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Somali writer Nuruddin Farah's latest novel, Crossbones, centers on a family's return to Somalia on the eve of the Ethiopian invasion. As war breaks out, each character looks for personal peace in a society rife with violence and tension.

A federal judge has ruled that a nondiscrimination policy at San Diego State and Long Beach State universities does not infringe on the rights of a religious group that bars gay students.

Military leaders are promoting their branch's respective strengths in hopes of softening the super committee's blow, while private industry executives have warned against losing the country's industrial base.

The president's open support for same-sex marriage could energize GOP voters on Mitt Romney's behalf.

To gain an outright majority in the Senate, Republicans will need to win at least one state that usually goes Democratic. And it may be Washington, where incumbent Patty Murray is trying to fend off a stiff challenge from Republican Dino Rossi.

The Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility in Mississippi, a private prison operated by GEO Group, is the nation's largest juvenile prison. But have profits distorted its mission of rehabilitating young inmates?

It is not yet clear how much of the federal stimulus package will end up benefiting local projects. But Mary Lewis, chief financial officer for the City of San Diego, says the amount available for con

The federal government requires auto dealers to disable a vehicle's engine in order to get a refund from the "cash for clunkers" program. Critics say the engine is the most valuable part of a junked car so destroying them is wasteful.

More than 30 San Diego school principals are breathing a sigh of relief now that thousands of dollars in federal funding will continue to be funneled into their campuses. KPBS Reporter Ana Tintocalis

Officials along the border recount the changes along the U.S.-Mexico border and the changes in store for the future.