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Hospitals, doctors and insurers are opposed to allowing people under 65 to join Medicare – an idea being considered by Senate negotiators struggling to put together the 60 votes needed to pass a health bill.

A proposed $3.4 billion settlement between the U.S. government and American Indians settles claims of unpaid royalties for the use of Indian land stretching back more than a century. It's a story filled with bureaucratic mismanagement and accusations of flat-out theft.

It's the time of year for holiday stresses, which can often lead to the "holiday blues." We speak with a local therapist about the issue.

Italian Film Festival Serves Up a Mid-August Lunch

In rural Palm Beach County, Fla., pastor Dick Witherow ministers to a community he calls "modern-day lepers": convicted sex offenders. Witherow believes people can change. So while strict zoning laws elsewhere have left offenders homeless, his Miracle Park housing complex welcomes this population.

Towns and relief camps in the remote plains of northwestern Yemen are being inundated with families fleeing the country's civil war. The displaced mountain people, along with their precious livestock, are flowing into the area — and posing a public health risk.

The State of California has still not followed a federal judge's order to stop cuts to an in-home care program for the elderly and disabled. Judge Claudia Wilken cited the state two weeks ago for contempt.

San Diego's winter homeless shelter opened today in the same downtown location as last year. That came despite objections from residents and business leaders. A giant reinforced tent now sits on an empty lot on the corner of 16th Street and Island in downtown San Diego's East Village.

Some 1,200 homebound seniors will get a special holiday meal tomorrow, thanks to hundreds of local volunteers.

About 50,000 airline passengers are expected to pass through Lindbergh Field beginning today through Sunday for Thanksgiving 2009, according to airport officials.