Ken Stanford

Delta Air Lines officials say the company will hire 300 pilots starting in November.

Several northeast Georgians have been named to state boards in recent weeks by Gov. Nathan Deal, including three Gainesville residents.

Sen. John McCain said Thursday he will block Army Gen. Martin Dempsey's nomination for a second term as Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman due to his dissatisfaction with the officer's responses to questions about the potential use of U.S. military power in Syria.

Unemployment rates rose in 28 U.S. states last month, partly because more Americans started looking for work and not all of them found jobs.

Backers of comprehensive immigration legislation are gearing up for a campaign to push the House to act, even as some begin openly voicing fears they're already losing the fight.

A huge wildfire fire early Friday was threatening to top a ridge near a mostly empty Southern California mountain town.

The investigator who wrote a scathing report about the Internal Revenue Service targeting tea party groups says he is "disturbed" the agency withheld newly released documents showing progressive groups may also have been singled out for additional scrutiny.

Pakistan is sending a top official to the Afghan capital this weekend to try to mend fences with its uneasy neighbor, and hanging in the balance are U.S. efforts to arrange peace talks with the Taliban.

Politicians and economists are straining to get a clearer view of what the economy will look like a year from now, when midterm political campaigns are heating up. Republicans see the glass as half empty; Democrats view it as half full. And the economists aren't sure.

Georgia Power crews spent part of Thursday working to restore service to more than 600 customers in metro Atlanta after storms downed trees and power lines late Wednesday. The storms which struck other parts of north Georgia as well, also downed trees in the Gainesville area.