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Kristen Christy poses with her husband Don in a 2005 photo. Don, an Air Force lieutenant colonel, died by suicide in 2008.

Congress Is Paying More Attention To Veteran Suicide, But Progress Is Slow

New federal laws seek to improve mental health care for veterans and their families. But advocates say it will take time for local communities to feel the effects.

Philosopher William MacAskill coined the term "longtermism" to convey the idea that humans have a moral responsibility to protect the future of humanity, prevent it from going extinct and create a better future for many generations to come. He outlines this concept in his new book, <em>What We</em> Owe<em> the Future</em>.

How can we help humans thrive trillions of years from now? This philosopher has a plan

William MacAskill's book, What We Owe the Future, urges today's humans to protect future humans — an idea he calls longtermism. Here are a few of his hardly modest proposals.

The Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility is shown on April 13, 2022.

Which San Diego areas are hit hardest by mass incarceration?

Incarceration can have a generations-long negative impact on the families and loved ones of those who are put behind bars. People of color and people from other marginalized groups are more likely to be incarcerated.

Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu speaks Oct. 26 at the Globsec forum in Bratislava, Slovakia, during his visit to Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

Ukraine's stand is a model for fighting a Chinese attack, Taiwan's top diplomat says

Foreign Minister Joseph Wu tells NPR about the threat the island faces from China, and how the U.S. is helping Taiwan's military prepare.

This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak.

Q&A: How prepared is San Diego for monkeypox?

Local infectious disease specialist says health officials are "watching very carefully what's going on."

An undated artist rendering of the coronavirus.

July 2021: Coronavirus Blog Archive

This is the July 2021 archive of breaking news about the coronavirus pandemic.

In this image made from video and released by WikiLeaks, former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden speaks in Moscow in 2013.

Putin grants Russian citizenship to Edward Snowden

Snowden, a former contractor with the National Security Agency, has been living in Russia since 2013 to escape prosecution for leaking classified documents about government surveillance programs.

Baby mistakes visibility for greatness, an outlook that lends itself to routine.

On 'It's Only Me,' stardom makes Lil Baby more anonymous than ever

The newly minted A-list rapper variously calls himself a legend, a hero and a boss on the album, but the songs never embrace that mythmaking or mold those labels into personas.

Breast milk is packaged at the UC Health Milk Bank, May 12, 2022.

Moms seeking formula tire of those who say, just breastfeed

Some U.S. moms looking for baby formula that is in short supply are dealing with another layer of stress - people asking why they don't just breastfeed.

Russian soldiers rest in Chechnya's capital, Grozny, in February 2000. Russia waged two wars against Chechnya from 1994 to 2000. In both wars, Russia heavily bombed Chechnya, flattening Grozny and causing tens of thousands of civilian deaths.

Russia's wars in Chechnya offer a grim warning of what could be in Ukraine

Russia unleashes a heavy bombing campaign. Cities are reduced to rubble. Thousands of civilians are killed. Russia did that twice in Chechnya in the 1990s. Is a repeat likely in Ukraine today?

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