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Washington, D.C., has joined dozens of other cities in going after online travel websites for what they claim are tens of millions of dollars in back taxes on hotel bookings. After years of court battles, online travel companies and cities agree that hotel laws need to be updated.

The Oceanside Museum of Art remembers artist Italo Scanga, who lived and worked in San Diego for many years. We'll talk about the work and career of this internationally acclaimed visual artist.

On this day of the Padres season home opener, our legal update salutes sports fans. They cheer, they moan, they celebrate victory and they take defeat on the chin, along with the occasional foul ball. They also, occasionally sue. Our legal analyst Dan Eaton is here to explain how the law gets involved when bad things happen to good fans.

After a private company entices Littlefield, Texas, officials with the promise of new revenue, the declining inmate population is forcing the city to pay thousands every month for an empty facility.

This week marks the one year anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as the health-care reform law. We'll discuss the impact the law has had over the last year, and talk about why it remains controversial.

During a nuclear reaction, fuel rods generate a tremendous amount of heat. After most of the fuel has been used, the rods are removed from the reactor and kept in a separate cooling pool nearby. Problems cooling these pools have officials worried that the spent rods could overheat and melt.

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said in a televised national address that there is a high risk of more radioactivity leaking from overheating nuclear rods at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said in a televised national address that there is a high risk of more radioactivity leaking from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. He ordered everyone within 20 kilometers (about 12 miles) to evacuate and everyone within 30 kilometers (about 19 miles) to remain inside.

Concerns about the stability of nuclear reactors at a power plant in Fukushima, Japan, grew Monday, with officials stating that the nuclear fuel rods inside three reactors appeared to be melting.

A woman whose leg was crushed when a taxi rolled into a crowd outside a San Diego nightclub has undergone reconstructive surgery.