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Colin Campbell, shown last month in his home near Los Angeles, was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease — ALS — eight years ago. He gets Medicare because of his disability, but was incorrectly told by several agencies that he couldn't use it for home care. Instead, he pays $4,000 a month for those services.

Home Care Agencies Often Wrongly Deny Medicare Help To The Chronically Ill

Home health firms sometimes turn away Medicare beneficiaries who have chronic health problems by incorrectly claiming Medicare won't pay for their services, say advocates for patients.

Some of the fairways at the StoneRidge Golf Course in Poway are have turned brown and some golfers fear there could be more to come if the course's owner does not get approval to build some condos, Oct. 10, 2017.

Poway Voters Face A Choice: Yes Or No For Homes On Golf Course

Few people are going to the polls on Tuesday, Election Day, but an issue before Poway voters is the hottest topic in North County: land use and housing development.

White House chief of staff John Kelly calls on a reporter during the daily briefing at the White House on Thursday.

White House Chief Of Staff John Kelly: 'I'm Not Quitting' Or 'Being Fired'

"I'm not so frustrated in this job that I'm thinking of leaving," the retired four-star Marine Corps general told the White House press corps Thursday in a surprise briefing room appearance.

Thomas Sung. “Abacus: Small Enough To Jail” tells the little-known story of the only U.S. bank prosecuted after the 2008 financial crisis, and chronicles the Chinese immigrant Sung family’s fight to clear their names.

FRONTLINE: Abacus: Small Enough To Jail

Airs Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

Netflix Says 'House of Cards' Will End After 6 Seasons

Reports say the decision was already in the works before allegations surfaced over the weekend that lead actor Kevin Spacey had attempted to seduce a teenage actor in 1986.

Investigators inspect a truck following a shooting incident in New York on Tuesday. Eight people were killed and at least 11 others injured in New York on Tuesday when a suspect plowed a vehicle into a bike and pedestrian path in Lower Manhattan, and struck another vehicle. A suspect exited the vehicle holding up fake guns, before being shot by police and taken into custody, officers said.

Suspect In New York City Truck Attack Planned 'For Weeks,' Police Say

Sayfullo Saipov, the man suspected of killing eight people after driving onto a bike path in Manhattan, is in the hospital. Authorities say he left a note declaring the attack in the name of ISIS.

Couples therapist Esther Perel says, "Many affairs will remake a relationship. You can renegotiate the entire thing."

As Marriage Standards Change, A Therapist Recommends 'Rethinking Infidelity'

Esther Perel has spent the past six years focusing on couples who are dealing with infidelity. "It's never been easier to cheat — and it's never been more difficult to keep a secret," she says.

A bulldozer operator begins to clear a car trapped in a deep debris flow that covered parts of Topanga Canyon Boulevard near the village of Topanga west of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2017.

Rain Storm Triggers Fatal Mudslides In Southern California

At least 13 people were killed and homes were torn from their foundations Tuesday as downpours sent mud and boulders roaring down hills stripped of vegetation by a gigantic wildfire that raged in Southern California last month.

Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif. (right), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Rep. Bruce Poliquin, D-Maine, speak at a press conference on sexual harassment in Congress on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

'Me Too' Legislation Aims To Combat Sexual Harassment In Congress

The bipartisan, bicameral proposal would expedite the complaint process and provide for more transparency on taxpayer-funded settlements.

McKayla Maroney had signed a confidentiality provision as part of a monetary settlement in late 2016.

McKayla Maroney Sues USA Gymnastics For Trying To 'Conceal' Doctor's Sexual Abuses

In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, the Olympian says a deal she signed with the group last year insisted on her silence — even after claims of sexual assault had already surfaced against Larry Nassar.

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