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The Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia has the potential to upend the 2016 election. NPR takes a look at what signal the president might send with his choice to succeed Scalia, and how the public might react to Republican leaders vowing to not to confirm anyone.

As the annual event kicks off today, we revisit our talk with the 2015 judge for Best in Show at Westminster, David Merriam.

A new Supreme Court ruling means thousands of juvenile offenders who were given life without parole could now have a shot at release. Youth Radio's Sayre Quevedo has the story.

Skate boards took their final turns in one of the nation's best known skate parks this weekend. "Love Park" in Philadelphia is being bulldozed in preparation for a new park with less concrete and more plantings. Skateboarders said Love Park was ideal for their sport, so good they kept going even when the city banned them. Philly relented and gave them the weekend for some final runs before the demolition began.

Justice Antonin Scalia's death comes just weeks before the Supreme Court hears its biggest abortion case in a decade. The reach of that decision is likely to be impacted by his absence.

For the first time in his presidential campaign, Republican candidate Jeb Bush brought former President George W. Bush on the campaign trail Monday at an event in North Charleston, S.C.

The awards themselves went more or less as expected. But two performances, one from Broadway's Hamilton and one an extended medley by Kendrick Lamar, overwhelmed everything that surrounded them.

Celebrity news website TMZ operates a lot like an intelligence agency, according to a piece in The New Yorker. Mary Louise Kelly talks to Nicholas Schmidle about TMZ's reporting tactics.

David Greene talks to author Diane Les Becquets about her new novel Breaking Wild which vividly evokes Colorado's rugged backcountry.

Record of the Year went to Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk," featuring Bruno Mars. Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge won Song of the Year for "Thinking Out Loud." And Taylor Swift's 1989 won for Album of the Year.