Ken Stanford

Tyler H. Smiley has joined the missions ministry of Lakewood Baptist Church in Gainesville as its associate missions pastor.

U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., Thursday each voted "no" Thursday on the Senate immigration bill which passed by a vote of 68-32.

Ford is recalling just over 13,000 Explorer, Taurus and Lincoln MKS cars and SUVs because the child safety locks might not work on the rear doors.

Tigers at the Phoenix Zoo are getting frozen fish snacks. Temporary cooling stations are popping up to welcome the homeless and elderly. And airlines are monitoring the soaring temperatures to make sure it's safe to fly as the western U.S. falls into the grips of a dangerous heat wave.

A former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is under investigation for allegedly leaking classified information about a covert cyberattack on Iran's nuclear facilities, according to media reports.

The smuggling of crystal methamphetamine at land border crossings between the U.S. and Mexico has jumped in recent years but especially at San Diego's San Ysidro port of entry, which accounted for more than 40 percent of seizures in fiscal year 2012.

Attention is shifting to the House and its conservative majority after the Senate passed a landmark immigration bill opening the door to U.S. citizenship to millions while pouring billions of dollars into securing the border with Mexico.

Better news on jobs and consumer spending pushed stocks higher Thursday.