Ken Stanford

The North Georgia Community Foundation (NGCF) Board of Directors has elected new officers for and added four new board members.

Islamic State militants have abducted at least 70 Christians, including women and children, after overrunning a string of villages in northeastern Syria, activists and relatives said Tuesday.

School systems across north Georgia have already lost several days of instructional time this month because of icy weather. Now, many of them are closed again today, including the Gainesville and Hall County systems.

Alaska on Tuesday became the third U.S. state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, but organizers don't expect any public celebrations since it remains illegal to smoke marijuana in public.

Divided Republicans are searching for a way out of an impasse over immigration that is threatening to shut down the Homeland Security Department within days.

A lawmaker has introduced a bill to shift Georgia's tax system to what he considers a more consumption-based model.

States are trying to reduce prison populations with secretive, new psychological assessments to predict which inmates will commit future crimes and who might be safe to release, despite serious problems and high-profile failures, an Associated Press investigation found.

Forecasters are warning of the potential for sleet and freezing drizzle in parts of north Georgia.

A video purported to be by Somalia's al-Qaida-linked rebel group al-Shabab urged Muslims to attack shopping malls in the U.S., Canada, Britain and other Western countries.