Ken Stanford

The U.S. economy slowed in the final three months of 2014 as a big burst in consumer spending was offset by weakness in other areas.

Georgia Zumwalt is North Georgia Technical College's Georgia Occupational Award for Leadership (GOAL) winner for 2015.

As the nation's ledger adjusts to decreasing levels of deficit spending, the voices in Washington calling for austerity are barely audible. Republicans want more defense spending. Democrats want more domestic spending. And President Barack Obama wants both.

Death Row Records founder Marion "Suge" Knight was arrested early Friday on a murder charge in a fatal hit-and-run.

Closing in on a decision about whether to again run for president, Mitt Romney is finding that several past major fundraisers and donors in key states have defected to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

Attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch won two key Republican endorsements Thursday en route to likely confirmation as the first black woman in the nation's top law enforcement job.

The U.S. stock market closed sharply higher Thursday after investors received encouraging news on corporate earnings and the jobs market.

The Republican-controlled Senate on Thursday approved a bipartisan bill to construct the Keystone XL oil pipeline, defying a presidential veto threat and setting up the first of many battles with the White House over energy and the environment.