Ken Stanford

The Obama administration has given up more of its surveillance secrets, acknowledging that it was ordered to stop scooping up thousands of Internet communications from Americans with no connection to terrorism - a practice it says was an unintended consequence when it gathered bundles of Internet traffic connected to terror suspects.

The Quinlan Visual Arts Center unveils its Fall Exhibitions Thursday.

The average American household is earning less than when the Great Recession ended four years ago, according to a report released Wednesday.

President Richard Nixon had just delivered his first major national address on the Watergate scandal that would ultimately cost him the White House when the calls of support began pouring in. Audio tapes released Wednesday show that within hours of the speech on April 30, 1973, the beleaguered 37th president heard from Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and evangelist Billy Graham.

An out-of-control forest fire threatening about 2,500 structures near Yosemite National Park was one of more than 50 active, large wildfires dotting the western U.S. on Wednesday.

With hugs, smiles and a few tear-filled moments, scores of new first-year students said goodbye to their families Wednesday as they began moving into dormitories, sizing up sororities and planning classes as part of one of the largest freshman class ever to enroll at the Brenau University Women

The stock market closed lower Wednesday after the Federal Reserve signaled that it's still on track to slow its huge bond-purchasing program.

The longtime mayor of Talmo died Wednesday.

A woman whose family once took in the suspect in an Atlanta-area school shooting said Wednesday that he was mentally ill but never violent in the past.