Ken Stanford

Diplomats vexed over Afghanistan's future applied new pressure on the war-torn nation's leaders Tuesday to agree to allow thousands of foreign troops to remain there beyond next year, or risk being left with no international military force assistance.

The Forsyth County Water and Sewer Department has launched a new Web portal for its customers, providing the ability to not only view bills and make payments online, but also to view a variety of account information.

A measure of U.S. home prices rose only modestly in October, adding to signs that prices have stabilized after big gains earlier this year

The Junior League of Gainesville-Hall County will host its annual Charity Ball Saturday, Dec. 14, at the Chattahoochee Country Club in Gainesville.

Six decades before he went to North Korea as a curious tourist, Merrill Newman supervised a group of South Korean guerrillas during the Korean War who were perhaps the most hated and feared fighters in the North, former members of the group say.

Vice President Joe Biden voiced strong opposition Tuesday to China's new air defense zone above a set of disputed islands, showing a united front with an anxious Japan as tension in the region simmered.

Counselors helping people use the federal government's online health exchange are giving mixed reviews to the updated site, with some zipping through the application process while others are facing the same old sputters and even crashes.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a sweeping federal lawsuit against the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops over its ethical guidelines for Roman Catholic hospitals, arguing the directives were to blame for negligent care of a pregnant woman who went into early labor and whose baby died within hours.