Ken Stanford

Congress is pressing ahead with a new package of crippling sanctions on Iran, expanding on financial penalties and targeting Tehran's energy and shipping sectors in the hope that economic pressure undercuts its suspected nuclear weapons program.

Twitter has suspended the account of a Los Angeles-based reporter for a British newspaper who included the email address of the NBC Olympics president and asked his followers to write him to complain about the network's coverage.

The American Civil Liberties Union is asking police agencies nationwide for details on how they store data captured by automatic license plate readers, which authorities say help fight crime and terrorism and are not used to stockpile information on all drivers.

Robert "Bob" Phillip Schwab, 91, of Blue Ridge, a one-time fixture on Gainesville radio, has died.

The National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students (NISTS), which strives to increase access to and attainment of higher education by promoting successful transfer for college and university students, is moving next month to Georgia.

U.S. Representative Paul Broun, M.D. (GA-10) plans to host a Grants and Small Business Expo from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Wednesday, August 15 at the North Georgia Technical College Currahee Campus.

Frustrated by their inability to achieve some policy goals, conservatives in Republican states are turning against moderate members of their own party, trying to drive them out of state legislatures to clear the way for reshaping government across a wide swath of mid-America controlled by the GOP.

The Democratic Party is moving to include support for gay marriage in the official party platform for the first time, a Democratic official said Monday, marking a key milestone for advocates of same-sex unions.

James Holmes appeared just as dazed as he did in his first court appearance last week after the deadly Colorado movie theater shootings.