Bryan Pirkle

Over the decades, time turned the remains of Grantville into something almost post-apocalyptic, the perfect modern-day set for humans and ``walkers'' to attack one another. That's how the hugely popular TV show ``The Walking Dead'' ended up coming to town and bringing new life to Grantville.

Police in Washington are reviewing the use of officers' deadly force in the killing of a woman who tried to ram her car through a White House barrier, a shooting her family says was unjustified.

Three days into a government shutdown, President Barack Obama pointedly blamed House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday for keeping federal agencies closed, while the bitter budget dispute moved closer to a more critical showdown over the nation's line of credit. The Treasury warned of calamitous results if Congress fails to raise the debt limit.

Gov. Nathan Deal has named Deborah Wallace as interim state inspector general.

Sheriff's officials say four people have been arrested after a stolen semi-automatic rifle was found in their car during a traffic stop.

American Express is giving $2 million to launch a new program with the National Trust for Historic Preservation to help preserve endangered cultural and historic places nationwide.

On the way back Wednesday to Statesville in North Carolina, a church bus carrying members blew a tire, veered across a highway median and crashed into a sport utility vehicle and tractor-trailer, killing 8, police said.

President Barack Obama brought congressional leaders to the White House on Wednesday for the first time since a partial government shutdown began, but there was no sign of progress toward ending an impasse that has idled 800,000 federal workers and curbed services around the country.

District of Columbia lawmakers approved emergency legislation Tuesday to keep tens of thousands of municipal workers on the job and collecting pay during a partial federal government shutdown.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday cleared the way for the Navy to build a $100 million undersea training range off Georgia and Florida.