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The ranks at Ivy Tech Community College in Kokomo, Ind., are swelling with laid-off factory workers. One in five people in Kokomo is jobless. Many are back in school with the help of a program that pays to retrain workers hurt by foreign trade.

Lives may be saved with an earthquake early-warning system — the kind that's already in place in Japan and Mexico. But here in the U.S., such a system is still several years away.

A new U.S. government report says 87 percent of the guns seized by authorities in Mexico's drug war are traced back to the United States. Mexican drug cartels find it much easier to obtain firearms north of the border. There are tens of thousands of licensed gun shops in the U.S. There is just one in Mexico, and it's run by the army.

The agency that supplies most of San Diego County's water is mapping out strategies to keep that supply flowing over the next 20 years. Local officials have some ideas of how to do that, as KPBS Envir

Three high ranking Baja California prison officials are in custody for yesterday's deadly riot at the La Mesa prison in Tijuana. It’s the second riot at the prison in just three days. KPBS Reporter A

The House votes to expand federal funding for human embryonic stem-cell research. Last year, President Bush cast the only veto of his tenure to keep a similar measure from being enacted. The Congress, then controlled by Republicans, failed to override it.

With the presidential election less than two months away, we'll check in with some KPBS Citizen Voices bloggers to get their reaction to the vice presidential picks, and how the economy may influence

The Drug Enforcement Administration says so far this year it has found nearly 200 outdoor illegal marijuana growing operations in San Diego County. And the DEA says those growing sites cause environme

Speaking of the dismissal of eight federal prosecutors — and the White House's role in the firings — Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says, "I acknowledge that mistakes were made here; I accept that responsibility." A top Justice Department adviser has resigned over his involvement in the dismissals.

The 6-year-old Colorado boy was in a cardboard box in the garage attic. His brother had said he had crawled into a box or basket attached to the balloon, which floated off. The flight lasted more than two hours, spanned 50 miles, set off a frantic search and kept television and Internet audiences captivated.