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Guests bring beverages and food that remind them of loved ones. Amy Pickard provides the "death wine."

One Woman Helps Others Make Sure End-Of-Life Planning Is 'Good To Go'

After dealing with the sudden death of her mother, a Los Angeles woman has taken it upon herself to prepare others to grapple with getting their affairs in order.

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is donating $1.8 billion to his alma mater to help students with financial aid.

Michael Bloomberg Gives $1.8 Billion To Financial Aid At Johns Hopkins University

The donation is the largest individual gift ever made to a single university and is designed to allow the school to be need-blind and loan-free.

Members of MPower Change and allies stand in solidarity for refugee rights on the steps of the Supreme Court before breaking fast.

Standing Up And Breaking Fast: Taking Ramadan Dinner Into The Streets

Iftars are the meals eaten after sunset to break the daily Ramadan fast. Activist Linda Sarsour says Ramadan is a time to be unapologetically Muslim and fight for justice.

Phil Bredesen, the former Democratic governor of Tennessee, is running for the seat now held by Republican Sen. Bob Corker. Bredesen's campaign contacted the FBI on Thursday about a potential breach of its system.

Senate Campaign In Tennessee Fears Hack After Impostor's Emails Request Money

An email sent to the campaign of former Gov. Phil Bredesen seemed to indicate "unauthorized access to campaign-related information," according to a letter sent to the FBI.

Looking at the damage in the aftermath of an explosion at in a rebel-held area of the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib on Monday.

Syria Violence Sends Thousands of Civilians Fleeing 'De-Escalation Zone'

More than 100,000 civilians have had to flee homes and refugee camps because of violence in Idlib province. "Barrel bombs are just falling on the heads of these people," says a civil defense worker.

Texas voters will be required to show government-issued identification in the 2018 election. The law accepts handgun licenses as proof of identification, but not college student IDs.

Texas Voter ID Law Stands For Midterm Elections, Court Rules

Arguments that the law disproportionately affected black and Latino voters were deemed insufficient in the U.S. Circuit Court's decision.

Moose and caribou antlers sit in a corner of the Alaska Fur Exchange in Anchorage. These large, high-quality antlers are unlikely to be cut down into pet chews and are mostly purchased by collectors.

Boom In Antler Pet Chews May Have Opened A Black Market

Hunters are waking up to find their prized antlers have been stolen overnight in Alaska, where online ads offering cash for antlers have proliferated.

North Koreans watched a video screen in Pyongyang showing Korean Central Television news presenter Ri Chun Hee as she announced that the country had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb on Sept. 3, 2017.

What Summit? On North Korean TV, The News Is All About Rice Farming

"There's a big risk for the North Koreans in telegraphing too much to their own people ahead of time," says Martyn Williams, who monitors North Korean TV. "So what they do," he says, "is wait."

Florida Gov. Rick Scott joined a January event on the ongoing relief efforts for those affected by Hurricane Maria in Florida and Puerto Rico. With a growing bloc of voters from the island in Florida, the Republican Scott and Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson have been attacking each other over the issue of relief efforts in Puerto Rico in their high-stakes Senate campaign.

At Issue In Florida Senate Campaign: Who's Fighting For Puerto Rico?

Florida has a growing bloc of Puerto Rican voters in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson and his main challenger, GOP Gov. Rick Scott, are fighting over recovery efforts.

At a news conference on Thursday in Kiev, Arkady Babchenko answered critics of his staged death. Authorities had announced that he had been fatally shot at his home on Tuesday.

'I Chose To Stay Alive,' Says Russian Journalist Who Faked His Death

Arkady Babchenko, fearing for his life, cooperated with Ukrainian authorities to stage his death and capture his would-be killer. Now come the ethical questions.

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