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Sisters Venus and Serena Williams faced off in the Wimbledon championship Saturday. This time, younger sister Serena proved the victor. On Sunday, it's on to the men's championship, where American Andy Roddick will face off against the indomitable Roger Federer.

Airs Friday, August 13, 2010 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

A federal judge has rejected the San Diego diocese's request for the court to intervene in settlement negotiations over claims of sexual abuse by priests.

Legislative Republicans appeared split on whether to support the governor’s tax package. Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, who’s running for Mayor of San Diego, was one of two GOP members who gave the measure its necessary two-thirds supermajority.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal was once a rising star in the Republican ranks, but he stumbled after a lackluster rebuttal to President Obama's first address to Congress. These days, Jindal often sounds like a general, and his war is as much against the federal government as it is with the oil. His persistence is scoring points with voters.

Rwanda native Beatrice Munyenyezi faces charges in a U.S. federal court that she lied on immigration and naturalization forms about her role in Rwanda's genocide. If convicted, Munyenyezi could spend up to 10 years in prison and lose her U.S. citizenship. But legal experts say the evidence is not clear-cut.

Some rescuers describe an effort that failed to abide by mine rescue protocols designed to keep rescuers from becoming victims themselves.

In the Iowa debate, Mitt Romney, the frontrunner, will likely stick tightly on his message,which is that President Obama has failed to lead, and his approach, which is to play it safe. It's a traditional frontrunner's strategy against an incumbent president of the opposite party.

President Obama and Democratic leaders are scrambling to quell escalating anger within the Latino community over the lack of action on a campaign promise to overhaul federal immigration law. Meanwhile, Arizona has become the latest state to take matters into its own hands, approving a far-reaching crackdown.

Many plants listed as endangered species are available for sale online, a new study reports. This is encouraging for DIY environmentalists who want to save plants like the Florida torreya. But experts warn that moving plants to new habitats could create ecological problems and spread plant diseases.