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Migrants' rights activists left San Diego today on a 2,000-mile journey. They're remembering people who died while trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. KPBS Radio's Andrew Phelps met the demonstrat

A United Nations panel released a highly anticipated report Friday about global warming. It concluded that the heavy use of fossil fuels is heating the planet, and could have dangerous consequences in the foreseeable future.

The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Mike Leavitt, made a brief stop in San Diego Wednesday. The visit was part of a 60-city tour to urge seniors to sign up for one of the new Medicare pre

Camel No. 9 is a new cigarette targeted at women. R.J. Reynolds is marketing it aggressively, with elaborate launch parties. The company says it is selling to adults, but lawmakers and public health experts say the company is targeting teen girls.

Bush administration officials confirm that, since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. government has been tracking terrorist finances by accessing a vast, international data base known as SWIFT. The officials defend the program as "legal, targeted and effective."

San Diego County is cleaning up its air faster than any other county in the nation over the past 15 years. KPBS reporter Beth Ford Roth has the details.

Having gained a conviction in Washington, D.C., in the trial of Lewis Libby, special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald heads back to Chicago, his home base. What awaits him there?

Barry Bonds ties Babe Ruth for second place on the career home run list with number 714. He homered into the first deck of elevated stands in right-center leading off the second inning against the Oakland Athletics.

This morning, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies said the FDA and NOAA are confusing consumers about the pros and cons of eating seafood. Later today, the Journal of the American Medical Association will publish an analysis of the science on fish benefits and risks.

This week, the U.S. Forest Service lifted a moratorium on prescribed burns in Cleveland National Forest. A prescribed burn is when firefighters intentionally burn dry brush to reduce fire hazard. The