Ken Stanford

The Southern Baptist Convention has re-elected its first black president, the Rev. Fred Luter Jr.

The country

A leading Republican senator on Tuesday described controversial U.S. spy programs as looking far deeper into Americans' phone records than the Obama administration has been willing to admit, fueling new privacy concerns as Congress sought to defend the surveillance systems.

A Senate panel has approved legislation to overhaul the military justice system in an effort to staunch the growing number of sexual assaults in the armed forces.

U.S. wholesalers increased their stockpiles in April and their sales rebounded from a big decline in March, positive signs for economic growth.

In Spanish and English, the Senate pushed contentious immigration legislation over an early procedural hurdle with deceptive ease on Tuesday as President Barack Obama insisted the "moment is now" to give 11 million immigrants in the United States illegally a chance at citizenship.

President Barack Obama prodded Congress Tuesday to send him a bill by fall remaking the nation's immigration laws, even as the Senate prepared to cast its first floor votes on the landmark measure opening a door to citizenship for millions.

One of the staunchest critics of government surveillance programs said Tuesday that the national intelligence director did not give him a straight answer last March when he asked whether the National Security Agency collects any data on millions of Americans.

Gainesville Middle School (GMS) has been selected by the Georgia Department of Education (GDOE) to participate in the federally funded Graduate First Project. The program's goal is to increase the graduation rate and close the "achievement gap" for students with disabilities.

Oakwood is going to use money from the city's sewer fund to help pay for repairing or replacing culverts damaged by massive flooding last month.