B.J. Williams

Winds were gusting as high as 48 mph in the north Georgia mountains and in Gainesville, but were expected to become more calm after dawn.

Rescue workers using back hoes and a bulldozer tried to clear through mountains of broken bricks and splintered wood early Thursday as they searched for any additional victims still buried from an explosion that demolished two Manhattan apartment buildings and killed at least 6 people.

A Georgia state Senate committee has passed a bill that would legalize limited use of medicinal marijuana.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says people are still missing after an explosion leveled two apartment buildings, killing two people and injuring 18 others.

Nearly four years after the plan first came to light, the massive anchor store at New Holland Marketplace on the east side of Gainesville has opened its doors.

After months of railing against President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, Republicans scored a key victory in a hard-fought congressional race that had been closely watched as a bellwether of midterm elections in November.

Malaysia asked India to join the expanding search for the missing Boeing 777 near the Andaman Sea - far to the northwest of its last reported position and a further sign Wednesday that authorities have no idea where the plane might be more than four days after it vanished.

Police in coastal Georgia say a man has died after a target shooting accident.

A military judge on Tuesday dismissed the jury in the midst of an Army general's court martial on sexual assault charges to give prosecutors and defense lawyers time to hammer out a plea deal in the closely watched case.

The city of Winder has reported two cases of rabid raccoons in the area since the first of the month.