Ken Stanford

Wal-Mart plans to hire 60,000 temporary holiday workers for the crucial holiday season, an increase of 10 percent from last year.

The Hall County Tax Assessors Office mailed 30-day revised property tax notices to approximately 3,800 property owners Wednesday. However, Chief Appraiser Steve Watson said more revised notices are still being processed.

The number of people applying for U.S. unemployment benefits dropped by a sharp 36,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 280,000, a sign that the job market is strengthening.

Using artificial sweeteners may set the stage for diabetes in some people by hampering the way their bodies handle sugar, suggests a preliminary study done mostly in mice.

The Bushes aren't from Georgia, but the powerful Republican clan has become a focal point in a contentious Senate race here as Republican David Perdue trades fire with Democrat Michelle Nunn over her work at the Bush family's Points of Light foundation.

An out-of-control wildfire in Northern California threatened more than 2,000 homes and consumed huge swaths of timber land east of Sacramento while another town near the Oregon border took account of the damage done by a wildfire that burned 200 homes earlier in the week.

The U.S. Border Patrol purchased body cameras and will begin testing them this year at its training academy, two people briefed on the move said Wednesday, as new leadership moves to blunt criticism about agents' use of force.

Police said they thwarted a plot to carry out beheadings in Australia by supporters of the radical Islamic State group by detaining 15 people and raiding more than a dozen properties across Sydney on Thursday.

Two late-summer traditions are returning to Gainesville this weekend: the 13th Annual John Jarrard Foundation Concert and the 11th Annual Art in the Square.

The Dow Jones industrial average closed at a record high Wednesday after the Federal Reserve maintained its stance on record-low interest rates.