Ken Stanford

Russia is showing signs of returning to its authoritarian past and its invasion of Georgia will require the U.S. to re-evaluate the strategic relationship between the superpowers, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday.

Officials urged visitors to leave the Florida Keys on Sunday ahead of Tropical Storm Fay, which forecasters said could strengthen to a hurricane... with the storm on a track that could bring what remains of it to North Georgia by Friday.

A Marietta man is the newest representative on the Lake Lanier Island (LLI) Development Authority.

The Georgia Bulldogs officially became the nation's consensus preseason No. 1 team with about 15 minutes remaining in a 90-minute practice on Saturday morning.

Gov. Sonny Perdue has announced a new prescription drug benefit for Georgians who are uninsured but ineligible for Medicare or other forms of public health care.

Gainesville was impacted least of all in July as the number of jobs in Georgia declined by one-point-one percent.

Georgia agencies are preparing for sharp budget cuts by freezing open positions, slashing travel expenses, delaying new hiring and even ordering state employees to take time off without pay.

Georgia unemployment rates rose to 6.2 percent in July the highest in 15 years as job cutbacks in manufacturing and other blue-collar sectors gained speed across the state.

White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2042, according to new government projections. That's eight years sooner than previous estimates, made in 2004.

Consumer prices shot up in July at twice the expected rate, pushed higher by surging energy and food costs. The latest surge left inflation running at the fastest pace in 17 years.