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A small plane incident at Toccoa's LeTourneau Field resulted in minor injuries Thursday night.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday directed military medical officials to show within 45 days how they will improve care, patient safety and access to treatment at underachieving military health care facilities.

Officials announced Tuesday that a multi-year contract has been signed with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia that will allow Blue Cross patients to have continued access to Northeast Georgia Health System's physicians and facilities.

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Georgia is asking federal education officials to delay the start of teacher evaluations tied to test scores.

Combined U.S.-Arab airstrikes on the Islamic State group's military strongholds in Syria achieved their aim of showing the extremists that their savage attacks will not go unanswered, the top American military officer said Tuesday. Separately, the U.S. launched strikes against a group said to be plotting to attack the U.S. and Western interests.

Two teenage boys are being sought by Gwinnett County authorities in connection with a Lawrenceville house fire that investigators believe to be a case of arson.

The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) and the TAG Education Collaborative (TAG-Ed) has announced the finalists for the 3rd annual Georgia STEM Education Awards which recognizes schools, programs, and companies for outstanding efforts and achievements in supporting and promoting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Education in Georgia.

Having spent political capital fighting climate change at home, President Barack Obama will turn his sights overseas next week, urging fellow heads of state to be as ambitious as possible as they negotiate a make-or-break global treaty to be finalized in Paris next year.

The Republican-controlled House voted grudgingly to give the administration authority to train and arm Syrian rebels on Wednesday as President Barack Obama emphasized anew that American forces ``do not and will not have a combat mission'' in the struggle against Islamic State militants in either Iraq or Syria.