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The Supreme Court hears arguments on what condemned inmates can do to challenge their method of execution. The Florida case centers on whether an inmate should get a federal court hearing on his claim that the lethal-injection method causes unnecessary pain.

President Obama holds a prime-time news conference Tuesday night following days of outrage over AIG bonuses and criticisms of his own missteps. Still, he's not likely to back off the hard sell of his increasingly controversial $3.6 trillion budget plan.

The head of the city of San Diego’s Firefighter’s Union is resigning after 28 years. Ron Saathoff was a key figure in the pension negotiations that became the subject of SEC investigations and se

The Schwarzenegger Administration took steps toward reinstating the death penalty in California. Administration officials today released a comprehensive plan to fix the state's lethal injection protoc

Energy experts from California and Mexico will gather in Mexicali on Tuesday. They'll discuss the potential for renewable energy in the border region. KPBS reporter Amy Isackson has more.

Major media companies are counting on the Federal Communications Commission to ease restrictions on how many TV stations they can own. An FCC analysis from two years ago would have shown that locally owned stations provide significantly more local news.

CNN positions itself as the cable news channel that sticks to the facts — distinguishing itself from rivals MSNBC on the left and Fox News on the right. But CNN host Lou Dobbs has put his employer on the defensive by focusing on repeated, unfounded claims that President Obama wasn't born in the U.S.

The proposal to widen a 27-mile stretch of Interstate 5 from La Jolla to Camp Pendleton has received a big push forward from the San Diego Association of Governments. Last Friday, SanDag members overwhelmingly approved the Regional Transportation Plan which includes the proposal to widen I-5 by 6 lanes from Del Mar to Carlsbad.

U.S. Marshals never stop looking for fugitives, even after nearly half a century. The agency is still actively pursuing the three inmates who disappeared from Alcatraz Prison in a dramatic escape in 1962 — even though they've long been presumed dead. The intricate escape plan included the use of papier-mache heads to fool guards into thinking they were in their beds.

More than half of all bankruptcies filed in the United States are triggered by medical bills. Evidence the system takes its toll financially. But are we healthier in the U.S. than Canada? We took a lo