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Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility is the only State-run prison in San Diego County. It was built in 1989 and was designed to accommodate 2,208 medium to high-custody inmates -- today more than double that number, 4,680 inmates, call the facility home. What are conditions like for the prison population?

The Turkana people and their southern neighbors, the Pokot, have been feuding for generations. But a spate of droughts in recent decades is exacerbating an age-old animosity, as they fight over the land's dwindling natural resources.

Texas is the first state to require that girls be vaccinated against the human papilloma virus. HPV is a sexually transmitted infection that most people will eventually be exposed to — often soon after becoming sexually active. More than 20 states are considering requiring the vaccine.

Nearly 20 percent of the human genome is patented by private companies, amounting to thousands of genes. But should what exists in nature be patenting, and what impact will that have on cures for disease?

Statements from al-Qaida mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed detailing the inner workings of the terrorist group played a key role in the trial of convicted terror conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui. Madeleine Brand discusses those statements with Steve Coll, author of Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001.

A cozy huddle of friends and customers gathers in the early evening at D.G. Wills Book Shop. For an hour or two, you can imagine yourself visiting a Dickensian bookseller in old London.

Tradition and a conservative interpretation of Islam relegate most women in Afghanistan to the role of subservient wife and mother. But in at least one province, demand is high for women to fill a role previously reserved for men: police officer.

First of all, let me say that I come to Miike as an Asian Extreme fan rather than as an academic. So that colors my perceptions. Let me start with some comments about the easier of the two films,

Low pay and other options for potential recruits have triggered a shortage of officers in the San Diego Police Department. Reporter Amita Sharma will look at what the agency is doing to beef up its fo