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Some of San Diego's Iraqi community are heading to Washington, D.C. in hopes of convincing President Barack Obama to take action against a militant offensive.

A new report looks at the top causes of death in 188 countries. Infectious diseases are less of a threat than in 1990 but please, look both ways before you cross the street.

Refugee families face major trials to make it to the U.S. Once the initial relief wears off, many, like one local Iraqi family, face tough times.

Hispanics now make up 38 percent of Texas residents. One demographer says the state's future is tied to the success of its growing minority population. Schools may be part of the solution.

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron urged Parliament to authorize participation, saying the self-declared Islamic State poses a "clear and proven" danger to his country.

Some 50,000 Vietnamese refugees passed through Camp Pendleton in the months following the fall of Saigon. The size and duration of the crisis caused a shift in the way the United States approached resettlement, and paved the path for Burmese, East African and Iraqi refugees arriving in San Diego today.

Two California residents who smuggled Mexican nationals into the United States in exchange for cash were sentenced Monday to federal prison terms, while the wife of one of the defendants was ordered to stay at a halfway house.

Eight motorists were arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in or near a driver's license/sobriety checkpoint in the University Heights section of San Diego, a police officer said Saturday.

The report found San Diego officers' pay ranks near or at the bottom among 18 other departments in California.

There's growing tension between the state government and big cities in Texas. Republicans in the statehouse are chafing at moves by municipal governments in large cities and are crying foul.