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The tiny Coast Guard is doing its best to optimize its resources but overseeing 95,000 miles of coastline and 4.5 million square miles of maritime territory can be a challenge.

California's ban on same-sex marriage is set to go before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. Both supporters and opponents to Prop 8 plan rallies in D.C. and in San Diego.

Friday's news from the Labor Department offers a snapshot of an economy that's treading water. Employers added 175,000 jobs in May, and the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.6 percent. The numbers show "the ongoing slog in the labor market," one economist said.

An investigation by NPR and the Center for Public Integrity has revealed widespread and persistent gaming of the system that's designed to measure and control the coal mine dust that causes the deadly disease.

A group of conservationists sued the federal government Thursday to force regulation of lead ammunition -- the top killer of endangered California Condors.

June is a nice month for treading water -- if you happen to be in a swimming pool.

Arizona lost an appeal in the Ninth Circuit about whether the state can enforce a contested section of of SB 1070.

A former Mexican law enforcement official pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in San Diego to aiding members of a violent Tijuana-based drug cartel in a case prosecutors said included helping traffickers get away with a double homicide in 2010.

The federal government announced today that states could get 11 billion dollars to bolster payments under programs like Medi-Cal.

Despite the recent snowstorm in northern Arizona, the Navajo Nation has mended most pipes and has delivered water to the 10,000 people experiencing shortages.