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A woman walks by a COVID-19 response sign at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla on Aug. 22, 2020.

San Diego County Sees Record 19 Community Outbreaks Of COVID-19

San Diego County public health officials have reported 291 new COVID-19 infections and six deaths from the illness, raising the county's totals to 49,446 cases of the coronavirus and 819 fatalities.

A cab driver waits near his car in line at a depot near the airport Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014, in San Diego.

MTS Taxicabs To Operate Under New COVID-19 Safety Protocols

The protocols will apply to all Taxicabs, Jitney, Low-Speed, Charter and Nonemergency Medical (NEM) Transport Vehicles.

Walmart has instructed employees to remove marketing material that displays violent imagery and to unplug or turn off video game consoles that show violent games.

Walmart Bans Violent Imagery, But Not Gun Sales

Following shootings at two store locations, Walmart said in an internal memo that it would take down all imagery and stop playing videos that depicted violence.

Pictured above is Avocado Post Acute in El Cajon, May 29, 2020.

San Diego Nursing Homes With Most Coronavirus Cases Have Long Complaint Records

Advocates for nursing home residents say there’s a connection between poor safety records and the number of COVID-19 cases, and they are calling for more oversight. Meanwhile, industry representatives say there is no correlation.

Sailors man the rails of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) as it pulls into its homeport in San Diego, May 7, 2018.

Thousands Of Military Moves Still On Hold As Cononavirus Restrictions Remain In Place

The Pentagon's original stop movement order was set to expire Tuesday, but even as restrictions open up, the backlog of delayed moves may linger into next year.

Protests Erupt In Lancaster, Pa., Following Officer-Involved Shooting Death

Footage released by the Lancaster Bureau of Police Sunday shows Ricardo Munoz was fired upon by an officer. Police said Munoz had a knife and was brandishing it "in a threatening manner."

Drivers line up in the border city of Juárez in Mexico's Chihuahua state, as they attempt to cross the border at El Paso, Texas. The Guatemalan consul has confirmed that a Guatemalan boy apprehended with his mother last month had died Tuesday night.

Guatemalan Toddler Apprehended At U.S. Border Dies After Weeks In Hospital

The child's mother informed federal agents that her 2 ½-year-old son was sick after they were taken into custody last month on the north bank of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas, U.S. officials say.

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, head of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, is escorted to a helicopter in Mexico City following his capture overnight in the beach resort town of Mazatlan, Feb. 22, 2014.

Mexican Legislator Linked To 'El Chapo' Guzman Detained In San Diego

A former Mexican legislator linked to notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was charged Thursday with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and made her first appearance in San Diego federal court.

President Trump talks with reporters after touring a section of the southern border wall in September in Otay Mesa, Calif.

Federal Judge In Texas Blocks Trump Plan To Use Military Funds On Border Wall

The ruling comes in response to a lawsuit arguing the president overstepped his authority in diverting funds to the border wall which were appropriated by Congress for other purposes.

In Mendon, Vt., the first voter arrived 10 minutes before polls opened at 8 a.m. "She was so excited," said Town Clerk Nancy Gondella, "since she realized she'd get the first piece of cake."

The View From Super Tuesday

NPR member station photographers and reporters captured what Super Tuesday looked like nationwide.

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