B.J. Williams

President Barack Obama is extending a new proposal to Republicans that he hopes will break the political gridlock on budget negotiations, offering to cut corporate tax rates in exchange for job investments.

Gwinnett County police investigators have made an arrest in a double murder that happened Saturday in Duluth.

Zoo Atlanta officials say twin newborn giant panda cubs born at Zoo Atlanta are gaining weight rapidly, another encouraging sign in their development.

U.S. Attorney's officials say a metro Atlanta school bus driver has been sentenced to 15 years in prison on child pornography charges.

A series of explosions rocked a central Florida propane gas plant and sent "boom after boom after boom" through the neighborhood around it. Several people were injured, with at least three critically injured.

A woman was arrested Monday after green paint was found splattered inside two chapels at the Washington National Cathedral, and police were investigating her in connection with two similar incidents on the National Mall, authorities said.

The Gwinnett County Police Department is conducting three separate death investigations involving four victims since Saturday. Investigators are considering all of the deaths as homicides at this point.

Authorities rescued 105 children who were forced into prostitution and arrested 150 pimps and others in a three-day law enforcement sweep in 76 American cities, the FBI said Monday. The victims, almost all girls, range in age from 13 to 17.

Authorities said it appeared a woman from Cumming suffered a medical emergency and died before crashing her vehicle into a fence on Drew Road near West Forsyth High School.

The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes dipped in June from a six-year high in May, a sign that completed sales could stabilize in the next month or two.