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The Del Mar Fairgrounds Board of Directors listens to public comment for and against the fairgrounds' annual Crossroads of the West Gun Show, April 24, 2018.

What Does Judge's Ruling On Gunshows At Del Mar Mean For Pending Legislation?

The legislation, currently being considered by a state Senate committee, is aimed at permanently banning the sale of guns and ammunition at the fairgrounds.

Raising the minimum wage by $1 or more appears to have a protective effect against suicide, especially in times when unemployment is high and it's hard to find a job.

Raising The Minimum Wage By $1 May Prevent Thousands Of Suicides, Study Shows

Paying minimum wage workers $1 more per hour might save lives, according to new research. The increases appear to have the largest effect when unemployment is high.

Democrat Stacey Abrams and Republican Brian Kemp greet each other before a debate last month in Atlanta.

Georgia's Stacey Abrams Admits Defeat, Says Kemp Used 'Deliberate' Suppression To Win

Republican Brian Kemp will be the next governor of Georgia, with Democrat Stacey Abrams bowing out Friday afternoon. She promised a "major federal lawsuit" against the state over voting practices.

Homeless people stand among their items along 17th Street in San Diego, Sept. 19, 2017.

California Governor Signs Bills To Speed Homeless Shelters

California is giving cities and counties more power to speed up the building of supportive housing and shelters amid a homelessness crisis.

A Factory OS apartment building in West Oakland that was erected in 10 days in this photo dated Oct. 18, 2019.

Can Factory-Built Apartments Solve California’s Housing Woes?

The checkered past and promising future of pre-fab housing.

President Trump's nominee for Census Bureau director, Steven Dillingham (center), speaks with Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., at his Oct. 3 confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Senate Confirms Trump's Census Bureau Director Nominee Steven Dillingham

In a unanimous voice vote on Wednesday, the Senate confirmed a new permanent head of the Census Bureau who will oversee the 2020 census and inherit seven lawsuits over a new citizenship question.

Joel Caceres, center, pours milk in his coffee as other asylum seekers at a migrant shelter purchase food in Mexicali, Mexico, Jan. 11, 2020.

Illegal Crossings Plunge As US Extends Policy Across Border

Adolfo Cardenas smiles faintly at the memory of traveling with his 14-year-old son from Honduras to the U.S.-Mexico border in only nine days, riding buses and paying a smuggler $6,000 to ensure passage through highway checkpoints.

Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband, clothing designer Mossimo Giannulli (left), announced on Monday that they would plead not guilty to charges in the Justice Department's college admissions case. Here, they leave federal court in Boston earlier this month.

Lori Loughlin, Mossimo Giannulli Plead Not Guilty In College Cheating Scandal

Giannulli and Loughlin are accused of paying $500,000 in bribes arranged by admissions consultant Rick Singer to get their daughters admitted to USC as crew recruits, despite not being rowers.

A federal appeals court on Monday heard arguments in a lawsuit filed by more than 200 Democratic lawmakers. The suit claims that President Trump violated the Constitution by not seeking congressional approval for his overseas private business dealings.

Appeals Court Skeptical Of Democrats' Lawsuit Over Trump's Overseas Business Deals

The legal challenge is one of a number of court battles aimed at Trump over alleged violations of the emoluments clauses, which ban the president from profiting from foreign governments.

Volunteers hand out food to furloughed workers and their family at a community potluck.

Furloughed Workers In Hard-Hit Community Organize Potluck During Shutdown

Friday evening, as the shutdown bordered on becoming the longest in U.S. history, hundreds of furloughed workers gathered in Montgomery County, Md., to share a meal.

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