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Marsy's Law supporters in a statehouse hallway in Concord. They aim to amend the New Hampshire Constitution to include more rights for crime victims.

How One Group Is Pushing Victims' Rights Laws Across The Country

Methodically moving state by state, a group funded by a California billionaire is working its way toward adding a victims' rights amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Charlie Walk, former president of Republic Records, left the company after a sexual misconduct investigation. Here, he's speaking on the TV show The Four, where he was a panelist.

Record Company Executive Out Following Sexual Misconduct Investigation

Charlie Walk, former president of Republic Records, is leaving the company. Republic tells NPR Music that they "have mutually agreed to part ways."

A document developed by a New York end-of-life agency permits people who want to avoid the ravages of advanced dementia to make their final wishes known — while they still have the ability to do so. One version requests that all food and fluids be withheld under certain circumstances.

'Aggressive' Advance Directive Permits Halting Food And Water In Severe Dementia

Supporters call this right-to-die proposal the strongest move yet to document a person's advance wishes in cases of severe dementia. Critics say it would deny basic care to society's most vulnerable.

Power lines make their way over a freeway toward the San Onofre nuclear power plant, June 7, 2013.

As San Onofre's Radioactive Waste Goes Underground, Opponents Search For Alternatives

As the San Onofre nuclear power plant is decommissioned, the twin domes visible from Interstate 5 will disappear. But thousands of highly radioactive spent fuel rods will remain.

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo., accepts a gift of a traditional Ethiopian shirt from Girum Alemayehu at an Ethiopian festival in Denver in August 2016. Coffman has survived multiple tough re-election campaigns in part due to his outreach to various immigrant communities in his district.

Will Trump And Guns Be Enough To Unseat An Endangered House Republican?

Colorado Rep. Mike Coffman is one of the GOP's most battle-tested incumbents. In 2018, President Trump's unpopularity and an energized Democratic base present his toughest hurdles to re-election yet.

David Shulkin was the first nonveteran to lead the Veterans Affairs Department and an Obama appointee — the lone holdover in the Trump White House.

Trump To Replace VA Secretary David Shulkin

The president intends to nominate Navy Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, the White House physician, to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Ambassador Branstad: Trump Position On North Korea Is Clear

David Greene talks to U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's unannounced visit to Beijing and the possibility of a trade war with China.

A statue of Edward Colston towers over a square off Colston Avenue in Bristol, England. A small plaque calls Colston "one of the most virtuous and wise sons" of the city. Officials plan to install another plaque explaining his links to the Atlantic slave trade.

An English City Grapples With The Slave-Trading Past Of Its Most Celebrated Figure

He's known as "one of the most virtuous and wise sons" of Bristol, but the philanthropist Edward Colston made his fortune as a 17th century slave trader. Many want his name erased from city landmarks.

Thousands Evacuate Eastern Ghouta In Syria

After years of siege and bombardment, Syrian rebel groups in the enclave of Eastern Ghouta near the capital Damascus are surrendering one by one.

Attendees cheer a speaker during the Women's March "Power to the Polls" voter registration tour launch in Las Vegas on Jan. 21.

Do Women Candidates Have An Advantage In 2018?

Pollsters say that candidates who are women are uniquely positioned to do well in 2018 — and that many voters choose partly based on gender (even when they don't realize it).

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