B.J. Williams

A Jefferson-based frozen food supplier has been sold to a Phoenix company for $38 million dollars.

Police in north Fulton County shot and wounded a woman after they say she aimed a gun at an officer.

Divers spotted human remains Thursday near Italy's Costa Concordia cruise ship and DNA tests will determine if they are the last two bodies missing among the shipwreck's 32 victims, authorities said.

A family spokeswoman says Evelyn Lowery, the wife of civil rights leader the Rev. Joseph Lowery, has died. She was 88.

The Islamic extremist group that killed scores of people at a Nairobi mall has now attacked two Kenyan towns near the Somali border, killing three people.

Georgia's average score on this year's SAT college entrance exam was unchanged from last year, mirroring a national trend as scores were generally stagnant for a third year.

Authorities in Pickens County are investigating a case where a middle school student may have been sexually assaulted by another student.

The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday that the unemployment rate in the Northeast Georgia region decreased to 7.3 percent in August, down nine-tenths of a percentage point from 8.2 percent in July.

Georgia Department of Natural Resources officials say those who spend money on outdoor recreation in the state have added more than $5.5 billion to its economy.

Filibuster or no, Sen. Ted Cruz' marathon speech on the Senate floor made one point: Obamacare had to go. But when the freshman senator finally stopped talking Wednesday after 21 hours and 19 minutes, he was no closer to killing President Barack Obama's signature health care law.