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Destiny Dickerson is shown at San Diego State University, where she completed her undergraduate degree this December. Dec. 17, 2021. As a high school student Dickerson was awarded a college scholarship for homeless youth.

Advocates say drop in San Diego’s unhoused student count signals problems

Educators and advocates are worried that unhoused students are missing out on services they desperately need.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, is expected by many to announce his candidacy for president in the coming weeks or months. Speaking here at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas on Nov. 19, 2022.

Eyeing a run for president, Ron DeSantis wants to 'Make America Florida'

Florida Gov. DeSantis' pugnacious approach to issues involving race, sexual orientation and public health has pushed him to the front of the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

Traffic passes through Tonopah, Nev. on Oct. 6, 2022.

There's a lithium mining boom, but it's not a jobs bonanza

The promised surge in clean-energy jobs from the growing popularity of electric vehicles in the U.S. is mostly focused farther down the supply chain, like at battery assembly plants.

President Biden speaks during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House on Monday.

Biden says the Nord Stream 2 pipeline won't move ahead if Russia invades Ukraine

"If Russia invades, that means tanks or troops crossing the border of Ukraine again, there will no longer be a Nord Stream 2," Biden said, without offering specifics.

Some researchers are now warning of levels of heavy metals in some dark chocolate bars.

Dark chocolate might have health perks, but should you worry about lead in your bar?

Dark chocolate bars tested by Consumer Reports exceeded California's daily maximum allowable dose levels for lead or cadmium. But a toxicologist says eaten in moderation, it's nothing to worry about.

There are steps you can take to reduce food waste while prepping, shopping and cooking.

Food waste is a big problem. These small changes can help

Over one-third of the food produced in the U.S. goes uneaten, harming people's wallets and the climate. Here are some steps you can take in your supermarket and kitchen to cut back on waste.

Mazzy, age 9, and Ransom, age 6, were adopted by Gary and Cassie Walker after their biological parents got caught up in the opioid epidemic. The Walkers have adopted or fostered nine Cherokee kids during the drug crisis.

Opioids are devastating Cherokee families. The tribe has a $100 million plan to heal

The fentanyl crisis is hitting young people hard, and the highest death rates are in Native American communities. The Cherokee Nation is working to help young families recover.

Bison graze at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming in 2019. Grand Teton National Park is located near Yellowstone and remains fully open as an alternate travel destination while Yellowstone works to recover from flooding.

If you can't get in to Yellowstone, here are some ways to salvage your trip

Yellowstone is working to fully reopen, but there are new entry restrictions and many could be turned away at the gates. Here are some other vacation options nearby that are worth your while.

The USS Montgomery docked and Marine Corps vehicles parked on the Broadway Pier in Downtown San Diego on November 2, 2022.

Fleet Week begins in San Diego

Fleet Week San Diego returns to the Broadway Pier and welcomes the public to meet active service members and tour military vehicles.

If the brain is a musical instrument, "the electrophysiology is the music," says <a href="https://profiles.ucsd.edu/alexander.khalessi">Dr. Alexander Khalessi</a>. New tools to treat epilepsy patients now let doctors "listen to the music a little bit better."

Lasers, robots, and tiny electrodes are transforming treatment of severe epilepsy

For people with drug-resistant epilepsy, surgery used to be seen as a last resort. Now it's often the treatment of choice.

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