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A jetliner flies over a home on Third Avenue near downtown San Diego that was recently renovated with $72,000 worth of new windows, doors and ventilation systems to lesson the noise of airplane traffic, Feb. 26, 2015.

Free Windows, Doors Installed In 3,000 Homes Near San Diego Airport

To lessen noise from Lindbergh Field, the Quieter Home Program offers new doors and windows for homes under airplane flight paths.

A guard looks over an empty inmate cell at the Northern Correctional Institution in Somers, Conn., in 2001.

Advocates Push To Bring Solitary Confinement Out Of The Shadows

Some big states have been moving to limit the numbers of people they send to solitary, but officials say it's necessary to maintain control and, in some cases, protect the prisoners themselves.

During the fiscal years 2003-2012, "median tuition rose 55 percent across all public colleges," while state funding decreased by 12 percent, the General Accountability Office reports.

Student Tuition Now Outweighs State Funding At Public Colleges

From 2003 to 2012, state funding decreased by 12 percent overall while median tuition rose 55 percent across all public colleges," the General Accountability Office says.

In Tijuana, A Search For The Remains Of 75 Dissolved Bodies

Mexican officials are in Tijuana this week searching for disappeared victims of drug violence. The investigation was sparked by new information obtained by Mexican authorities from an inmate.

A new government report details the problems agencies face in fighting weapons trafficking. Here, thousands of guns lie on the ground before being destroyed in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in 2012.

In Mexico, Tens Of Thousands Of Illegal Guns Come From The U.S.

The ATF has been able to trace the smuggled guns' original purchasers in less than half of the 73,684 cases cited in the report.

Advocates Push To Bring Solitary Confinement Out Of The Shadows

Some big states have been moving to limit the numbers of people they send to solitary but officials say it's necessary to maintain control and, in some cases, protect the prisoners themselves.

In this courtroom sketch, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is depicted sitting in federal court in Boston Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014.

Boston Bombing: 5 Things To Know About The Tsarnaev Trial

Jury selection begins today and because the bombings affected so many people this part of the trial may take weeks.

Firefighters look at debris from a mid-air plane crash, Aug. 17, 2015.

Fifth Person Killed In Mid-Air Collision Identified

A light plane and a twin-engine business jet collided near Otay Mesa last weekend.

Russia Begins Conducting Airstrikes In Syria, After Assad's Request

The U.S. military says a Russian official informed the U.S. embassy in Baghdad about the missions; Syria says it invited Russia's air force to help fight terrorism.

Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the audience Friday during an annual meeting at the Defense Ministry in Moscow.

Putin Says Russia Is Backing Some Syrian Opposition Forces

Russia opposes the Islamic State, but supports Syria's Bashar Assad. Now Moscow says its military is providing weapons and supplies to Western-backed, anti-Assad forces on the frontlines against ISIS.

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