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Mama's Kitchen expands its service delivering free meals to AIDS and cancer patients in San Diego County.

Can for-profit health insurance companies be trusted to take care of the nation's sickest and most expensive patients?

Increasingly, research shows that being fit may trump being fat -- or at least moderately overweight. In one study, physically active but overweight women were less likely to suffer heart problems than their normal weight counterparts who didn't exercise.

Known for his gritty baritone, Jennings embodied the outlaw side of country music. He was 64 when he died of complications from diabetes, leaving behind a collection of vocal tracks that remained unfinished until now.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case testing the meaning and reach of the Indian Child Welfare Act. The question before the court was whether a Native American biological father who gave up his parental rights could later object after the non-Indian mother gave up the child for adoption.

In Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety, Daniel Smith delves into his own experiences with crippling neuroses, which he believes can be controlled if not cured. Anxiety afflicts 18 percent of the adult U.S. population, so Smith's candid self-exploration may prove helpful to many.

Airs Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Home values in Phoenix last year were up 29 percent from the year before, the highest jump in the nation. That’s driving a rebound in new housing construction. But homebuilders say their workers have left the state.

In his new memoir, Rodney King explains why he gave his famous "Can we get along?" speech when riots erupted after police officers were acquitted in his beating. His lawyers had drafted a far angrier script for him. He also reflects on his life since the trial: "Things have changed for me," he says.

Trimming the rise in obesity in the U.S. by just 1 percent over the next two decades would reduce health care costs by by $85 billion. The fight isn't likely to be cheap. But new researchers shows that even a small dent in obesity rates could pay off.