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Shooter Gary Montez Martin, 45, wasn't legally allowed to own a gun, police say. But he never complied with a demand to relinquish his firearms.

"The farmer dies feeding this country, but no one fights for the farmer," says a woman whose son, a farmer, died by suicide. He was $40,000 in debt. Her husband died of a heart attack days later.

Around the state, concerned neighbors are becoming homeless rights advocates and service providers.

There is strong bipartisan support in the House to overturn the 7-year-old earmark ban in order to give lawmakers a greater say in directing federal dollars.

The House Rules Committee will hold two days of hearings this week over whether Congress should reconsider the 2011 earmark ban.

Health insurance and higher education could become more affordable — but probably not the cost of caring for aging family members.

The deal, which the House plans to pass, would open the government through Feb. 15 and provide back pay for federal workers who have missed two paychecks during the longest shutdown in U.S. history.

A clinic in San Diego's Logan Heights neighborhood provides numerous health and support services with a commitment to serving uninsured and low-income residents.

From TSA agents and Coast Guard personnel, to climate researchers and artists, the lives and work of many Americans are being complicated by the ongoing partial government shutdown.

Oyster harvests in the Gulf of Mexico have declined dramatically. Now scientists are working to rebuild oyster reefs, helped by settlement money from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.