Ken Stanford

National Weather Service officials say about 200 trees were either snapped or uprooted during an EF1 tornado in Spalding County - and the rains that fell in northeast Georgia Sunday night and Monday pushed the level of Lake Lanier up more than a foot.

The state ethics commission and all its staffing issues, lawsuits and allegations of outside influence have quickly become a key issue in this year's governor's race.

Republicans kept their distance Tuesday from a Louisiana congressman who asked for forgiveness after a newspaper published a video it says shows him kissing a woman who isn't his wife.

Draft messages produced for a Twitter-like social media network that the U.S. government secretly built in Cuba were overtly political and some taunted the Castro family.

Ukraine's government struggled to stay in control of the country's eastern regions as tensions flared Tuesday in three cities. While the government managed to recapture its regional headquarters and detain dozens of pro-Russian protesters in one city, it said "radicals" were keeping 60 people hostage and threatening them in another city.

Stocks closed higher as the market stabilizes after a three-day slump.

More women are staying at home full-time to raise their children, according to a new Pew Research Center report released Tuesday.

North and South America, get ready for the first eclipse of the year.