergency for the winter weather which is expected Tuesday night into Thursday.

Jackson Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) has activated its Emergency Restoration Plan and, based on the latest forecast from the National Weather Service, is preparing for a major winter weather event that has the potential to create widespread power outages.

U.S. stocks are ending sharply higher after the new Federal Reserve chief, Janet Yellen, said she will continue the central bank's policy of low interest rates.

The IRS on Tuesday lost a federal appeal in a legal battle over its effort to institute competency exams and other new regulations for as many as 700,000 paid tax preparers.