Ken Stanford

The Georgia Department of Transportation

Afghanistan's president said Saturday that the United States failed to consult Afghan forces when calling in an airstrike that killed 18 civilians, and warned that in the future his government will consider such actions as violating the country's pact with Washington.

Separated at rival conferences by 1,000 miles and a world of political ideology, liberal and conservative activists are finding themselves united by a deep disappointment with the nation's economy.

Two U.S. attorneys are taking over separate FBI investigations into leaks of national security information that critics have accused the White House of orchestrating to improve President Barack Obama's re-election chances, a claim Obama calls "offensive" and "wrong."

The 17th-annual Habersham County Relay for Life was set to wrap up at 7 a.m. Saturday.

Habersham County played host to the annual Bike Ride Across Georgia on Friday.

Gov. Nathan Deal has frozen Georgia's gas tax, preventing an increase that would have kicked in July 1.

Chattahoochee Bank of Georgia and HeritageBank of the South announce that Mickey C. Hyder, Jr. has joined the mortgage services team. Hyder will be employed by HeritageBank of the South and housed in the Chattahoochee Bank of Georgia location at 643 E. E. Butler Parkway in Gainesville.

I'll Have Another's bid for the first Triple Crown in 34 years ended shockingly in the barn and not on the racetrack Friday when the colt was scratched the day before the Belmont Stakes and retired with a swollen tendon.