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Retired astronaut Ken Mattingly has died. He's pictured (center) with crewmates Jim Lovell (left) and Fred Haise (right) at a news conference about a mission he ended up missing, the ill-fated Apollo 13.

Astronaut Ken Mattingly, who flew to the moon on Apollo 16, has died at 87

He piloted Apollo 16 and commanded the shuttle. But he may be best known for the mission he didn't fly: the ill-fated Apollo 13. And he worried late in life about the high cost of human space flight.

Queen Titile Keskessa poses during an interview on Feb. 13 in Memphis, Tenn. Keskessa moved from Ethiopia to the U.S. at 15 and quickly realized that the racial landscape in the two countries would be quite different.

Reporter's notebook: The South is home to a growing Black immigrant population

What's it like to be a Black immigrant or refugee in America? We had a hundred or so conversations with people in Tennessee — one of the Blackest states in the country — to find out.

Ady Barkan speaks at the premiere of his documentary <em>Not Going Quietly</em> in August 2021 in Los Angeles.

Ady Barkan, activist who championed health care reform, dies of ALS at 39

The activist and attorney had long fought for progressive causes. After his ALS diagnosis in 2016, Barkan became a leading voice in the fight for health care reform — even as his health deteriorated.

Newcomer Aria Mia Loberti plays Marie-Laure in <em>All the Light We Cannot See.</em>

'All the Light We Cannot See' is a heartening and hopeful wartime tale

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Netflix's four-part miniseries tells the story of two young people — one French, one German — in the years before and during the Nazi occupation of France.

A man sleeps inside of a blanket on the sidewalk in downtown San Diego, April 13, 2023.

San Diego safe sleeping sites will help shelter growing homeless population

Legal tent camping for people experiencing homelessness will begin in certain San Diego locations later this year.

Do you know this goose? Researchers have developed a new facial recognition tool for geese that can ID them based on their beaks.

Enhance! HORNK! Artificial intelligence can now ID individual geese

Yes, that's right, somebody has developed AI for goose faces.

Physician's assistant Brett Feldman does a checkup on his patient Gary Dela Cruz on the side of the road near his encampment in downtown Los Angeles on Nov. 18, 2022. Feldman is the director and co-founder of Street Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California.

More street medicine teams tackle the homeless health care crisis

Homeless people often have sporadic or no access to health care, resulting in costly, chronic conditions. A new statewide effort encourages Medi-Cal insurers to partner with street teams to improve care.

The guided-missile destroyer Momsen is seen from the rear entering the San Diego Bay ship channel with the dock landing ship Harper's Ferry approaching it as it is leaving the bay. Momsen is turning hard to port to avoid colliding with the larger ship.

Decision to kill popular live webcams violates First Amendment, advocates say

The Navy asked Cabrillo National Monument to pull the plug on two livestreaming webcams last month over security concerns.

Francis Lopez douses flames with a bucket of water as a wildfire called the Highland Fire burns through his property in Aguanga, Calif., Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. A wildfire fueled by gusty Santa Ana winds ripped through rural land southeast of Los Angeles on Monday, forcing thousands of people from their homes, fire authorities said.

Riverside wildfire prompts evacuation order for thousands as Santa Ana winds fuel flames

An evacuation order for the Highland Fire was issued by CalFire on Tuesday morning for north of the San Diego County line south of Highway 79, east of Forest Route 8S07 and west of Crosley Truck Trail.

Ángel Marín, his wife Carolina and their 4-year-old son, Matías, left Venezuela to try to start a life in the U.S.

Why one family is joining a historic wave of Venezuelans migrating to the U.S.

Millions of Venezuelans have migrated to escape authoritarian rule and their country's worst economic crisis. For the first time, they're the largest group detained for entering the U.S. irregularly.

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