Bryan Pirkle

Having spent political capital fighting climate change at home, President Barack Obama will turn his sights overseas next week, urging fellow heads of state to be as ambitious as possible as they negotiate a make-or-break global treaty to be finalized in Paris next year.

The Republican-controlled House voted grudgingly to give the administration authority to train and arm Syrian rebels on Wednesday as President Barack Obama emphasized anew that American forces ``do not and will not have a combat mission'' in the struggle against Islamic State militants in either Iraq or Syria.

Iran's foreign minister is ruling out cooperating with the United States in helping Iraq fight Islamic State militants and warning that the terrorist group poses a much broader global threat that needs new thinking to eradicate.

The House has passed three bills designed to highlight complaints that the IRS mistreated conservative political groups when they applied for tax-exempt status.

A power outage has been reported in a portion of Gainesville, predominately along Clarkes Bridge Road near the intersection with Limestone Parkway.

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.