Ken Stanford

The Justice Department has launched a formal criminal investigation into the office and campaign expenses of resigning Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock, as well as his personal business dealings with political donors, a person familiar with the case told The Associated Press on Friday.

The Obama administration is requiring companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands to disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations.

A group claiming to be a Yemeni branch of the Islamic State group says it carried out a string of suicide bombings in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, that killed a total of 137 people and injured 345 others.

A Gainesville man, active in a number of local organizations from the Jaycees to the Salvation Army, has died.

Hall County officials are reminding the public that debris resulting from last month's winter weather events will not be removed by county crews if it fell onto private property.