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Senate Bill 50, a bill that would require cities to allow denser and taller apartment buildings in certain areas, was put on hold earlier this year. Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins now says she will take a more active role in helping revive it.

SANDAG's transportation plan is sent back to the drawing board, plus elderly atheists and other news of the week.

In developing countries, public toilets may be in short supply. And even when they are available, women and girls might not feel comfortable using them.

With more than 500 cases of acute vaping illness reported, doctors worry about the long-term effects on patients' lungs. And federal agencies still don't know what's behind the outbreak.

It can be tempting to encapsulate Celia Cruz's life with a single phrase: "The Queen of Salsa." But she carried with her a deeper musical history from Cuba than that phrase can encompass.

Hurricane Humberto knocked out the power for some 80% of Bermuda's electricity customers — but government officials say they're relieved no one died when the Category 3 storm passed by.

The three ex-Tokyo Electric Power Co. executives were found not guilty of professional negligence linked to the meltdown of three of the nuclear power plant's reactors after an earthquake and tsunami.

The Indian prime minister is cited for the millions of toilets his government has built in rural India. Activists say his human rights record should disqualify him.

The price of vanilla is 10 times higher than it was a few years ago. That's bringing unimagined wealth to local villages — and problems as well.

The price of vanilla is 10 times higher than a few years ago. That's bringing unimagined wealth to local villages — and problems as well.