Ken Stanford

Hailing it as an "historic day," President Barack Obama pressed forward his flagship health care program Tuesday, inaugurating new insurance exchanges to expand access for those without coverage despite the shutdown taking hold across much of the government.

A survey shows U.S. businesses added 166,000 jobs last month, a sign of only modest improvement in hiring.

Authorities arrested a suspect after finding two suspicious packages - including one they described as destructive - at the Jacksonville International Airport.

Georgia Department of Labor officials say the government shutdown will have a limited impact on consumer services.

Consumers in Georgia started buying health insurance Tuesday on federally run electronic exchanges, one of the most prominent changes resulting from President Barack Obama's overhaul of the health care system.

Investors stayed calm on the first day of a partial shutdown of the U.S. government Tuesday and sent the stock market modestly higher.

A spokesman for Gov. Nathan Deal said Tuesday the state of Florida's lawsuit against Georgia over water in Lake Lanier and other Georgia waterways is "frivolous."

President Barack Obama Tuesday labeled the government shutdown a "Republican shutdown" by an out-of-control faction of House Republicans that is putting the nation's fragile recovery at risk of an "economic shutdown."