Ken Stanford

Brian Williams is stepping away temporarily from the "NBC Nightly News" amid questions about his memories of war coverage in Iraq, saying it has become "painfully apparent" to him that he has become a distracting news story.

The owners of Longstreet Clinic, who want to close a section of Broad Street near Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, are asking that they be allowed to withdraw the request.

The Supreme Court of Georgia (SCOGA) says a man convicted of murder in Stephens County is entitled to a new trial.

The University of North Georgia (UNG) is the third-most efficient regional university in the South in an exclusive U.S. News & World Report analysis that compares spending and educational quality.

Six Bosnian immigrants have been accused of sending money and military equipment to terrorist fighters overseas, including the Islamic State group and al-Qaida in Iraq.

A windy storm sweeping down the West Coast knocked down trees, ripped through freeway and street signs, delayed hundreds of flights and knocked out power for thousands of people in California and Nevada.

The number of drivers on the road with alcohol in their systems has declined by nearly one-third since 2007, but there has been a large increase in drivers using marijuana and other illegal drugs, a government report released Friday found.

There are a three athletic venues in the Gainesville area that really pack in the athletes, spectators and coaches for big events. Those would include the Lake Lanier Olympic Center, Road Atlanta and Allen Creek Soccer Complex.

Measles infections in five babies at a suburban Chicago day care center reveal a potential weak link in public-health efforts to contain the disease, authorities said Friday, explaining that infants who are too young to be vaccinated and in close quarters are among the most vulnerable to the virus.

Canada's highest court struck down a ban on doctor-assisted suicide for mentally competent patients with terminal illnesses Friday, declaring that outlawing that option deprives dying people of their dignity and autonomy.