Bryan Pirkle

Freighters once carried Cuban nickel and limestone to the port of New Orleans and North Dakota beans to Havana. Cuban families ate bowls of American rice, while U.S. tourists flocked to casinos and nightclubs in Havana.

Banks, retailers, commuters and teachers will keep their temporary tax breaks for another year after Congress gave final approval Tuesday to a massive tax package affecting millions of businesses and individuals.

North Korea is asking the United Nations Security Council to put the CIA's harsh treatment of terror suspects on its agenda for debate.

The new Mason Street Parking Deck located near the Forsyth County Administration Building in Cumming is now open. It is the second of two new downtown parking decks to open in recent months - both part of the county

An investigation into an alleged armed robbery led to the arrests of three Gainesville men on Sunday.

A Baldwin store owner is taking issue with restrictions on package sales of alcohol in Banks County.

Swapping crisis for compromise, the House narrowly approved $1.1 trillion in government-wide spending Thursday night after President Barack Obama and Republicans joined forces to override Democratic complaints that the bill would also ease bank regulations imposed after the economy's near-collapse in 2008.

Federal prosecutors say a Russian man has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for illegally exporting firearms parts to Russia.

The nation is falling behind on maintaining its aging levees, dams, ports and harbors and needs to get creative as it seeks ways to pay for the critical projects, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' commander general said Wednesday.

The IRS paid at least $6 billion in child tax credits in 2013 to people who weren't eligible to receive them, a government investigator said Tuesday.