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Engineers: Lives lost in Mexico quake could have been saved

MEXICO CITY – Warm lighting would enhance the wood floors’ natural glow, the developer promised, so when all the custom lightbulbs burnt out, Anahi Abadia and her husband grudgingly drove to...

Collapsed Mexico school raises questions about quake codes

MEXICO CITY – On paper at least, the Mexico City school appeared to be structurally sound and built to withstand a major earthquake. But it collapsed, killing 26 people, most of them childre...

White House denies plan to use Guard

Memo proposed using troops to assist with immigration arrests in 11 states

Feds’ failures imperil migrant children in U.S.

LOS ANGELES – As tens of thousands of children fleeing violence in Central America crossed the border in search of safe harbor, overwhelmed U.S. officials weakened child protection policies,...

Female vets struggling with the VA as well

Women receiving care has more than doubled since 2000

California may reverse course on water

SAN FRANCISCO – Water has flowed from Northern California’s snow-capped peaks to the south’s parched cities ever since the California Aqueduct was built in the 1960s. Now, amid one of the wo...

Water: Fracking’s mounting cost

Fracking fuels water fights in driest regions

BLM postpones Calif. gas, oil auctions

SAN FRANCISCO – Federal land managers have postponed all gas and oil lease auctions in California until October, citing budget problems and low staffing as well as the toll of environmental ...