Ken Stanford

Legislation to punish Venezuela's government for human rights abuses is advancing in Congress over objections from the Obama administration.

To help business students understand how they can grow their careers during and after earning a degree, a panel of regional business leaders visited the Mike Cottrell College of Business at the University of North Georgia (UNG) to share their own experiences and answer student questions.

Candidates for Georgia's open Senate seat have filed their required campaign finance reports for April, and Rep. Jack Kingston continues to lead the GOP field in total contributions.

U.S. employers advertised slightly fewer jobs and slowed hiring a bit in March, though the declines came after healthy gains the previous month. The figures suggest the job market is improving in fits and starts.

House Democrats said Friday that before deciding whether to participate in a new investigation on the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic outpost at Benghazi, Libya, they want assurances from Speaker John Boehner that the Republican-run probe will be bipartisan and not a political spectacle.

British experts arrived in the Nigerian capital on Friday to help find at least 276 girls being held by Islamic militants in northeastern Nigeria as an international effort began taking hold.

Bryant Quarter Road reopened Thursday after being closed for more than five months.