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Many new laws will be enacted on July 1, when most states begin a new fiscal year. And they'll change how people live in ways big and small. Connecticut, for one, will start to tax yoga sessions. Other laws target immigration policy and the use of cellphones while driving.

Since the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. colleges have assumed new responsibilities for reporting information about foreign students. Some school officials feel a tension between a university's mission of openness and Homeland Security's mission of keeping out problematic people.

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors today unanimously approved a 10-year plan aimed at improving the delivery of health services.

In an effort to reduce the deficit, President Obama has proposed a limit on charitable deductions for the top income bracket. Arts nonprofits are concerned that they will be disproportionately affected — at time when they're already hurting from the economic downturn.

The cases involve one death at Abu Ghraib and another at a CIA site in Afghanistan.

"Location, location, location" used to be the three most important words in real estate. But after their spree helped create the housing bubble, lenders tightened their rules. And many buyers are finding it hard to line up financing.

President-elect Obama rounded out his economic team, naming Mary Schapiro to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Daniel Tarullo to fill an open Federal Reserve seat.

The oil giant is looking at new ways to try to stem the flow of an estimated 210,000 gallons of crude oil a day from the site of a deep-water-well fire. One option is to try to plug the leak with rubber and other debris -- a strategy known as a "junk shot."

Local Border Patrol agents are being accused of using excessive force in the death of Anastasio Hernandez, who died three days after being tasered by agents at the San Ysidro crossing. Border Reporter Amy Isackson gives us the latest details on the investigation into Hernandez's death.

Should people arrested on felony charges be required to give DNA samples? We'll look at the controversy surrounding this idea.