Bryan Pirkle

While Obama celebrated an early projection this week of 7.1 million enrollees under the Affordable Care Act, it's too early to say whether the law ultimately will foster sufficient competition to keep premiums and deductibles affordable for consumers.

NATO foreign ministers moved Tuesday to beef up the defenses of front-line alliance members feeling menaced by a more assertive Russia, with Secretary of State John Kerry proclaiming the U.S. commitment to their security is ``unwavering.''

A Glock pistol and eight rounds of ammunition were found near the body of a man who was fatally shot by a campus police officer at Georgia's Columbus State University, school officials said in a statement Tuesday.

Allegations that the state ethics commission retaliated against top staffers in an effort to stifle an investigation of Gov. Nathan Deal's personal and campaign finance reports have been at the center of two lawsuits pending in Fulton County Superior Court.

Although it has been slow, difficult and frustrating so far, the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet is nowhere near the point of being scaled back, Australia's prime minister pledged Monday.

Site preparation for the new Mason Street Parking Facility

A Georgia man has been charged with making threats and leaving threatening phone messages for a civilian employee at Fort Knox.

Absentee ballots will be available by mail for the May 20 General Election primaries in Hall County beginning this week.

The Lanier Tea Party Patriots will host the 3rd Annual Tax Day Rally at Poultry Park in downtown Gainesville on April 12 and organizers say a number of U.S. Senatorial candidates plan to attend.

Republican candidates for Georgia's open U.S. Senate seat debated Saturday whether Congress has pushed hard enough for deepening the Savannah harbor and whether the federal government should keep giving homeowners a break on flood insurance.