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Federal agents raided several Southern California museums and art galleries, looking for smuggled and looted antiquities. We look at what spurred the investigation.

U.S. law enforcement sources say a Mexican businessman who was kidnapped for ransom in Chula Vista in June is himself the target of a federal investigation. Federal authorities believe Eduardo Gonzale

If the tax cut for wealthiest Americans is allowed to expire, those households making over $250,000 would see their income tax rate rise from 33 percent to 36 percent and those making upwards of $375,000 would go from a 35 percent rate to 39.6 percent. But does it make sense for the tax rate for someone making six figures to be the same as for multimillionaires?

One of the most dangerous times of day for teenagers is after school. That's especially true in the gang-infested neighborhoods of Chicago, where police and school officials are enlisting military veterans to help protect kids on their way to and from school.

Officials say federal inspectors have begun a special check of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station following the failure of an emergency diesel generator during testing.

Congress gets back Monday from a five-week recess for what will be its last legislative session before the midterm elections. The sputtering economy will clearly be the focus, but electoral politics are likely to overshadow whatever the Democrats in charge try to get done.

KPBS General Manager Tom Karlo talks about how the economy is impacting public broadcasting.

California could have some trouble paying its bills in the near future. The state's non-partisan legislative analyst says the state may need to borrow more than $20 billion next fiscal year to keep paying its bills -- an amount the analyst says California would have a hard time getting.

Senate leaders are about to go head-to-head once again over a health care overhaul. Democrats are preparing to use a Senate procedure known as reconciliation to bypass a GOP filibuster in an effort to pass a health care overhaul. But Republicans can still throw up plenty of roadblocks, says Robert Dove, the preeminent expert on Senate rules. He previews the road ahead.

It's hard to find a city in America that isn't planning, proposing, studying or actually building a light rail system. Cities as diverse as Dallas, Seattle and Washington, D.C., all see light rail as part of their future — a way to reshape their development.