Bryan Pirkle

The delays and cost overruns are piling up for a new plant in Georgia that was supposed to prove nuclear energy can be built affordably.

Insurance companies, perhaps more than previously thought, may be charging the sickest patients extra for drugs under the federal health law, in an effort to discourage them from choosing certain plans, according to a study released Wednesday.

Police have identified the driver killed in a wrong-way crash on a metro Atlanta interstate over the weekend as 27-year-old Keith F. Smith of Suwanee.

First-time claims for unemployment insurance in Georgia were down 12.7 percent in December, compared to a year ago.

The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) will help Home Depot recruit part-time seasonal workers for four stores in Hall, Dawson, Lumpkin, and Forsyth counties Thursday, Feb. 5, in Dawsonville.

One person was flown to an Atlanta burn unit Thursday evening after suffering moderate injuries in an East Hall house fire.

A two-month investigation culminated Tuesday with the arrest of a Gainesville man.

Speakers honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at his spiritual home in Atlanta repeated the same message on his national holiday Monday: We've come a long way, but there's still much to be done to fulfill King's dream.

President Barack Obama came out swinging Friday against congressional attempts to slap fresh sanctions on Iran, warning such a move would likely destroy nuclear talks and increase prospects for a military showdown. Vowing to veto any sanctions that reach his desk, Obama pleaded, ``Just hold your fire.''

The U.S. has begun accepting applications from Mexican trucking companies seeking authorization for long-haul, cross-border transportation under the North American Free Trade agreement.