Ken Stanford

Georgia Department of Labor officials say extended federal jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed in Georgia will expire soon without congressional intervention.

The University of North Georgia has received a $7,270 grant to participate in a Governor's Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) program aimed at reducing young driver crashes, injuries and fatalities.

Problems with the government's main health care overhaul website carry a bigger risk than frequent crashes: Higher prices could follow for many Americans if technical troubles scare off young people.

Santa Claus may be popularly known as a white-bearded benefactor with Dutch-English origins, but multi-ethnic versions of Santa are making the rounds out there too - illustrating that in an increasingly diverse United States, Santa takes on whatever color you imagine him to be. But two recent incidents have brought to light about Santa and what he "looks" like.

United Methodist church officials defrocked a pastor from central Pennsylvania on Thursday who officiated his son's gay wedding in Massachusetts, a move seen as contradictory to the denomination's beliefs.

AAA projects 94.5 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the year-end holiday season, an increase of 0.6 percent from the 94 million people who traveled last year.

Reliance on the death penalty continues to decline with 39 people executed this year, only the second time in 19 years that fewer than 40 people were put to death, a private group reported Thursday.

U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston is coming under criticism for comments suggesting that poor students who are part of the nation's school lunch program should sweep cafeteria floors.

Holiday hams ordered by some folks out west may have ended up scattered across a Georgia highway.