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UCSD professor Linda Hill wants to help reduce the approximately 4,000 deaths a year that can be specifically linked to drivers distracted by texting.

The University of California, Santa Barbara is experiencing a meningitis outbreak a lot like the one that hit Princeton earlier this year. The California university confirmed a fourth case of meningococcal disease on Monday.

The show will go on, giant balloons and all: Snoopy, Spiderman, Buzz Lightyear, Pikachu and 12 other massive balloons will fly in the iconic Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, New York police say.

Airs Tuesday, Nov. 26, at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

The Air Force has released the names of two airmen killed in a car crash last week. Airman 1st Class Edward Yu and Airman 1st Class Abtron (Tron) O'Neal died when their vehicle collided with a truck on a highway near Colorado Springs, Colo.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's move Thursday to make possible the confirmation of presidential nominees with a simple majority marks a tectonic shift in the rules and folkways of the Senate.

One of the men killed at the Revenue-Virginius mine in Ouray, Colo., on Sunday was trying to find the other miner who died.

Green Beret and Army Staff Sgt. Richard L. Vazquez, 28, died Nov. 13 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Vazquez suffered his fatal wounds when the enemy attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device, while he was on dismounted patrol in Panjwai, Afghanistan.

The extent of the destruction across southern and central Illinois is becoming clearer as searchers comb through the rubble of homes and businesses that were in the path of tornadoes and severe weather that ripped through the region.

Typhoon Haiyan swept through the Philippines late last week, leaving behind devastation and plenty of questions yet to be answered. Authors Kevin Roose and Allan Gurganus suggest books that might provide readers with a glimpse past the week's ubiquitous headlines, to the human cost often left hidden.