Bryan Pirkle

House GOP leaders are putting the final touches on legislation that would significantly weaken a recently enacted overhaul of the much criticized federal flood insurance program, easing many premium increases and allowing below-market rates to be passed on to people buying homes with taxpayer-subsidized policies.

A man convicted of acting as a pimp for women forced into prostitution was sentenced to life in federal prison Wednesday for his role in what prosecutors called a sex trafficking ring that traded women like slaves between Georgia, Florida and the Carolinas.

The Energy Department is poised to approve $6.5 billion in federal loan guarantees for the first nuclear power plants built from scratch in this country in more than three decades.

The National Security Agency was involved in the surveillance of an American law firm while it represented a foreign government in trade disputes with the United States, The New York Times reported in a story based on a top-secret document obtained by former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden.

Gary Lawrence usually carries a .22-caliber revolver while out walking his dog in rural Georgia as protection against venomous snakes and coyotes. But he says he learned a hard lesson while rushing to catch a flight at Atlanta's airport last month, the firearm forgotten in the pocket of a heavy coat.

Hall County firefighters received no reprieve following this week

Police say a pregnant woman who was loading groceries into the trunk of her car with her husband was struck and killed by a private snow plow in New York City, and her baby was successfully delivered by cesarean section.

Despite numerous warnings from officials for locals to stay off the roads amid hazardous driving conditions, the Georgia State Patrol was forced to engage in a car chase earlier this afternoon in Hall County.

The National Weather Service held an emergency weather briefing tonight to inform local officials about the ongoing winter weather event that is blanketing North Georgia.

The American Medical Association says it strongly supports legislation that would change the way Medicare pays doctors, to emphasize quality care and not just sheer volume of services.