Ken Stanford

President Barack Obama declared the debate over climate change and its causes obsolete Tuesday as he announced

Poor oversight by the Internal Revenue Service allowed workers to use agency credit cards to buy wine for an expensive luncheon, dorky swag for managers' meetings and, for one employee, romance novels and diet pills, an agency watchdog said Tuesday.

State Fire Commissioner Ralph Hudgens is urging Georgians to use caution with sparklers as the July 4th holiday approaches.

Sales of new homes rose in May to the fastest pace in five years, a solid gain that added to signs of a steadily improving housing market.

Georgia Democratic Party Interim Chairwoman Nikema Williams reacted with both outrage and disgust over Tuesday's U?S. Supreme Court decision on the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965.

Georgia Congressman Doug Collins called Tuesday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act of 1965 "exciting news" for the country.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden is in the transit zone of a Moscow airport and will not be extradited to the United States.

Americans' confidence in the economy rose to its highest level in more than five years, bolstered by a more optimistic outlook for hiring.

Senate passage of historic immigration legislation offering citizenship to millions looks near-certain after the bill cleared a key hurdle with votes to spare.