Ken Stanford

The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes fell in October for the fifth straight month. Higher mortgage rates, price increases and the 16-day partial government shutdown held back sales.

Leading Democratic and Republican senators are crafting legislation to reinstate the full force of sanctions and impose new ones if Iran doesn't make good on its pledge to roll back its nuclear program, brushing aside the Obama administration's fears about upending its diplomatic momentum.

A small group of activists attended a congressional field hearing on the new health care law which was held in Gainesville Monday in hopes of being able to testify about the need for Medicaid expansion in Georgia, a key element of the law but something Gov. Nathan Deal has said would be too expensive for the state to implement.

One person was taken to the burn unit at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta Monday night following a fire in North Hall.

Georgians who say they have been helped by the Affordable Health Care Act will demand to testify at a hearing in Gainesville Monday by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. That's according to Americans United For Change.

This holiday season, Americans may not spend their green unless they see more red.