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An advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration has recommended that the federal agency approve Alzheimer's drug donanemab.

FDA advisers strongly back new Alzheimer’s drug, despite risks and limitations

Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration have recommended unanimously that the agency approve the Alzheimer’s drug donanemab.

This Sept. 5, 2014 photo shows several amanita muscaria or "fly agaric" mushrooms on the forest floor of the Black Forest near Enzklosterle, Germany.

UCSD researchers caution against unregulated 'magic mushrooms'

A type of "magic mushroom" is gaining interest in the United States, but scientists at UC San Diego warned Monday it may not be the one people think they are purchasing.

Seacoast Drive in Imperial Beach experiences standing water that was pushed over the seawall by big waves and high tides, Jan. 18, 2019.

What can San Diego expect from climate change?

Rising sea levels, more frequent wildfires and increased heat are the most pressing climate change impacts the San Diego region is facing.

This city-run shelter for migrants in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, is next to an international bridge that connects with El Paso, Texas.

Venezuelan family traveled for 3 months, only to be denied asylum claim at the border

President Joe Biden's executive actions that temporarily halts most asylum claims at the southern border is leaving many immigrant families in limbo, hoping they'll be eligible to reunite with their loved ones.

The Rev. James Lawson, an architect of the civil rights movement who preached nonviolent protest, has died. He's shown here speaking to union workers on the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in 2011.

The Rev. James Lawson, key architect of the Civil Rights Movement, dies at 95

Martin Luther King Jr. called civil rights pioneer, the Rev. James Lawson, the leading theorist and strategist of nonviolence.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield (center) votes during a U.N. Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at U.N. headquarters on Monday. The Security Council adopted a U.S.-drafted resolution supporting a cease-fire plan in Gaza.

The U.N. Security Council endorses U.S. cease-fire plan to end the war in Gaza

The council voted 14-0 to support President Biden’s step-by-step plan for a cease-fire, an exchange of hostages and prisoners and an end to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

Lisamaria Martinez, who is blind, is one of the plaintiffs in a 2013 lawsuit against Alameda County over a voting machine malfunction that forced her to dictate her vote to someone else.

California made it easier to vote, but some with disabilities still face barriers

California is hailed as a national leader for voting access, but visually impaired voters and their advocates say they still face unnecessary barriers.

Jose Maria Garcia Lara, director of the Juventud 2000 migrant shelter in Tijuana, speaks during a press conference on June 7, 2024 regarding President Joe Biden's executive actions on immigration.

Tijuana migrant shelter operator fears ‘crisis’ in wake of Biden asylum order

The order signed by President Joe Biden this week effectively closed the border to asylum seekers crossing illegally.

Migrants are camping out in the no-mans-land between the primary and secondary border walls, just north of the Mexican border that San Diego and Tijuana share, May 12, 2023.

Following Trump's trend, local politicians use 'invasion' to describe immigration

Immigration advocates are concerned about the increasing use of invasion rhetoric ahead of the November election.

"Make It Me" sounds like Mickey Guyton's roséwave playlist come to life

8 Tracks: There's something for everyone in this summer's dance music

There are so many ways and places to dance — in the club, in your kitchen, on the streets and, as NPR Music's Lars Gotrich argues, in the mosh pit — so let's showcase its multitudes.

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