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A U.S. Border Patrol station in Texas is seen in 2019. Customs and Border Protection is now holding a record number of minors in warehouse-like facilities as the Biden administration struggles with an illegal migration surge.

Children Spend Days In Crude Facilities As U.S. Border Resources Overwhelmed Again

A record number of minors are being held in warehouse-style facilities as the Biden administration struggles to address a cyclical surge of unaccompanied children and teens crossing into the U.S.

Tareq Alaows stands in front of the Reichstag in Berlin. Alaows came to Germany as an asylum-seeker in 2015 and launched his campaign to run in Germany's federal election in September for the Green Party, but recently withdrew.

Germany Grapples With Racism After Threats Derail Refugee's Candidacy For Parliament

A Syrian refugee in Germany withdrew his bid for parliament over racist threats last month. The news came in the same week that a German comedian appeared on TV in blackface.

Traffic on a San Diego freeway is shown in this file photo, Nov. 22, 2011.

County Supervisors Decline To Appeal Ruling On Climate Plan

On June 12, the 4th District Court of Appeal in San Diego also found that reliance on carbon offsets was not legal, and shouldn't be used as a mechanism to allow general plan amendments to move forward.

'The Resisters' Could Use A Little More Resistance

Gish Jen's new novel takes place in a dystopian future country called AutoAmerica, where the swamp-dwelling underclass — called "Surplus" — are set against the fair-skinned, land-dwelling "Netted."

COVID-19 testing signs are placed at the PedEast crossing in San Ysidro, August 12, 2020.

Study: San Ysidro Residents Concerned Over Drug, Alcohol Use During Pandemic

San Ysidro residents in a survey said they are concerned about alcohol- and drug-related issues in their neighborhood since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a non-profit organization announced Monday.

Researchers have observed that the friendliest male bonobos, like this male resident of Lola Ya Bonobo sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, tend to be the most successful. Early humans may have had the same experience with their peers.

How Humans Domesticated Themselves

Duke anthropologist Brian Hare argues that humans evolved in a way that left us more cooperative and friendlier than our now extinct human cousins, like Neanderthals and Denisovans.

Straphangers wait for an L Train in New York City as it pulls into the First Avenue station. A bill under consideration might bar New York from replacing these cars with Chinese-made ones.

Congress Mulls Ban On Chinese Trains And Buses. Oh, Come On, Builder Says

A bill would curtail cities' ability to buy transit equipment on economic and national security grounds. The manufacturer says it's all hysteria — plus there are no U.S. builders anyway.

Supreme Court Casts Doubt On Independence Of Consumer Protection Agency

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was established to prevent the abuses that led to the 2008 financial crisis. Now the Trump administration is questioning its independent structure.

Villagers wait to board a bus to head home in the wake of government-imposed restrictions relating to COVID-19 in Kathmandu valley.

COVID Is Crushing Nepal, From Remote Villages To Kathmandu To Mt. Everest

Health workers must overcome great challenges to battle one of the world's most severe COVID-19 outbreaks, which stretch from villages without hospitals to the top of the world's highest mountain.

File photo of the Naval Medical Center San Diego, Aug. 25, 2010

Defense Department Selects Two Local Sites For COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

The U.S. Department of Defense announced Wednesday its phased plan to distribute and administer the COVID-19 vaccine from the Naval Medical Center in San Diego and the Naval Hospital in Camp Pendleton.

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