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Federal and state investigators said the fire that caused a massive explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant in 2013, killing 15 people, was a criminal act.

Trends are improving when it comes to teen pregnancy, dental care and juvenile crime, according to the San Diego Report Card on Children and Families for 2015.

The Golden State Warriors guard, who has made a habit of launching — and making — shots from well beyond the 3-point line, is the league's Most Valuable Player for the second year in a row.

The HIPPY program, based on home visits, teaches parents to be their children's first teachers.

Julian Barnes' slim but powerful new novel chronicles the difficulties composer Dmitri Shostakovich suffered under repressive Soviet regimes, and mourns what is lost when tyrants try to control art.

Amid a persistent drought, Gov. Jerry Brown is permanently banning wasteful water practices like hosing pavement. His executive order does allow some districts to loosen water restrictions, though.

Members of the state Water Resources Control Board - czars of the state's drought emergency program - will decide May 18 whether to remove the 11-month-old statewide order.

For its latest anti-tobacco campaign, the Food and Drug Administration wants to harness hip-hop swagger to reach minority teens — who disproportionately suffer the consequences of smoking.

When children view their abilities as something they can change over time, they're more apt to deal well with challenges, researchers say. And what parents say can help or hurt.

Documents released Tuesday say Sonja Farak was under the influence of methamphetamines, ketamine, cocaine, LSD and other drugs nearly every day between 2005 and 2013.