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People who have easy access to firearms are about three times more likely to kill themselves than people who don't have access to guns, a recent study from the University of California, San Francisco indicates.

When Deciding To Live Means Avoiding Guns

When a 23-year-old who has tried to kill himself visits family, he must mentally prepare to resist hurting himself with their guns, he says. Gun access can make suicidal impulses harder to fend off.

Some 15 percent of the seafood that's wasted in the U.S. is lost en route from sea to consumer, often because it spoils or is discarded as scraps.

We Leave Half Of All Our Seafood On The Table (And In The Trash)

Each year American consumers buy and then never eat 1.3 billion pounds of fish and shellfish, according to a new study. Fishermen, retailers and processors waste a lot of fish, too.

34 And Maybe More: Class Action Lawsuits Pile Up Against VW

So far, 34 lawsuits have been filed against VW for selling diesel cars that cheat emissions tests. NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Mona Chalabi of FiveThirtyEight.com about similar class-action lawsuits.

A law enforcement officer stands watch as emergency vehicles clog a road near Delta State University after an active shooter was reported in Cleveland, Miss., on Monday. One person died in the shooting and classes were cancelled.

Suspect In Delta State University Shooting Dead, Authorities Say

A deputy county coroner tells NPR that professor Eric Schmidt was shot in the head. Lamb is also a suspect in a woman's death.

Doro Steffansson, a political scientist from Germany, has joined the volunteer group No Borders, which has set up camp in the forest and been cooking for migrants in Slovenia. She tracks the flow of more than 50,000 migrants across the Croatia-Slovenia border.

In A Slovenian Forest, Volunteers Make It Their Mission To Feed Refugees

The volunteers, who have come from as far away as Australia, have set up a makeshift kitchen, where they cook thousands of hot meals and shuttle them to refugee camps.

Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee speaks during the CNN Democratic presidential debate Tuesday in Las Vegas.

Fundraising Downers Don't Portend Well For Many Campaigns

For several White House hopefuls, their third-quarter fundraising numbers didn't bring good news and could be an ominous sign for their future.

Koch Political Network Expanding 'Grass-Roots' Organizing

The groups funded by the Koch brothers have run lots of TV ads, but now they're making a big community-organizing push. They have the money to do it, too, vowing to spend almost $1 billion for 2016.

An election worker resets a voting machine as a voter waits in 2008. Many of the country's machines were replaced after the 2000 election, but are now reaching the end of their useful lives.

Voting Machines Are Aging, But Don't Expect Congress To Pay To Replace Them

Machines purchased after the 2000 presidential election are nearing the end of their useful lives. It could cost $1 billion to replace them, but Congress has shown no signs of footing the bill.

Europe's Migrant Crisis Spreads Ashore As Refugees Enter Bulgaria On Foot

Migrants from Syria and other nations are fleeing to Europe not just by sea but also over land via Turkey. In Bulgaria, one of the European Union's poorest nations, about 1,000 people used to cross the border in a year. Last weekend alone, 650 people tried to cross, most of them unsuccessfully.A version of this story originally aired on All Things Considered on June 17, 2015.

SuperPACs Report Their Funds — And The Numbers Are Staggering

SuperPACs released their latest funding numbers Friday, and already it's clear that the committees' roles in 2016 will be gargantuan.

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