Ken Stanford

Republicans are calling it "Taxmageddon," the big tax increase awaiting nearly every American family at the end of the year, when a long list of tax cuts are scheduled to expire unless Congress acts.

Strong winds have grounded firefighting aircraft at a 40-square-mile wildfire in southern New Mexico.

Is your doctor a technophobe? Increasingly, the answer may be no.

Catharine Leach is married and has two boys, age 2 and 8. She has a good job with a federal contractor and smokes pot most every day.

As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to rule on Arizona's immigration law and as more states in the Southeast debate passing their own immigration laws, prominent figures in the region will convene Monday in Atlanta to discuss "the importance of immigrants and immigration to the region's economic and cultural vitality."

Rabun County, Georgia, and Long Creek, S.C., are preparing to mark the 40th anniversary of the filming and release of the hit movie "Deliverance."

The plan to bail out Spain's banks with up to $125 billion in aid buys European policymakers time to try to save the euro and eases deep fears in global financial markets.

An upcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision, which is expected to uphold the most controversial part of Arizona

Her Latin American background is clear in her speech as Lynnette Acosta talks about how President Barack Obama's health care plan could help a diabetic neighbor.

When it comes to saving energy, people in the United States know that driving a fuel-efficient car accomplishes more than turning off the lights at home.

But that doesn't mean they'll do it.