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The Army Corps of Engineers is expected to open the Morganza Spillway near Baton Rouge on Saturday. Opening the gates for the first time in 38 years will unleash the river on a wild ride, putting hundreds of thousands of acres and several thousand homes at risk of flooding.

U.S. foreclosures matched their highest level on record at the end of 2010, and Neil Barofsky, special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, says scores of homeowners who qualify for help aren't getting it. Barofsky, who is stepping down in March, says the Obama administration's program to prevent foreclosures is broken.

Credit card companies have boosted rates and fees ahead of new consumer protection provisions set for early next year. The moves, which have sparked a new wave of consumer complaints, have boosted support for a new consumer agency, Rep. Barney Frank says.

California Attorney General Jerry Brown is suing mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Brown was in San Diego today to talk about the effort to end a freeze on funding to homeowners for energy upgrades.

As the back-to-school shopping season approaches, retailers hope shoppers can afford to buy lots of backpacks and jeans. But reports show most shoppers are still watching their pennies, and the biggest back-to-school shoppers -- teenagers -- are having trouble finding work.

Supreme Court justices returned from their summer recess early to hear arguments Wednesday in a case involving an anti-Hillary Clinton movie. At issue is a century of campaign finance laws and whether free speech rights extend to corporations and unions.

The legal case against an activist who tried to block construction of the westernmost section of the border fence was continued Wednesday morning. As KPBS Reporter Amy Isackson explains Dan Watman faces trespassing charges in connection with his effort to save Friendship Park.

The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for judges to impose more lenient prison sentences for crack cocaine offenses than those set out by the federal sentencing guidelines.

What's next now that the Escondido home, filled with explosive materials has burned to the ground? KPBS Environment reporter Ed Joyce gives an update including the impact the fire had on air quality.

Wednesday's argument is a double first: The first argument to be heard by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and the first time new U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan will argue a case before the Supreme Court.