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Sunni insurgents are moving into Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, to escape a U.S. operation that has become increasingly violent. Now U.S. and Iraqi troops are conducting operations aimed at denying the insurgents access to a region that has been an insurgent stronghold.

According to a Pentagon transcript, Waleed bin Attash has confessed to plotting the bomb attack on the USS Cole near Yemen in 2000. Attash also admits to planning the bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998, according to the document.

A year ago, Dr. Ali Hamdani wanted to leave Iraq, but he predicted he would need a year to obtain the necessary papers. He was right. Now he's set to depart, and still wary of last-minute perils. Hamdani reflects on the hardest part of all: leaving the only country he's ever known.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego has lost a bid to seal any documents that would detail sex abuse allegations against priests. But the judge overseeing its bankruptcy reorganization ruled the a

I thought I knew what I was doing when I planned a three-month maternity leave after the birth of my first child. I was 30 at the time, with a decade of work experience under my belt. I thought Id be anxious to return to work after 12 weeks with a newborn. And then, the baby came. The first two months were a blur of sleepless nights, colic-induced shrieking and a learning curve for breastfeeding that was like being taught to juggle with my feet. Then, two weeks before I returned to work, my baby started smiling, stopped crying and helped me understand why people have more than one child. The night before I returned to work she slept through the night.

Tales of A Working Mother: Family Unfriendly

Pork-stuffed breadsticks and rice-paper peanut brittle are just a few of the delicacies prepared by sidewalk chefs in Vietnam.

President Bush's 2008 budget includes $66 million for an upgrade of sewage treatment on the San Diego-Tijuana border, but none of the money will go to the proposed Bajagua project. KPBS's Alan Ray rep

Two environmental groups want a judge to stop a weekend off-road vehicle event near the Salton Sea. The event drew 400 vehicles last year to the area just west of Salton City. KPBS reporter Ed Joyce h

Housing slumped in 2006 after several years of double-digit annual growth in many sections of the country. The slowdown has led to an uptick in foreclosures and layoffs in the construction industry. But the pain, so far, seems fairly contained. And many economists believe the U.S. has avoided a worst-case crash landing in real estate.