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When the littoral combat ship USS Coronado set sail from Pearl Harbor for a planned deployment across the Pacific, it suffered engine problems and had to turn back. The Navy is struggling to get its new class of warships to work as planned.

Amid Breakdowns, Navy Struggles To Make New Ships Work

The Navy's littoral combat ships are plagued by problems including engine failure and power losses. The ships were supposed to be nimble and versatile but instead have proved costly and ineffective.

Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist, is seen in the State Dining Room of the White House in February. In an interview with CBS's 60 Minutes on Sunday, Bannon said, "Economic nationalism is what this country was built on."

FACT CHECK: Were The 1800s Steve Bannon's Kind Of America?

"America was built on her citizens," the former White House strategist told CBS. NPR's Steve Inskeep assesses how Bannon's claims about economic nationalism and border control align with history.

The Higher Ed Learning Revolution: Tracking Each Student's Every Move

More colleges and universities are exploring how to better use the trove of data they're collecting on their students to improve teaching and learning.

The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department Station 1 is shown in this undated photo.

Forecasters Warn Of Hazardous Fire Conditions For San Diego County

San Diego County is facing late-season wildfire danger due to dry conditions, a potentially record-setting heat wave and unseasonable Santa Ana winds, authorities said Monday.

San Diego Veterans Want To Ground Miramar Air Show

San Diego Veterans for Peace has started a campaign, "No MAS", hoping to shut down the air show in five years. They claim it perpetuates and promotes war.

A building called Sustainability Base, at NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif., has an energy-efficient design that allows in sunlight. So for most of the year, the interior is illuminated by natural light.

NASA Uses Lessons From Space To Design An Efficient Building

Named Sustainability Base, a NASA facility in California is a model for energy-efficient federal buildings. It's powered by a fuel cell like those used on spacecraft and recycles water for flushing.

Another Warm Day Ahead In San Diego County

A spring heat wave will keep San Diego County toasty Tuesday, but forecasters said cooler weather and April showers are in store for later this week.

Volunteers search for used needles near Rural Street in Austin, Ind. Scott County, in southeastern Indiana, experienced the worst outbreak of HIV in the state's history after people began injecting the prescription painkiller Opana.

How A Painkiller Designed To Deter Abuse Helped Spark An HIV Outbreak

When a special coating was added to the opioid Opana, it deterred people from abusing the pills by crushing and snorting them. But some users soon learned how to prepare the pills for injection.

Tamil and Sinhalese workers pick tea on Amba Estate in the early morning.

PHOTOS: In Sri Lanka's Tea Paradise, A Social Enterprise Is Brewing

The island nation is one of the world's biggest exporters of tea, an industry that employs a sizable part of the population. We visit one organic tea farm that shares revenues with its workers.

Dr. C. David Molina reviewing medical records in the 1980s. He was a doctor first, then a health insurer.

This CEO's Small Insurance Firm Mostly Turned A Profit Under Obamacare. Here's How

The health law just needs a tuneup, says the CEO of Molina Healthcare, which operates in 12 states and Puerto Rico. The California-based insurer has seen profits, while Humana and Aetna struggled.

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