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A Navy SEAL called by prosecutors to testify at the murder trial of a colleague has acknowledged killing a wounded prisoner in Iraq in what he described as an act of mercy. Also, local reaction to Gov. Newsom’s apology to California Native Americans for state-sponsored genocide, the pros and cons of San Diego’s gunshot detection system, scientists are trying to measure the value of outdoor service work for transitioning veterans, and Imperial Valley will celebrate hometown hero and heavyweight boxing champion Andy Ruiz Jr. with a parade.

The smallest premature baby ever born in the world and survived is now healthy enough to go home, Sharp Mary Birch Hospital announced Wednesday.

While Hall of Fame track and field coach Bob Larsen may not be a household name, in running circles, his ability to push athletes past their limits to achieve success is legendary. Larsen's career is now the subject of a new book by New York Times Deputy Sports Editor Matthew Futterman.

Two Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers are studying the changes in different parts of the world, about the change that could affect local oceans. Plus, cleaning up the ocean — hear how a locally invented contraption called a “Seabin” is working to collect everything from microplastics to oil; and the court-martial for Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher, who is accused of war crimes, gets underway Monday in San Diego with jury selection.

San Diego City Council members are scheduled to decide whether to seek the invalidation of Proposition B, the city's landmark pension reform measure, after a series of court rulings put the measure in jeopardy. Plus, the city council will also cast a final vote on the city budget and a new report to the San Diego Police Department outlines ways to increase diversity on the force.

San Diego's Museum of Man is putting more thought into whether or not it should be displaying human remains.

TV correspondents and pundits spoke it, Twitter users typed it. They said the insurrection in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was what happens in "Third World" countries. There's a problem with that.

UC San Diego researchers are calling on the federal government to regulate marijuana advertisements.

City Heights is now home to a federal program that gives tax breaks for building in economically distressed areas, but some residents fear it will lead to increased housing costs.

California Department of Fish and Wildlife officers killed a mountain lion suspected of attacking a 4-year-old boy at the Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve because the animal appeared to have little fear of humans, an agency spokesman said Tuesday.