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In San Diego County, 20.2 percent of active, licensed physicians graduated from medical school before 1981, making them at least 60 years of age. The advancing age of doctors has raised the question of when a doctor becomes too old to practice.

In a major victory for gun control groups, the justices upheld by a 5-4 vote a federal ban on one person buying a gun for another.

Faced with a body fat test that many experts call unfair, some members of the U.S. military are turning to liposuction to meet the Department of Defense's stringent standards.

Q: I am a married, 62-year-old female unable to obtain health insurance. I am retired and financially comfortable and in general good health.

Local fire-fighting agencies are on high alert this weekend amid dry and windy conditions in San Diego County, CAL FIRE said Friday.

The latest drought has revived questions about the viability of farming in Nevada desert. While some farmers have given up, others are experimenting with crops like grapes that require less water.

In his new collection of short stories and a novella, Pelecanos explores crime, adoption and writing from an African-American point of view. He says he's "aware of the responsibility" to get it right.

How does a town cope with Ebola? One man tries to honor his mother's burial wishes, despite objections. People are afraid to touch. Despite the gloom, there's a hopeful note: Six patients are cured.

The house Alan Moore was born in was torn down in 1969 — along with most of the rest of his neighborhood. But in his new novel, Jerusalem, the legendary comics creator brings it all back to life.