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India's Hindu nationalists say they've drastically cut crime in Uttar Pradesh, where key elections are underway. Human rights advocates say there's been a spike in police brutality against minorities.

Iowa is out and Michigan is in. Democrats vote overwhelmingly to change the party's primary calendar but even with widespread support, challenges remain.

For the first time in history, all 10 acts on the "Billboard Top 10" are black. Nine of the 10 are rap acts, and the top spot is held by Pop/R&B songstress Beyonce and Dancehall Reggae star Sean Paul.

No album in the history of the Billboard album chart has ever had a longer gap between stints at No. 1. Elsewhere, Christmas music dominates for one last week.

A bridesmaid dashed to a neighboring home looking for sewing supplies, but got one better — a master tailor. A Syrian refugee had only been in Canada for four days. He was thrilled to save the day.

Republican Brian Bilbray won a special election Tuesday for the San Diego seat in the U.S. House of Representatives vacated by Randy "Duke" Cunningham. The former incumbent went to jail for bribery earlier this year, so Democrats had hoped the district might be vulnerable. But Bilbray won with barely half the vote.

The new faces on stage personified the change. Three were in their 30s, four in their 40s, with six women, five people of color and an Indiana mayor who mentioned his husband in his first answer.

A Marine and his buddies joined the mob that entered the Capitol on Jan. 6. They were not the only Marines there. NPR asked the Corps' top officer a question: Do the Marines have an extremism problem?

So-called "rational Republicans" want conservatives to vote for moderates or Dems to save democracy. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Republican former NJ Gov. and EPA Admin. Christine Todd Whitman.

Some Republican-led states are going against a broader trend and restricting who can participate in primary elections, in an effort to have more ideological purity among their nominees.