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New legislation is being pushed that would require more farmers markets to accept food stamps.

Mirrors concerns Ben Carson (Kiefer Sutherland), a New York cop who was suspended for the accidental but fatal shooting of an undercover officer. The…

China's one-child policy often means that parents will abandon any child that is not physically perfect. An American aid worker is helping build a "children's village" that takes in unwanted babies and gives them a chance at adoption. NPR's Rob Gifford has the story, the latest in an occasional series on Americans living abroad.

A local playwright has taken on one of the most enigmatic figures in American literature, poet Emily Dickinson. Lynx Performance Theatre will stage the drama Dickinson: The Secret Story of Emily Dickinson, portraying the reclusive poet as a brilliant, bold and sexual woman frustrated with Victorian society and suffering from bouts of mental illness.

Oprah Winfrey is promising significant changes following allegations of abuse involving a former dorm matron and several students at her school for girls in South Africa. Dr. Bruce Perry, who recently traveled to the school with Winfrey, and Sowetan reporter Tebogo Monama update listeners on the latest developments in the case.

Should the City of San Diego build a new city hall? What are the arguments for and against expanding the convention center? How much will both of those projects cost the taxpayers? We speak to 5th District City Councilman Carl DeMaio about the city budget, and to find out what he thinks the city's priorities should be right now.

Iraq's parliament is increasingly hamstrung by sectarian rivalries, with many shouting matches and many lawmakers failing to show up. None of the legislation seen as crucial for national reconciliation has yet to be debated on the floor.

A Nobel-prize winning scientist says global climate change threatens California's water supply. The lack of snowpack in the state's tallest mountain range could cause a water crisis by the end of the

The presumptive Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain, releases his health records Friday. McCain has dealt with melanoma in the past and has some orthopedic problems from his years as a prisoner of war. He hasn't released his health records since 1999.

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