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Six domestic violence shelters in California have been forced to close while dozens more are scaling back services after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger eliminated all state funding for the program that supports them.

California schools are skimping on PE. That's according to a new report that says more than half the public schools surveyed are not following state rules requiring that students get a minimum amount

In the deadliest single attack since the fall of Saddam Hussein, a car bomb kills at least 115 people and wounds more than 130. The suicide bomber struck as prospective members of the country's police and national guard lined up for physical exams in the city of Hilla, south of Baghdad.

America changed drastically following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. As it fights two wars abroad and terrorism at home, the U.S. psyche is fixed on who the enemy is and how it will strike.

Assembly from China is more than just a war film (China Film)

The California Coastal Commission recently told San Diego to upgrade its main sewage treatment facility. The city's third request for a waiver from the federal Clean Water Act was rejected late last week.

The beleaguered mid-Atlantic will now resume digging out after logging 3 feet of snow in a week. The second major storm within days roared through the region Wednesday, leaving a fresh blanket from Washington to New York.

Setting his sights on the mystery of human uniqueness, V.S. Ramachandran reveals what baffling and extreme case studies can teach us about normal brain function and how it evolved. In his new book, the neuroscientist takes us on a tour of some seemingly inexplicable behaviors of the brain. For instance, how can a totally blind person locate a spot of light on a wall? Or, a patient in coma wake up to answer the phone and then lapse back into a coma?

California's money problems are forcing public universities and colleges to turn away hundreds of thousands of students this year just when the number of applications is at an all time high. KPBS Edu

The political crisis in Zimbabwe has led to breakdown in law and order, with a marked increase in sexual assaults against women and girls. Betty Makoni is the founder of Girl Child Network, a group that tries to save girls from abuse in Zimbabwe. She shares her own story of abuse and discusses the challenge of preventing abuse in her increasingly unstable country.