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With President Biden approaching 80 years old, the political spotlight has been trained more brightly than usual on the pair. Here's a look at their political prospects.

At summits like COP26, attention is paid to those who find their livelihood — and health — at risk and who might become climate change refugees. But who will speak up for the stateless?

The federal government is appealing a lower court ruling that overturned Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence.

Tijuana continues to top the list for the city with the highest number of reported homicides in the country, according to researchers with the Justice in Mexico program at the University of San Diego.

Administrators in the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District terminated a contract with Acellus, an online learning provider, just days before the new school year. The termination came after reports about racist and sexually suggestive content from districts in other states. Also, on Thursday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Anthony Battaglia ruled that border wall construction can continue. He denied a motion from the Kumeyaay nation to stop construction. The Kumeyaay argued that the federal government hadn’t consulted them adequately on wall construction. But the judge said that the Kumeyaay nation did not provide enough evidence to put an immediate stop to the work. Plus, a review of Werner Herzog’s new documentary film.

The Democratic governor on Monday blamed “right wing" politicians and media for perpetuating misinformation about the shots and hindering vaccine efforts.

San Diego Unified School District officials announced Monday they were making preparations to get children back in schools, but were looking at a timeline of "months, not weeks," before that could become a reality.

Parents and teachers are staring down the challenge of introducing kids to school for the very first time without actually having them in a physical classroom. Some will have it a lot easier than others. Also, Customs and Border Protection said its new procedures are to discourage non-essential travel, to stop the spread of COVID-19. Over the weekend, wait times of up to seven hours were reported at the San Ysidro and Otay ports of entry. Plus, Margaret Hunter, who pleaded guilty along with her husband — former Rep. Duncan Hunter — to illegally spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds for personal purposes, was sentenced Monday to eight months of home confinement, slated to begin immediately, and three years probation.

The recently expanded law says that freelance journalists, YouTube bloggers and practically anyone else who receives money from abroad and voices a political opinion can be considered a foreign agent.

Dolores Robledo co-founded one of the nation's first Mexican fast-food chains in the country. She was 90 years old.