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A Federal Aviation Administration sign hangs in the tower at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, March 16, 2017.

Federal officials are looking into another close call between planes, this time in San Diego

Federal officials are looking into a close call between a Cessna Citation business jet and a Southwest plane at San Diego International Airport.

Retired West Virginia coal miner Terry Lilly, who has black lung, speaks during a public hearing hosted by the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration about its draft rule to limit worker exposure on Thursday.

Coal miners say new limits on rock dust 'could save some lives'

Miners and their advocates testify in favor of new silica regulations aimed at preventing black lung disease

Tents set up on an Interstate 5 overpass in downtown San Diego, Calif. July 30, 2023.

San Diego's Unsafe Camping Ordinance goes into effect, enforcement to begin

Enforcement of San Diego's recently passed Unsafe Camping Ordinance will begin Monday.

Tent encampments along the side of Sports Arena Blvd. in the Midway District of San Diego, CA on July 26, 2023.

Police can begin enforcing San Diego's camping ban on Sunday

The Unsafe Camping Ordinance prohibits tent encampments in public places when shelter beds are available.

Cars wait to enter the United States from Tijuana through the San Ysidro Port of Entry, Dec. 3, 2014.

SANDAG database puts immigrants at risk, advocates say

Advocates say SANDAG's decision to sell access to ARJIS data to federal immigration authorities violates the spirit of California’s sanctuary state laws.

San Diego police give a citation to a woman camping on the sidewalk of Commercial Street in San Diego, June 9, 2022.

How two unhoused San Diegans fought citations in court and won

The citation dismissals mark another development in San Diego’s effort to hold unhoused people accountable for refusing to go to a shelter.

An demonstrator holds a portrait of George Floyd in March 2021 outside the Hennepin County Government in Minneapolis, where the trial of former Minneapolis Police Department officer Derek Chauvin in Floyd's killing was under way.

DOJ report finds systemic patterns of abuse by the Minneapolis Police Department

The Justice Department, city and police will begin negotiations to set the terms of a consent decree, which will bring federal oversight to police

New York Army National Guard Sgt. William Henry Johnson, circa 1919.

The U.S. Army renames a base in honor of Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black WWI hero

Louisiana's Fort Polk became Fort Johnson, the latest Army base to replace its Confederate name. It now honors a soldier who earned a Medal of Honor a century after the night that made him a hero.

State courts in every state highlighted on this map have cited cases involving enslaved people in the 1980s or later.

Slave cases are still cited as good law across the U.S. This team aims to change that

Michigan State law professor Justin Simard says 18% of all published American cases are within two steps of a slave case. His team has spent years documenting them, hoping to force a legal reckoning.

The House Oversight Committee plans to vote Thursday to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt over what they say is the bureau's refusal to hand over records tied to the GOP-led panel's investigation into President Biden and his family.

House panel sets hearing to hold FBI director in contempt of Congress

The Republican-led House Oversight Committee will meet Thursday morning to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress. If approved, the full House would vote on the charge.

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