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Navajo Artist Shonto Begay painted this large mural at a health center in Flagstaff.

Indian Health Faces Possible Sequestration Cuts

If Congress doesn’t agree on a budget deal by March 1, a series of broad spending cuts -- or sequestration -- will automatically go into effect. The unending stream of doomsday predictions includes deep cuts to housing, food assistance and jobs. Indian health care is one of the targets hardest hit.

"Trust Act" Heads to California Governor's Desk

California lawmakers have sent a bill to the Governor designed to stop deportation of undocumented immigrants for minor offenses.

Between 3,000 and 4,000 people die each year in large truck and bus crashes. New rules that go into effect Monday aim to reduce those numbers.

New Rules Puts Brakes On Truck Drivers' Schedules

Between 3,000 and 4,000 people die in large truck and bus crashes every year in America, according to the Department of Transportation, which also says 13 percent of those deaths were caused by fatigued drivers.

A biker rides past the U.S. Capitol on Monday. Lawmakers are negotiating over plans to raise the federal debt ceiling amid warnings that the government soon won't be able to pay its debts in full.

What Happens If Congress Can't Make A Deal On The Debt?

If Congress can't agree to raise the debt ceiling before Thursday, it's not necessarily the case that Treasury will immediately be unable to pay bills. But if there's no agreement, financial markets might panic at any time, doing real harm.

What Happens If Congress Can't Make A Deal On The Debt?

If you don't pay your electric bill on time, you'll probably get charged a buck or two in interest. As long as you pay off the balance in a reasonable amount of time, your lights will stay on.

In Washington state, dogs don't need to sniff out pot anymore, but troopers are keeping an eye out for high drivers.

There May Be A Green Light For Pot, But Not For Driving High

Western states have led the way in the legalization of marijuana, first with medical marijuana, and then with the legalization of recreational pot in Colorado and Washington last November.

Smoke is seen in Escondido as authorities set fire to a home they said was so packed with homemade explosives that they had no choice but to burn it to the ground.

'Bomb House' Suspect Pleads Guilty

A man who manufactured bombs and stored large amounts of explosives in his rented North County home, which had to be destroyed, pleaded guilty today to federal charges that could bring him as many as three decades behind bars.

Field director Charles White of the NAACP speaks at a podium outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. The court ruled that a key part of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional.

Legalese Aside, How Do We Talk About Race Nowadays?

This was a week in which the country was reminded of our continuing struggle with race -- and how we're still not quite sure how to talk about it.

<p>Sheets of $100 bills wait to be cut into singles at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C. In recent decades, the gap between rich and poor has widened in the United States.</p>

Why The Haves Have So Much

Why has the gap between wealthy and poor Americans gotten wider? Federal tax policy is part of the story. Those at the top of the income ladder have been the biggest beneficiaries of tax cuts over the last three decades, but the biggest change has come in the shape of the economy itself.

Feds Arrest Owners Of 15 Restaurants On Immigration, Tax Crimes

Federal agents arrested the father-son owners of a popular string of restaurants in Arizona and California, Wednesday morning. They are accused of hiring illegal immigrants and paying them under the table.

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