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St. Bernard Parish is attracting more minorities to the largely white parish. Longtime residents want to bar low-income housing, saying it will destroy the neighborhood and discourage former residents from returning. Now a federal judge has weighed in.

The move comes after Mayor Mitch Landrieu asked the Justice Department to intervene. The department's Civil Rights Division will investigate whether the police engaged in a pattern and practice of discrimination.

A decade after the 9/11 attacks and despite dramatic efforts to protect the nation’s borders, immigration remains critically linked to border security. But experts question if the borders can every be truly secure.

The National Institutes of Health announced Friday that federal research dollars will not be spent on stem cells derived from embryos created solely for research purposes. But embryos left over from fertility treatments may be used. The draft guidelines expand research beyond the limitations set in place by the Bush administration.

Newt Gingrich has been in the public eye for decades. Now that he is a potential presidential nominee, we wonder: Is there anything new to know about Newt? Maybe.

Saturday's shootings have created an atmosphere of shared support in a city used to racial division. Residents wonder if the unity can last.

A medical organization meeting in San Diego has stepped into the immigration reform debate, asserting that illegal immigrants should have access to health care so they don't spread dangerous diseases to others.

As President Obama proposes more infrastructure spending to create jobs, the earlier stimulus offers lessons of what worked, and what didn't, for temporary construction jobs. In some cases, the 2009 stimulus didn't create new jobs, an expert says.

The White House-backed immigration bill will go before the full Senate for debate today. Full Focus reporter Heather Hill has local reaction to the proposed bill from affected voices in San Diego.

Residents in parts of the county were advised today to boil their water or use bottled water following a historic power outage which left some 5 million people from Mexico to southern Orange county without power until early this morning.