Ken Stanford

Stocks are sharply lower following weak earnings from several U.S. companies, more trouble in emerging markets and economic stimulus cuts from the Federal Reserve.

For some White House allies, the long list of executive actions President Barack Obama announced in his State of the Union address was marred by a few glaring omissions.

Atlanta, hub to major corporations and the world's busiest airport, once again was brought to its knees amid the chaos brought on by Tuesday's snow storm, despite assurances that city and state officials had learned their lessons from a 2011 snow storm that brought the city to its knees.

A cruise ship on which hundreds of passengers and crew members fell ill was returning to port Wednesday in New Jersey, with health officials recommending those still showing symptoms to check in at hotels or seek medical care before heading home.

After more than two years of partisan squabbles over food and farm policy, the House passed and sent to the Senate Wednesday an almost $100 billion-a-year, compromise farm bill containing a small cut in food stamps and preserving most crop subsidies.

A reporter for a New York City cable news station said Wednesday that U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm called him to apologize for physically threatening him at the end of an interview about President Barack Obama's State of the Union address.

Snowfall in Georgia Tuesday ranged up to six inches, according to a preliminary report issued Wednesday morning by the National Weather Service (NWS).

About 85 works from Brenau University students, mostly majoring in fine arts and interior design, will be on display from now until Feb. 14 in a special exhibition at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.

Now patients who need aortic repair due to an aneurysm can benefit from a new technology offered at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC).