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President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak in Las Vegas on Tuesday to offer his ideas on immigration reform. And while some might see the middle of the Mojave Desert as an odd place for a seminal speech on immigration, Las Vegas may be the perfect soapbox.

The presidential candidates and the superPACs supporting them released details Wednesday about how they raised their money last month. But there's not even a mention of some of the biggest spenders: so-called social welfare organizations that are hammering Obama in the critical battleground states.

For decades, the U.S. sought stability in the Middle East. But the upheavals of the past year have left the region in flux, and the U.S. is trying to define a new policy for dealing with changes that are still playing out.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, Cuba's new vice president, has been tapped to take over from Raul Castro when he steps down as president in 2018. The 52-year-old former education minister is relatively unknown outside his home province, but is now on a campaign to increase his national exposure.

Mexico will stop parading drug trafficking detainees in front of the news media, stop using defendants’ nicknames and stop naming the drug cartel the person worked for.

Congressman Bob Filner of the 51st district has a shot at being San Diego’s first elected Democratic mayor in nearly 30 years. Filner draws support from union members, but he’s facing an electorate divided over the benefits city workers receive.

A half-dozen fire stations in San Diego have been repeatedly infested with bedbugs. To help get rid of them, local firefighters have turned to a familiar firehouse friend—a dog.

Faiza Aboul Naga, a holdover from Hosni Mubarak's regime, is emerging as the driving force behind Egypt's efforts to clamp down on U.S.-funded pro-democracy groups. The female Cabinet minister says U.S. aid has been used to shape post-revolution Egyptian politics, stoking widespread xenophobia.

The leaders of the world's largest economies will portray themselves as united behind efforts to boost growth and job creation to repair a global economy roiled by fears over the European financial crisis, according to a draft of the statement to be released Tuesday at the end of the Group of 20 annual meeting.

The principal of Central Elementary School will succeed San Diego Unified Superintendent Bill Kowba, the San Diego Unified School District announced Wednesday.