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Rep. Patrick Meehan wants the government to investigate whether Penn State officials, including football coach Joe Paterno (above), broke federal laws if they failed to report allegations of child sexual abuse.

A San Diego high school senior researching new flu drugs can now add "Grand Prize Winner, Google Science Fair" to his college applications.

With each party coveting the allegiance of the country's 22 million veterans and their families, Republicans and Democrats blamed each other for turning the effort into a chess match aimed at forcing politically embarrassing votes.

Sales of the airliner are flagging, and airlines are retiring their 747 fleets. The end may be near for the original "jumbo jet," but in its glory days, it offered an experience like no other.

The ongoing immigration debate in Congress often spotlights the job market for people living in the U.S. illegally. Not long ago, that market included one of the country's top organic herb farms -- until an immigration bust forced the business, based in Washington state, to clean up its payroll.

A long-lost diary kept by a top aide to Adolf Hitler was formally transferred to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Tuesday. Scholars say the 425-page document gives a glimpse into the mind of Alfred Rosenberg, and a view of his role in shaping the Nazi regime's genocidal policies.

Solana Beach is the latest city to look at issuing a letter of concern regarding the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant. The city of Irvine voted to sent a letter to federal regulators. We take a look at the current movement underway.

A Superior Court judge has overturned convictions on two counts against former San Diego police Officer Anthony Arevalos, who was convicted on 12 counts of sexually assaulting female DUI suspects.

Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown might as well be wearing teflon. Despite overseeing the botched rollout of the state's health insurance exchange, he's still the Democratic front-runner.

The vote margin will be slim, but it's looking increasingly likely that the Senate on Tuesday will take the first important step toward approving the two-year, bipartisan budget plan that the House overwhelmingly endorsed last week.