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<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?-->The handgun sales counter at Northwest Armory in Portland, Ore.

In Campaign For Tougher Gun Laws, Advocates Focus On States

Frustrated with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, gun control advocates have been focusing on changing state laws in recent years. It's a model similar to what worked for marriage equality in America.

A woman fills her car with gas in Woodbridge, Va., on Tuesday. Supplies of crude oil and refined gasoline have driven prices at the pump down, and they're expected to go even lower.

If You Like Cheap Gasoline, January May Be Your Lucky Month

Prices already are averaging less than $2 a gallon nationwide, and a new report shows gasoline inventories are surging. Experts say that sets the stage for more price drops in coming days.

House To Vote On Bill Repealing Affordable Care Act

The U.S. House will vote Wednesday on a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The Senate has already passed it, but President Obama has vowed to veto it.

Virginia Wood Powers Green Energy Transition

The evolution of green energy in this country looks very different from one state to the next. The Southwest has plenty of sunshine. The Midwest gets…

Ken Griffey Jr. Elected To Major League Baseball Hall of Fame

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Jonah Keri of Sports Illustrated about who was voted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday.

An investor rests in front of a dark electronic board at a Beijing brokerage house after China suspended trading Thursday for the second time this week.

U.S. Markets Slump After Chinese Stocks Plunge; China Suspends 'Circuit Breaker'

With U.S. stock prices already seeing their worst three-day opening for a year since 2008, China's trading day lasted less than 30 minutes Thursday.

<strong>Eat This, Not That:</strong> The U.S. government's latest Dietary Guidelines call on Americans to eat more vegetables and fruits, more seafood and whole grains, and to cool it on foods high in sugar, refined grains, sodium and saturated fats.<strong></strong>

New Dietary Guidelines Crack Down On Sugar. But Red Meat Gets A Pass

An advisory panel had recommended telling Americans to cut back on red and processed meats. But that controversial advice is missing from the update to the government's official nutrition guidelines.

A macaque took this self-portrait in 2011 with a camera owned by photographer David Slater. PETA says the monkey owns the copyright; Slater says he does. The U.S. Copyright Office says no one can, and a federal judge has now said it would be up to Congress to extend copyright privileges to animals.

Monkey Can't Own Copyright To His Selfie, Federal Judge Says

A district judge in San Francisco said that Congress and the president can choose to "extend the protection of law to animals as well as humans" — but that for now, no, monkeys can't own copyrights.

VaNews: Gun for Sale, Dangerous Bedbug Remedy

A new strategy for killing bedbugs has gotten the attention of the Richmond Fire Department. And, the Town of Amherst has a gun for sale. But if you're…

Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, seen here in a photo held by Mexico's attorney general, Arely Gomez, last July, has been recaptured, Mexico's president says.

Mexico Has Recaptured Drug Kingpin 'El Chapo'

Nearly six months after his most recent escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico, drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán has been caught, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announced.

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