Ken Stanford

Hall County para-medics had to use alternative means of transportation on some ambulance runs Thursday morning.

More Americans sought unemployment aid last week, though the number of applications was still consistent with steady hiring.

The District of Columbia defied threats from Congress and moved forward Thursday with legalizing possession of marijuana after a voter-approved initiative.

The Obama administration's commitment to take in potentially thousands of Syrian refugees is raising national security concerns among law enforcement officials and some congressional Republicans who fear clandestine radicals could slip into the country among the displaced.

The Senate is moving forward on legislation to fund the Homeland Security Department, but the House is in limbo two days away from a partial agency shutdown as conservatives angrily reject the Senate plan.

Utility companies say than 6,000 customers are without power in north Georgia after several inches of snow fell in the region.

A nasty intestinal bug sickens nearly twice as many Americans each year as was previously thought, according to the largest U.S. study to look at the problem.

The Dow Jones industrial average notched its third record high close in a row Wednesday, even as other market indexes ended lower.