In response to a recent series of peeper and prowler incidents on and around campus, university police have issued a crime alert urging residents to exercise caution and vigilance. Read more...

A UCLA professor has vowed to stop experimenting on animals as a result of pressure from animal rights activists, UCLA officials and one activist group said. Read more...

Gilberto Cota practiced medicine in Mexicali, Mexico for three years before coming to the United States. But when he arrived in the country, the 32-year-old was unable to become a licensed doctor without completing the United States Medical Licensing Exam, so instead he worked as a diabetes care coordinator. Read more...

During its most recent meeting, the undergraduate student government spent a whole four hours discussing opinions on the conflict between Israel and Lebanon. Councilmembers spent most of their meeting ironing out the details of their position on the current violence in the Middle East. Read more...

Former President Bill Clinton asserted in a press conference Aug. 1 that there is incontrovertible proof of humanity’s influence on the environment, which will soon cause a series of catastrophic changes to the global climate. Read more...

For women who find daily birth control pills inconvenient, implantable contraceptives may be a new solution to their problems. A contraceptive rod called Implanon was approved by the Food and Drug Administration last month, making the implant available to American women in the near future. Read more...