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Demonstrators march on McDonald's corporate headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill., on Wednesday, demanding a wage increase to $15 per hour.

McMadness: Activists Pile On At McDonald's Shareholders Meeting

From workers calling for higher wages to teachers blasting McDonald's for marketing to kids in schools, a bevy of critics have descended upon the company's headquarters in Illinois this week.

California Attorney General Kamala Harris is shown speaking during a general session at the California Democrats State Convention in Los Angeles on March 8, 2014.

California Attorney General Moves To End Anti-Gay Initiative

Kamala Harris said that she plans to ask a state court for permission to not authorize a proposed ballot initiative that advocates putting to death anyone who engages in sex with a person of the same gender.

Chefs Kerry Heffernan and Tom Colicchio pose for a photo at Bearnaise, a Capitol Hill restaurant, on Tuesday before setting out for a day of lobbying lawmakers.

Mr. Chef Goes To Washington: Cooks Learn To Lobby Congress On Food

As food policy gets more attention in Washington, lobbying groups are training chefs to stir up Congress. The hope is that they'll sway lawmakers on issues like school lunch and GMO labels.

Snip Decision: Africa's Campaign To Circumcise Its Men

A campaign in Africa to prevent HIV has convinced six million teens and men to get circumcised and aims to sign up another 14 million. To do so, health officials must appeal to male vanity.

Jason Wright, seen here during his 15-month deployment to Iraq, served in the military for nine years before resigning last week.

Guantanamo Defense Lawyer Resigns, Says U.S. Case Is 'Stacked'

One of the lawyers for self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed resigned from the Army last week. He tells NPR the government is putting on a "show trial."

This is a 1993 screenshot from Tim Berners-Lee's Nexus browser, which was used to view and edit content on the World Wide Web.

The First Web Page, Amazingly, Is Lost

Ironically, there's one piece of Web history that can't be found online: the very first page. Now, a team at the lab where the World Wide Web was born is on a hunt for old hard drives and floppy disks that might hold copies of the missing files.

Ted Cruz came to NPR headquarters on Tuesday to share his plans on how to protect the U.S. from terrorist attacks and discuss his views on climate change.

Cruz Won't Criticize Trump, But Offers His Own Plan To Bar Refugees

The Texas senator and GOP presidential candidate tells NPR's Steve Inskeep his plan to curb immigration of Middle Eastern refugees — and why he may disagree with but won't criticize Donald Trump.

Cory Briggs is pictured during a KPBS interview, December 2014.

San Diego attorney Cory Briggs has been the subject of a recent series of investigative stories by inewsource. A nonprofit Briggs is associated with has now sued inewsource and its executive director, as well as San Diego State University.

A traditional fisherman in La Paz, Mexico, who works with SmartFish brings sustainable seafood to market. SmartFish was one of the competitors in last week's Fish 2.0 competition.

Entrepreneurs Pitch Sustainable Seafood Ideas. Investors Take The Bait

At Fish 2.0, entrepreneurs get the chance to sell their ideas for modernizing the industry to a roomful of investors and venture capitalists. It's kind of like TV's Shark Tank — for the fish world.

RedState Editor Erick Erickson is asking Republican candidates attending this year's RedState Gathering to focus on what they would do for the country, not what red meat they can throw at Democrats.

RedState Advises Less Meat-Throwing, More Substance In GOP Campaigns

RedState blogger Erick Erickson has asked Republican candidates at his conservative summit to focus on what they would do to shape the nation, rather than bash President Obama and each other.

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