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'Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell': What Happens Next?

The lawyers defending California's gay marriage ban are making one last argument on why an appeals court should block same-sex weddings while it decides the case.

Facing voter anger over mounting budget deficits, President Obama will ask Congress to freeze spending for some domestic programs for three years beginning in 2011, administration officials said Monday. Separately, Obama unveiled plans to help a middle class "under assault" pay its bills, save for retirement and care for kids and aging parents.

NPR News has learned that a February incident in which a mining machine's methane detector was deliberately disabled was not an isolated incident at the Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia. Miners who worked in the mine say the practice was relatively common and was justified with false descriptions of mining regulations. A methane explosion in April killed 29 workers.

On the evening Oct. 16, 1859, abolitionist John Brown led a raid he hoped would ignite a nationwide uprising against slavery. Tony Horwitz tells the story of how Brown's defeat helped spark the Civil War, in Midnight Rising.

Federal regulators say one of several batteries used to supply power to San Onofre nuclear power plant safety systems didn't work for four years. But the…

But the White House notes domestic production last year rose to its highest level since 2003.

New data from the U.S. Census shows hundreds of thousands of San Diegans continue to live well below the federal poverty level. KPBS reporter Alison St John has more.

The fast food giant's "national hiring day" aims to fill 50,000 openings — and gives the company a chance to battle the stereotype that it is an employer of last resort.

A group of 14 technology companies, including Johnson Controls and 3M, has banded together to seek funding for research, development and production of new automotive battery technology. The group is asking for $1 billion in federal funding for the venture.