U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, on the ruling that paves the way for Sandy Hook families to subpoena internal documents on how the gun companies have marketed the AR-15, the weapon in many mass shootings.
Emma Stone, president of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Student Leadership Council, after Pennsylvania lawmakers voted to make the Eastern hellbender salamander the state's official amphibian. Because of hellbenders' sensitivity to pollution, their population has declined, making it an endangered species in some states.
New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, who introduced a bill to ban employers from testing job candidates for pot. It passed the city council and is likely to get Mayor Bill de Blasio's signature.
Tweet after former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld announced that he will run against President Trump for the 2020 Republican nomination.
President Trump, on an idea that he says is being given "strong consideration" because Democrats do not agree with his immigration policies.
Buddy, a 34-year-old man who sleeps at the Las Vegas Courtyard, which -- unlike most homeless shelters -- allows people to stay with their partner, to store their belongings, to have pets and to show up drunk or high.
California Sen. Richard Pan, a pediatrician who introduced a bill to require the state health department to sign off on medical exemptions and to let the department revoke exemptions that are inconsistent with CDC guidelines. Outbreaks of measles -- a once-eradicated disease -- have been reported in more than a dozen states this year.