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Negotiators are struggling with conflicting demands made by the kidnappers, ranging from the release of Taliban prisoners to ransom money. A deadline of noon Friday — the latest of several ultimatums given by the captors — came and went without fresh word of the hostages' fate.

Imperial County suffered the most casualties in California during a scorching heat wave a year ago. That's according to a new study by the state Department of Public Health Services. The study looks a

Tribal elders in Afghanistan are still negotiating the release of 23 South Koreans being held by the Taliban. Most of the hostages are in their 20s and 30s. Government troops have surrounded the kidnappers for several days.

Intense rainfall in England has caused rivers to burst banks and streets to become like rivers. More than a month's worth of rain doused England and Wales in just hours Friday, forcing evacuation and threatening the water supply. More rain is forecast.

Senators debate U.S. involvement in Iraq through the night, and will begin voting Wednesay on a proposal to pull out troops by April. Some senators want to wait for a key military report due in September, others want to act now.

Ten months ago, the Pakistani government agreed to withdraw thousands of troops from the northern tribal region, provided Islamic militants stop launching cross border attacks. Over the weekend, militants discarded the agreement and vowed a full-fledged war on the Pakistani government. Journalist Sharmeen Obaid talks with Michele Norris.

A flurry of bombings in Baghdad killed 26 people Sunday, and officials said the death toll from a giant suicide truck blast that devastated the market of a Shiite farming town north of the capital a day earlier could reach 150.

A suicide bomber detonates a truck full of explosives in the market of a Shiite farm town, killing more than 100 people and levelling nearby mud-brick buildings, police officials said. The blast suggests Sunni militants are regrouping to launch attacks in regions farther from the capital.

A heat wave is blanketing San Diego. County officials don't want to lose any lives to high temperatures. There are hundreds of places to stay cool this summer.

San Diego County public health officials are urging people to take advantage of “cool zones” as a July Fourth heatwave continues. KPBS reporter Ana Tintocalis has more.