Ken Stanford

The Obama administration put a temporary stop to new federal contracts with British oil company BP on Wednesday, citing the company's "lack of business integrity" and criminal proceedings stemming from the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010.

President Barack Obama will host his former political rival Mitt Romney for a private lunch at the White House Thursday, their first meeting since the election.

The Hall County School District has nominated 45 students to state level interviews for the Georgia Governor

Senate Democrats rallied to U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice's defense as Republicans said they were even more troubled by her account of the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and signaled they would try to scuttle her nomination if President Barack Obama tapped her as the next secretary of state.

Deep divisions among Senate Democrats over whether cuts to popular benefit programs like Medicare and Medicaid should be part of a plan to slow the government's mushrooming debt pose a big obstacle to a deal for avoiding a potentially economy-crushing "fiscal cliff," even if Republicans agree to raise taxes.

Health officials say 1 in 5 new HIV infections occur in a tiny segment of the population - young men who are gay or bisexual.

A federal lawsuit filed by four service members Tuesday challenges the Pentagon's longstanding policy barring women from serving in direct combat positions.

Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) Executive Director Kevin Clark announced Tuesday that Dahlonega Mayor Gary McCullough has been elected chairman of the GEFA board of directors.

Gainesville High School will dismiss at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, November 30, because of the football playoff game that night.