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Karen Irvin from McLean County Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense says a survivor isn't necessarily always a person who's been injured by a gun incident physically, but anybody whose life has been impacted by gun violence and trauma.

The vice president's visit has included a visit to a COVID-19 lab and a bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron.

A Chinese town on the border with Myanmar is at the center of a fiery debate online about who must shoulder the costs of China's strict COVID-19 policies.

Activists and world leaders have taken the opportunity over the past two weeks to deliver powerful speeches about the future of the planet.

Justin Bibb, 34, won his race the same day voters amended the city charter to strengthen civilian oversight of the Cleveland Police Department.

While superPACs are turning out to be some of the biggest moneymakers this election season, President Obama, so far, has stayed old school. He is raising funds for his traditional campaign committee, Obama for America, and a party fund that he can use.

Fred Goodwin, whose knighthood was revoked, joins the likes of a Romanian dictator, a Zimbabwean strongman and art historian-turned-Soviet-spy. Melissa Block and Audie Cornish detail the circumstances behind some of the men who were once knights.

Audie Cornish talks to Mike Inchalik about the late John D. Lowry, a technology innovator whose work restored classic films such as Casablanca and Gone with the Wind to a pristine state for DVD release. Inchalik was Lowry's business partner and friend for 15 years.

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta says U.S. troops hope to begin transitioning from a combat role in Afghanistan to a role that focuses on training Afghan troops instead. The transition could happen sooner than expected — possibly by mid- to late-2013. U.S. troops would still remain in Afghanistan through at least the end of 2014, however. Audie Cornish talks to NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman, who has the latest.

Senate Democrats are calling for a probe into superPAC fundraising. The announcement comes a day after release of the new political action committees' fourth-quarter 2011 fundraising, and after Republican Mitt Romney's Florida primary victory — which was fueled in part by superPAC ads.