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Shocked by the poverty he saw on a reporting trip, a Chinese journalist set up a program to provide meals to 25,000 poor children in rural China, many of whom suffer from malnutrition. Indirectly, his efforts have prompted the government to ramp up its efforts to feed the country's most vulnerable.

When a body washed up on the shores of New York's East River in 1897, the race to solve the murder sparked one of the country's first great newspaper wars. Weekend Edition's literary detective Paul Collins tracks that war's progress in his new book, The Murder of the Century.

Was Homer Simpson Running The Fukushima Power Station?

In many parts of the U.S., it's hot. People are thirsty. But if you're Muslim, you can't drink from sunup to sundown during Ramadan. A comedian, an athlete and two imams describe how they cope without water — and coffee and soda. It's a "fight, trying not to grab a pop out of the refrigerator," one says.

The man who admitting raping and murdering North County teenagers Amber Dubois and Chelsea King began serving his lifelong prison term today.

San Diego County public school children are still out of shape. That's according to the annual Physical Fitness Report released by state education officials today. KPBS reporter Ana Tintocalis has mor

The disaster in Japan, which has the third-largest economy in the world, could have ripple effects around the globe, including the United States. But economists say it's much too soon to say whether the worst-case scenarios will actually come to pass.

China has been plagued by political scandal and controversy, just as the Communist government prepares for its once-a-decade transfer of power. It's an important moment for the government, which faces questions about how its economy will be governed and how it will handle deal with foreign powers.

As a nation remembers the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Fronteras reached out to hear your stories.

A number of high schools have forfeited football games lately out of concern for the safety of their players. Frank Deford wonders, is the game no longer worth the price of admission to manhood?