B.J. Williams

The Obama administration intends to work with the new Palestinian government despite Israeli concerns it gives power and influence to the radical Hamas movement.

More than 77,000 foreign banks have agreed to share information about U.S. account holders as part of a crackdown on offshore tax evasion, the Treasury Department said Monday.

A joint training exercise is underway at three Georgia military sites near Columbus, Savannah and Valdosta.

A toddler struck by a vehicle at a Gilmer County park on Friday night has died from his injuries.

A 12-year-old boy who suffered a near drowning experience on Lake Lanier Saturday afternoon is fortunate to be alive, according to officials with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

A fire last month that consumed a metro Atlanta chemical plant burned for at least two hours before checks began for dangerous emissions and four hours before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began more extensive testing, according to a newspaper report published Monday.

In a sweeping initiative to curb pollutants blamed for global warming, the Obama administration unveiled a plan Monday that cuts carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by nearly a third over the next 15 years, but pushes the deadline for some states to comply until long after President Barack Obama leaves office.

State data shows that more pedestrians in Georgia died after being hit by a vehicle last year than in any other year since 1997.

A toddler who was severely burned by a flash grenade during a police raid in Cornelia is scheduled for more surgery.

Gas prices in the southeast made modest declines last week and the discount at the pump is likely to continue in the near future.