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A new international league is trying to make boxing relevant again. The World Series of Boxing wraps up its first regular season this week with playoffs and a championship just around the corner. One of the 12 teams is in Los Angeles.

After nearly a week of chaos and privation in New Orleans, the federal response to Hurricane Katrina appears to be making a dent in the city's anguish. Most of the known storm survivors are out of the flooded city. Rescue operations continue.

Investigators from the Food and Drug Administration think the salmonella-tainted eggs that sickened thousands of people this summer came from two producers in Iowa. But tracking the outbreak and identifying the source is a tricky task.

The cooling sensation of menthol may help young people pick up the smoking habit. Now a panel of experts is looking at whether the FDA should restrict the ingredient.

President Obama characterized the nation's challenges as between the United States and the rest of the world, and not Democrats and Republicans.

A federal appeals court in San Francisco says memories of a classified document may not be used in a lawsuit against the government's warrantless wiretap program. The case involves a now-defunct charity, the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, based in Oregon.

BP says a new cap has stopped oil from leaking into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time since April. The energy giant has been slowly dialing down the flow as part of a test on a new cap, and engineers are now monitoring the pressure to see if the broken well holds.

KPBS Special Coverage: The President's State Of The Union Address

The Department of Health and Human Services says organizations that oversee certification for obstetrician-gynecologists may be breaking federal law by instituting new ethics guidelines. The guidelines have stoked the debate over whether a doctor's right to refuse care trumps a patient's right to obtain it.

First Lady’s Support for Military Families: Is It Real? Is It Effective?