B.J. Williams

A passenger jet carrying 148 people crashed Tuesday in the French Alps. France's president said no survivors were likely as search-and-rescue teams raced to the remote region.

Jeb Bush ended Florida's affirmative action programs in 1999 with a flourish, issuing an executive order that he said would "transcend the tired debate" about racial preferences.

A section of scaffolding collapsed at a high-rise construction project in downtown Raleigh, killing three people and sending another to a hospital, officials said Monday.

Georgia Department of Transportation has announced a traffic shift on State Route 115 at Tesnatee Valley Gap Road west of Cleveland on Tuesday, if weather permits.

Gwinnett County school board members are ready to hit the road with their annual series of board meetings around the county.

State officials say a Korea-based manufacturer plans to create its first North American headquarters in the east Georgia city of Millen.

Pasco County Sheriffs' detectives and federal agents have arrested three men in connection with a large-scale methamphetamine network.

Georgia House Speaker David Ralston says he hopes both chambers quickly vote on a bill allowing people with certain medical conditions to use a type of medical marijuana.

Sheriff's officials are investigating after a father said he went to wake his 4-year-old girl for church and found her strangled in the cords of a window blind in central Georgia.

Afghanistan's president kicked off his Washington visit Monday by thanking U.S. troops and taxpayers for their sacrifices in nearly 14 years of war.