Ken Stanford

Georgia students showed gains from 2011 in all four areas tested, according to national test results released Thursday.

Jason Carter, the grandson of former President Jimmy Carter and a state lawmaker from Atlanta, has taken the first steps toward running for governor next year and filed paperwork to form a campaign committee.

The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 336,000 last week, bringing applications to pre-recession levels.

Heart-clogging trans fats have been slowly disappearing from grocery aisles and restaurant menus in the last decade. Now, the Food and Drug Administration is finishing the job.

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat ingested lethal radioactive polonium before his death nine years ago, and it could not have been by accident, Swiss scientists said Thursday.

Hall County Board of Commissioners Chairman Dick Mecum says money set aside by the state Wednesday for the Glades Reservoir will cover some of the expense involved in developing the impoundment.

The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.8 percent annual rate from July through September, a surprising sign of strength ahead of the 16-day partial government shutdown.

Dr. Kay Brown Rogers, who served in administrative posts at Clarkesville Elementary School and Banks County Middle School, has died.

Iran and six world powers faced a tough task at the negotiating table Thursday: moving from broad discussions about a nuclear deal to specific steps limiting Tehran's ability to make atomic weapons in exchange for relief from sanctions that are crippling the Iranian economy.

U.S. economic growth is likely languishing in the second half of 2013, held back by federal policies and a slowdown in hiring that has kept consumers from stepping up spending.