Bryan Pirkle

Archaeologists say they've pinpointed the location of a lost fort in northeastern Georgia after a search with metal detectors covering more than 4 square miles turned up musket balls and rifle parts as well as horse shoes and old frying pans.

If you have an old cell phone collecting dust in a drawer, the Senior Life Center in Gainesville can use it.

The Senate is expected to pass a bill Monday making it easier for states to collect sales taxes for online purchases. Some of the nation's largest retailers are rejoicing. But small-business owners who make their living selling products on the Internet worry they will be swamped by new requirements from faraway states.

A limousine traveling on a major bridge in the San Francisco area burst into flames, killing five passengers who were trapped inside and injuring four others who escaped, authorities said.

A man who had fired a gun inside a ticketing area at Houston's largest airport was killed after being confronted by a law enforcement official during an incident that sent people in the terminal scrambling and screaming, police said Thursday.

Georgia will no longer be a haven for pain clinics that authorities say are fronts for illegal distribution of prescription pain medication.

Employee errors led to an explosion that rocked Plant Bowen in northwest Georgia, according to a Georgia Power official.

Work will begin Tuesday night on a stretch of State Route 11/Broad Street in Winder, with crews working overnight throughout the week to install new water and storm sewer lines.

A new report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has dramatically lowered estimates of how much of a potent greenhouse gas is being leaked by the natural gas industry despite rapid growth in production.

Ninth District Congressman Doug Collins of Gainesville will be home next week, hosting his first town hall meetings since taking office in January.