Ken Stanford

The widow of a Mexican citizen who died while in immigration custody in south Georgia has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the federal government.

A JetBlue captain who ranted about Iraq and Afghanistan and claimed that a bomb was on a Las Vegas-bound flight was locked out of the cockpit, tackled and restrained by passengers Tuesday, passengers said.

Georgia Grown Executive Chef Holly Chute recently kicked off the program's activities at a state Department of Agriculture luncheon that highlighted state commodities for the Israeli consul and Gov. Nathan Deal.

Speaking to the microphones intentionally this time, President Barack Obama on Tuesday assured he had no hidden agenda with Russia for a second term, seeking to contain a controversial gaffe that bounded all the way to the campaign trail at home and back again.

Home prices fell in January for a fifth straight month in most major U.S. cities, as modest sales increases have yet to boost prices.

Students taking college entrance exams this fall will have to submit photo IDs with their applications - a key security upgrade following a widespread cheating scandal at a number of high schools on New York's Long Island, a prosecutor and testing officials announced Tuesday.

Sharp questioning by the Supreme Court's conservative justices cast serious doubt Tuesday on the survival of the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul.

Gainesville's urban population increased by 47.5 percent from 2000 to 2010, outpacing the national rate of 12.1 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Gainesville-Hall Metropolitan Planning Organization (GHMPO).

The Gainesville City Council Thursday will hear its first budget presentations for the coming fiscal year.

The Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) has announced that Avery Niles of Clermont is the new chairman of the DJJ Board of Directors.