Ken Stanford

The Obama administration is abandoning plans to cut the number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan to 5,500 by year's end, bowing to military leaders who want to keep more troops, including many into the 2016 fighting season, U.S. officials say.

Secretary of State John Kerry, returning to talks with Iran on its nuclear program, said Sunday that most of the differences still barring an agreement are political rather than technical.

Habitat for Humanity of Hall County celebrated the construction of its 49th home at a dedication ceremony Saturday morning and turned over the keys to the new owners.

In the wake of the financial collapse of a 114-year-old women

Several million people hit with new federal fines for going without health insurance will get a second chance to sign up starting Sunday, and that could ease the sting of rising penalties for being uninsured.

While more than 70 percent of U.S. states now allow same-sex marriage, the waves of change have yet to reach America's far-flung and socially conservative territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.

Voters in four northeast Georgia communities will decide the fate of sales tax questions and a bond referendum Tuesday.

Two administrators with the University of North Georgia (UNG) were honored recently by the Foreign Language Association of Georgia (FLAG) for dedication and leadership in foreign language education.