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You've probably never seen a person hooked up to so many plastic tubes as Olivia Welter. But if you think of being hooked up to machines as something that keeps a dying person alive, that's not what's going on here.

NPR INVESTIGATION: In states like Illinois, parents can provide at-home care for children with severe illnesses and Medicaid foots the bill. But the funding disappears the minute they turn 21, forcing families to make a painful choice: Find the money to pay for sometimes exorbitant health care costs or send their children to a nursing home.

The Supreme Court is set to take up issues of campaign finance; gun rights; animal cruelty; and separation of church and state. The court must also adjust to the addition of Justice Sonia Sotomayor, taking over the seat occupied for 19 years by David Souter.

The federal stimulus money is beginning to trickle down to cities in San Diego County. KPBS reporter Alison St John discovered Chula Vista is holding workshops today to find out how residents think th

A San Diego City Council committee endorsed legislation today that would repeal the federal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy regarding gays in the military.

The Wall Street Journal's David Wessel takes a look back at the steps the Federal Reserve took last fall to pull the U.S. economy back from the abyss.

Despite the bad economy, the number of Americans who struggled to get enough to eat did not grow last year, and in some cases declined, according to new government data. Still, a near-record number — almost 49 million people — were affected.

A special panel of federal judges has tentatively ruled that California must release tens of thousands of inmates to relieve overcrowding.

Drug violence in Tijuana has become so brutal recently the federal government is sending in 3,000 soldiers to crack down. In the battle to control the key drug smuggling territory last year, hundreds

At least one person camped out alongside San Diego City Hall as part of a week-old protest against perceived financial and political sins was arrested this morning after he and others refused police orders to clear out their personal possessions.