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A $1 million federal grant will help beef up security for San Diego’s transit system. MTS spokesman Luis Gonzalez says the homeland security money will be used to protect against terrorist attack or

A Vista ordinance that regulates day laborers withstood first-amendment challenges in federal court today. The ACLU had sued to temporarily block the measure. KPBS Radio's Andrew Phelps reports.

California researchers have received a $4.5 million federal grant to track heat-related deaths and emergency room visits to study how global warming could affect public health.

While finances at the country's biggest banks have largely stabilized — thanks in large part to government bailouts — smaller regional and community banks are failing at an alarming rate. Dozens have already been shut down this year, and more failures are expected.

Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is dead after gunfire and a suicide bomber targeted her vehicle as she left a campaign rally. For more, Farai Chideya talks with Najam Sethi, editor-in-chief of The Daily Times in Lahore, Pakistan.

A national study confirms what California educators have been saying all along: the state's achievement tests are harder to pass compared to tests in other states. KPBS reporter Ana Tintocalis has mor

About 25 percent of senior citizens are enrolled in Medicare Advantage, where they can choose a privately run health plan with extra benefits. But some health bills aim to scale back its growth, and seniors worry their coverage might get the ax in the overhaul.

Privacy isn't the only concern some have about the new low-energy X-ray scanners introduced at airports across the country. A group of scientists say the amount of radiation the scanners emit may have been understated and wants a more thorough look at the risks of exposing so many travelers to X-rays.

Despite comparative stability in the national poverty level, one number that rose in recently released Census Bureau data was the amount of people living in extreme poverty. Federal guidelines list people in extreme poverty if their incomes fall at or below 50 percent of the poverty level.

Insurance giant AIG is poised to get a revamped relief package worth $150 billion. That includes funds drawn from the government's $700 billion bailout plan. Previously, the Treasury Department had said the money was reserved for financial companies. Now the Big Three automakers are knocking at the door.