A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that construction of two additional nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle can proceed and that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission considered the risks that created a nuclear accident in Japan.

Petro America Corp. founder Isreal Owen Hawkins and his associates were accused of illegally selling unregistered stock in Petro America from 2008 through 2010, much of it to poor investors.

Environmental groups asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to overturn a judge's ruling that cleared the Navy to build a $100 million undersea training range off Georgia and Florida.

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Hospital Management Associates owes nothing for declining to buy St. Joseph Hospital, which has since become Trinity Hospital.

The Supreme Court announced Friday it will decide whether companies can patent human genes, a decision that could reshape medical research in the United States and the fight against diseases like breast and ovarian cancer.

...in determining damages.Justices were asked by the federal appeals court to rule on that issue before the 11th U.S. Court of Appeals can decide on the appeal filed by James R. Holland II, an Alabama attorney. He was sued by client Steven N...

...waste repository that was canceled in 2010 by the Obama administration. The case awaits further action in the U.S. Court of Appeals.Also pending is a case filed by the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, which argued against the issuance...

The first week of October will be very special for many Americans who will be in Augusta to attend two different events.