Bryan Pirkle

President Barack Obama is sending 475 more U.S. troops into Iraq to supplement an existing American military presence that is helping Iraqi security forces battle Islamic State militants and secure diplomatic facilities.

U.S. workers face a dim future, with stagnant or falling pay and fewer openings for full-time jobs.

It's almost time for the longest running Oktoberfest in the country - the 44th-annual Helen Oktoberfest.

Anheuser-Busch has nothing to worry about but a brewery, actually a microbrewery, is in the works in Gainesville.

A SWAT standoff in Gwinnett County ended peacefully Thursday night when authorities were able to convince a murder suspect barricaded inside a Lawrenceville home to surrender himself to police custody.

Authorities suspended the search for a missing swimmer on Lake Lanier Tuesday evening and planned to resume search efforts at daybreak.

The Pentagon says U.S. military forces have targeted the Islamic extremist al-Shabaab network in an operation in Somalia.

Two Gainesville residents face numerous drug-related charges after being arrested in Hall County on Friday.

President Barack Obama tamped down the prospect of imminent U.S. military action in Syria on Thursday, saying ``we don't have a strategy yet'' for degrading the violent militant group seeking to establish a caliphate in the Middle East.

An audit has found that the Atlanta Department of Public Works can't account for at least $2.2 million in materials and is vulnerable to theft.