B.J. Williams

Top government health officials say they are opposed to placing a ban on travelers from Ebola-infected countries, warning that shutting down borders could impede efforts by aid workers to stop the spread of the deadly virus.

A U.S.-British scientist who grew up in the South Bronx and a husband-and-wife research team from Norway won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discovering the brain's navigation system - the inner GPS that helps us find our way in the world - revelations could lead to advances in diagnosing Alzheimer's.

Federal authorities are investigating a small plane crash in Fayette County.

Officials at Robins Air Force Base in central Georgia say an airman from the base is dead and two others are still missing in Okinawa, Japan, after high waves from a powerful typhoon swept the three U.S. servicemen out to sea.

Hall County animal control officials said Monday a 17th case of rabies has cropped up in the county, this time in the Lula area.

A new system of adjustable speed limits is in place on the northern end of the freeway that encircles Atlanta.

Ahead of a White House meeting on the Ebola outbreak, federal health officials said Monday the U.S. is weighing whether to institute extra screening at U.S. airports where travelers from Ebola-stricken African nations may be arriving.

Even as the income gap widens, the wealthiest Americans are giving a smaller share of their income to charity, while poor and middle-income people are donating a larger share, according to an extensive analysis of IRS data conducted by the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

Police are investigating after swastikas were found painted on a historically Jewish fraternity house at Emory University in Atlanta.

Emory officials the Alpha Epsilon Pi house was targeted by vandals early Sunday morning, shortly after the end of the observance of Yom Kippur.

Maintenance season at refineries along the Gulf Coast caused gas prices to spike in the southeastern U.S. last week.