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California lawmakers have ordered an audit to see if Medi-Cal managed care patients are getting decent access to doctors.

State officials in West Virginia say that in most areas, they can no longer detect any of the industrial chemical MCHM that spilled into the water supply recently. They say the water is safe for people to drink and use -- including most pregnant women. But other public health specialists say they don't trust these assurances.

California doctors are asking a federal appeals court to review a decision that allows the state to cut the Medi-Cal payment rate by 10 percent.

A bipartisan compromise that would have expanded federal background checks for firearms purchases has been rejected by the Senate.

The upgrades included widening sidewalks and adding a half-mile of new bike lanes, pedestrian curb ramps and measures to slow traffic.

The iBill, a new currency reader being offered by the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, aims to change how the blind identify different kinds of bills.

When it finally came out Tuesday, the September jobs report -- delayed for 18 days by the government shutdown -- showed a labor market moving forward. But the pace was slow enough to prompt many economists to view it as a letdown.

Less than two weeks after ending talks aimed at merging with a major university in Southern California, the Scripps Research Institute has announced the resignation of its president, Mike Marletta.

The U.S. Supreme Court accepted two cases involving same-sex marriage today, one involving federal law and the other involving Proposition 8 in California. A San Diego law professor believes the federal Defense of Marriage Act is most likely to receive the bulk of the justices' scrutiny.

There are upsides to having global investors stash their savings in the United States. But their embrace of the dollar can start to feel like a death grip if it goes too far and chokes off exports.