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The San Diego City Council meets at the city administration building.

San Diego City Council strengthens protections for home family child care providers

Family child care providers who operate their businesses out of their own rental units will now have greater protections and education, the San Diego City Council voted Monday.

President Biden walks toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Fri., Oct. 13, 2023.

Biden made promises to Israel and Ukraine. To keep his word, he needs Congress

The White House is asking Congress this week for billions of dollars in overseas spending. But it's not at all clear this can pass — and that means President Biden has a lot on the line.

Ashley Close, staff attorney at Children's Law Center, right, checks in with Dr. Ankita Khandai, center, and Dr. Candice Dawes, left, at Children's National's Anacostia clinic in Washington, D.C. Close works with doctors to help them fight for healthy living conditions for patients. Medical-legal partnerships like this are spreading nationwide.

When landlords won't fix asthma triggers like mold, doctors call in the lawyers

Mold, pests and rodents in the home can lead to life-threatening asthma attacks in kids. Increasingly, doctors see this as a medical issue that requires legal intervention.

This image, from a video produced by government safety researchers, shows a countertop worker using a machine with a spray of water that's intended to control dust.

Young men making quartz countertops are facing lung damage. One state is taking action

Countertops made of the engineered stone "quartz" are incredibly popular, but public health experts say cutting this material unsafely can expose workers to deadly dust.

Presidential candidate Daniel Noboa speaks in Olon, Ecuador, after results show him ahead in a snap presidential runoff on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. At left is his wife Lavinia Valbonesi.

Daniel Noboa, heir to banana fortune, wins Ecuador's presidential runoff election

Inexperienced politician Daniel Noboa won Ecuador's presidential runoff election Sunday held amid unprecedented violence that even claimed the life of a candidate.

Confederate monument melted down to create new, more inclusive public art

A project in Charlottesville, Va. seeks to upend the narrative around the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was the center of deadly white nationalist protests there in 2017.

Law enforcement officials surround a house on Meadow Road in Bowdoin, Maine.

Law enforcement descend on suspected mass shooter's Maine home as manhunt intensifies

The suspect remains at large more than 24 hours after the deadliest mass shooting of 2023. A statewide manhunt led officers to Robert Card's home in Bowdoin, Maine, but there's still no sign of him.

<em>Sundial</em> is against sitting idle, and calls not just to hear its own voice, but to enter into conversation in the griot tradition of call and response.

Noname's 'Sundial' pursues a hip-hop revolution

The Chicago rapper and poet is among the greatest lyricists of her generation. In asking tough questions of the art she practices, her third album reveals a fearless and visionary performer.

San Diego weekend arts events: Evan Apodaca, Sew Loka, 'El Mesías' and more

This weekend in the arts: Evan Apodaca at Athenaeum Art Center, a Sew Loka fashion show, the Messiah in Spanish, Malashock Dance at Space 4 Art, live music picks and lots more.

California state Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins, of San Diego, speaks on the floor of the Senate in Sacramento, Calif., on Sept. 12, 2019.

California may end travel ban to states with anti-LGBT laws

A California lawmaker wants to end a ban on state-funded travel to states with discriminatory LGBTQ laws.

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