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Capturing carbon emissions from coal plants would reduce coal's effect on climate change. But high costs and other factors have stymied efforts to use that technology at more U.S. power plants.

The president's guest, Denisha Merriweather, received Florida's tax credit scholarship, which allows students to attend private schools.

For 40 years, people have been able to call a service funded by the National Cancer Institute to get information about cancer treatments. Doctors say it's still useful even in the age of Twitter.

As NPR addresses fallout of a sexual harassment scandal that claimed its chief news executive, the network's board chairman has stepped down and an editor has been placed on leave.

Just this week the Federal Aviation Administration gave retail giant Amazon the green light to begin testing its air-delivery drones. KPBS Evening Edition spoke to the CEO of a Vista company that manufactures drones and drone parts.

The legislation by Democratic Sen. Marty Block of San Diego would allow certain community colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees, in addition to the associate's or transfer degrees they offer now.

Author Maia Szalavitz argues that it's impossible to destigmatize addiction while also rendering it the only diagnosis in medicine for which the treatment is explicitly moral.

Scientists first figured the claw-tipped, giant arm bones found in 1965 belonged to an ostrich-like dinosaur. But its recently recovered skull looks more like a dino designed by a committee — of kids.

Climate change, heat waves and acid levels in the ocean are some of the major topics at a conference this week at the University of San Diego.

School's principal gives credit to ex-Superintendent Alan Bersin