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States filed lawsuits against corporations involved in the opioid crisis. Now, about $50 billion in settlement funds have begun to flow to state governments. Advocates want to make sure it is used to treat addiction.

Biden promised a watchdog for opioid settlement billions, but feds are quiet so far

Billions of dollars are headed to state and local governments to address the opioid crisis. If the federal government fails to oversee how the money is spent, advocates worry it will be wasted.

Mulikat Okanlawon of Nigeria contracted noma when she was a child. The gangrenous infection ate away at the flesh and bone in her face. She survived and has had surgery to repair scars left by the disease. Today she works at the Sokoto Noma Hospital, guiding noma patients on the road to recovery.

A deadly disease so neglected it's not even on the list of neglected tropical diseases

It's called noma and is a disease of poverty, striking mainly children. Most patients die. Survivors are badly disfigured. Now there's a campaign to add it to the list of neglected tropical diseases

An at home COVID-19 antigen test rests on top of DVDs at El Cajon Library, Dec. 29, 2021.

Several state-run COVID testing sites in San Diego County to close soon

County health officials are preparing Friday for the closure of several state COVID-19 testing and treatment sites in San Diego County, scheduled by the end of February.

A new study finds that bumblebees can learn how to solve puzzles from each other.

Can insects have culture? Puzzle-solving bumblebees show it's possible

A new study in PLOS Biology finds that bumblebees can learn to solve puzzles from each other — suggesting that even invertebrate animals may have a capacity for culture.

A missing poster for Maya Millete at a news conference announcing the arrest of husband Larry Millete on suspicion of her murder. Oct. 19, 2021.

Sister of missing Chula Vista woman testifies at murder preliminary hearing

Before vanishing, Maya Millete told relatives that if anything happened to her, her husband would be the person responsible, her sister testified Friday.

Fatma Guner has spent the days since the Turkey earthquake living in a tent city in Arsuz, a town in Hatay province. "I honestly can't stay here, it's really crowded," she says.

Inside tent cities, Turkey's quake survivors wonder when they'll have a home again

Some of those who lost their homes in the earthquakes that devastated southern Turkey still need tents - and dream of someday having a container to live in.

Caretaker Bomman with Raghu. "I feel like getting Raghu was a gift from God," he says.

An Oscar for 'The Elephant Whisperers' — a love story about people and pachyderms

The winner in the documentary short film category, the film, now streaming on Netflix, depicts the loving relationship of a tribe in India and the pachyderms who share the forest with them.

Playwright Paula Vogel speaks onstage during the 2017 Tony Awards.

A play about censorship is censored — and free speech groups are fighting back

PEN America and two other free speech groups are calling for school officials in Florida to reinstate a high school production of Paula Vogel's Indecent, a play that is itself about censorship.

Republican State of the Union rebuttals differed in more than just language

Republican rebuttals to President Biden's speech were not only given in different languages but touched on different GOP priorities and addressed varied concerns to each separate audience.

UC San Diego academic workers on the picket lines, La Jolla, Calif., November 14, 2022.

UC and academic workers reach a tentative contract agreement

But amid word of a deal, there are allegations of retaliation at UC San Diego.

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