Ken Stanford

The mad rush began at the first sight of snow: Across the Atlanta area, schools let out early and commuters left for home after lunch, instantly creating gridlock so severe that security guards and doormen took to the streets to direct cars amid a cacophony of blaring horns.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal will declare a state of emergency as a winter storm coats the region with snow and ice.

The right to carry a gun would be expanded under a proposal from Georgia lawmakers.

The U.S. economy is showing more strength than at any time since the Great Recession began six years ago.

A police officer shot a 17-year-old runaway in the wrist at a Hawaiii high school after the teen cut one officer with a knife and punched two others, authorities said.

Traffic along interstates and surface streets in the downtown Atlanta area came to a crawl as snow began falling in the metro Atlanta region.

The number of Air Force service members implicated in a scandal involving alleged cheating on tests of nuclear missile launch operations has roughly doubled from the 34 initially cited by the Air Force, officials said Tuesday.

Investors' jitters over emerging markets faded on Tuesday and U.S. stocks rose for the first time in four days.

Braselton, Claxton, Elberton, Flowery Branch, Pooler, Thomaston, and Unadilla were awarded financing totaling $15.4 million for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements by the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) board of directors Tuesday.

An effort to bring medical marijuana to Georgia under certain circumstances is gaining momentum.