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A stay of execution for murderer Michael Morales has put California’s death penalty on hold. The judge hearing the Morales case has called the state’s mode of execution sloppy and amateurish. Yet he

A former children's hospital respiratory therapist was sentenced Wednesday to 45 years and 8 months in prison for molesting five disabled children and taking pornographic photographs of others in a cr

President Bush was on the road Wednesday touting the $2.77 trillion budget he sent to Congress this week. The president found a receptive audience of business leaders in Manchester, N.H. But an independent survey of state voters at the end of December put Mr. Bush's approval rating at 36 percent.

California stem cell researchers are breathing a sigh of relief. The foundation that holds the patents to all embryonic stem cell lines says scientists will no longer need to pay a licensing fee to co

Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry says President Bush did not do enough to urge the Republican-controlled Congress to extend a 10-year federal ban on the sale of assault weapons that expired Monday. Bush aides maintain the president did everything he could. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

It seems local school maintenance is not making the grade. That's according to a report commissioned by San Diego City schools - the state's second-largest school district. In response to the report,

Firefighters today worked to gain the upper hand on wildfires that have burnt nearly 350,000 acres in San Diego County, despite weekend winds which could either hinder or help containment efforts.

Yesterday, the highest court in the land heard arguments in two cases that challenge the Partial-Birth Abortion Act, passed by Congress in 2003. Host Tom Fudge speaks with Julie Rover, the health pol

The Obama Administration has been on the defensive lately over its plan to overhaul the nation's health care system. With heated protests at town hall meetings across the country, the president and his Democratic allies have been trying separate fact from fiction in the debate.

Former Enron CEO and Chairman Kenneth Lay pleads not guilty to federal charges that he participated in a scheme to deceive investors and government regulators about his company's financial health. NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports.