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The close of 2013 has been marked by a vigorous national debate over income inequality, the plight of low-wage workers in America and the effect of boosting mandatory minimum wages.

Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, known as El Chapo, has been indicted in San Diego and three other U.S. cities. After his arrest in February in Mexico, U.S. authorities began negotiating for his extradition.

2009 Rankings Measure Pro-Conservation Votes

UCSD beat UCLA and more than 200 other graduate schools for the top five doctoral programs in the nation.

Seventeen Air Force officers with control over nuclear missiles have had that authority suspended after receiving poor reviews on their mastery of launch operations, The Associated Press reports in an exclusive.

California's San Joaquin Valley is one of the most productive farm regions in the world. But many farmworkers struggle to feed their families fresh and healthy food because they can't afford to buy the produce that grows all around them.

Japan's nuclear regulators raised the severity level of the crisis at a stricken nuclear plant Tuesday to rank it on par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

The Southern Baptist Convention, which provides the largest share of active-duty U.S. military chaplains, has barred members from performing gay marriages and taking part in counseling sessions and couples retreats for same-sex couples.

Civic groups are voicing concern about the Mexican president's plan to create a new paramilitary force to combat violence.

The FBI nabbed five alleged mobsters in a series of predawn raids in New York on Thursday in connection with the infamous 1978 Lufthansa heist that netted $6 million in cash and jewels and that inspired the film GoodFellas.