B.J. Williams

The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits dropped 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 350,000 last week, though the total was elevated for the third straight week by technical problems in California.

Georgia's Attorney General says the state is being paid $22,000 in a settlement with Kmart over allegations of fraudulent prescription drug billing.

Georgia Department of Education officials say the state has been chosen to launch a pilot educator training program.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel complained to President Barack Obama on Wednesday after learning that U.S. intelligence may have targeted her mobile phone, and said that would be "a serious breach of trust" if confirmed, her government announced.

The Marine Corps' top general said Wednesday the deadly Beirut barracks bombing 30 years ago helped define the start of America's war against terrorists.

Police and FBI agents are searching for a suspect in the robbery of an armored truck south of Atlanta.

The surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect, who faces a potential death penalty, is fighting to get access to investigative records that implicate his dead brother in a triple slaying in 2011.

At last report, Hall County Animal Control is searching for the owner of a dog that attacked a man and his dog in the Oakwood area early Wednesday morning.

A rally is fading on the stock market, pulling the Standard & Poor's 500 index back from its latest record high.

The Obama administration is appealing to its allies in Congress, on Wall Street and across the country to stick with President Barack Obama's health care law even as embarrassing problems with the flagship website continue to mount.