Ken Stanford

Democratic and Republican negotiators have reached agreement on all the major elements of sweeping legislation to remake the nation's immigration laws and expect to unveil the bill next week, lawmakers said Thursday.

A strong spring storm that socked the Midwest with ice and heavy, wet snow made its way east, raking the South with tornadoes Thursday, with three deaths blamed on the rough weather and thousands of people without power.

Hundreds of language students and their teachers participated in the University of North Georgia's 38th Annual Modern Language Day competition Thursday, including one teacher who competed in the event when she was in high school.

To date, 39 Georgia companies, including one in northeast Georgia, have signed the Hire a Georgia Hero campaign pledge committing to give Georgia

Watched by tearful relatives of Newtown school massacre victims, gun control supporters in the Senate won the first showdown over how to respond to the December shootings in Connecticut, defeating an effort by conservatives to derail firearms restrictions before debate could even start.

A tiny magnetic bracelet implanted at the base of the throat is greatly improving life for some people with chronic heartburn who need more help than medicine can give them.

With forecasts calling for strong thunderstorms, heavy rains and possible tornadoes into the evening tonight, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests officials have issued a flash flood bulletin for communities near the forests and people who camp outdoors.

Police say a man who held firefighters hostage for hours in a Suwanee home was heavily armed with a half-dozen guns, and told the firefighters that he targeted them so he wouldn't be shot.