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The city on the US-Mexico border is known for the brutality of drug cartels. Despite a drop in murders, many fear it may spike again.

In 2011 there was a big policy change by the Obama administration. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement began focusing on removing people in the U.S. illegally who were also criminals.

South El Paso County has long been a hotbed for smuggling. A commissioner's arrest does not surprise longtime observers.

The split between the Susan G. Komen Foundation, a breast cancer charity, and Planned Parenthood appears to mark a new chapter in the ongoing abortion war.

An aggressive President Barack Obama ripped into Mitt Romney's economic blueprint in a town hall style debate Tuesday night, accusing his rival of favoring only a "one-point plan" to help the rich at the expense of the middle class. The Republican protested the charge was way off the mark.

The federal government is proposing to designate San Diego County part of a key electric transmission corridor. This would let the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission override local and state opposit

San Diego Unified has made strides in reducing the number of students who drop out. Officials believe mentoring for students most in danger of leaving school without a diploma is making a difference.

Abortion opponents in several states are making an aggressive new thrust at the procedure by focusing on the "supply-side" of abortions: the doctors, hospitals and clinics that provide the services. And the strategy may prove effective.

Fourteen states and the District of Columbia allow people to use marijuana to treat a wide variety of ailments. Each law is different, but if you look at them in chronological order, a pattern emerges: The laws are becoming stricter. The states passing laws today include more regulation than the early adopters did.

The local Democratic Party is calling out what it says are unethical actions by the local Republican party. The dispute involves money used to register voters.