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AT&T announced on Friday that cellular customers' text and call data from 2022 was illegally downloaded onto a third-party cloud platform back in April.

AT&T says hackers stole 2022 call and text data from 'nearly all' cell customers

AT&T believes the data, which was stolen in April, is no longer publicly available. Affected current and former customers will be notified by the company but can also check their status online.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday put two social media laws on hold, sending the Texas and Florida cases back to lower courts for more review. Both laws sought to regulate social media platforms.

Supreme Court puts Florida and Texas social media laws on hold

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday has put Florida and Texas social media laws on hold, sending both cases back to lower courts for more review.

A record number of aid workers were killed in global hotspots in 2024, the U.N. says

The Aid Worker Security Database, which has compiled reports since 1997, said the number of killings rose from 293 in 2023 to 383 in 2024, including over 180 in Gaza.

Have We Lost A Constitutional Right In The Fine Print?

New York Times reporter Jessica Silver-Greenberg says many companies' contracts force consumers to settle complaints through arbitration instead of in court, and include bans on class action suits.

Police stand watch Tuesday as protesters gather outside the Parliament building in Reykjavik, Iceland. The prime minister resigned after he was named in the Panama Papers as having set up secret offshore accounts through a shell company that was seeking money from failed Icelandic banks that received government bailout funds.

Fallout From Panama Papers Echoes Around The World

International investigative reporting, powered by a data breach, links titans of business and politics to secret offshore bank accounts. The reports are prompting investigations and public backlash.

Behind The Former Slave Narratives Captured By A New Deal Program

In the 1930s, the Federal Writers' Project collected the narratives of former slaves in the United States. Clint Smith of The Atlantic speaks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about these stories.

On Lumley Beach, after day trippers have headed home, prostitutes look for customers along a 100-yard stretch of road near some of the nicer hotels as well as near the bars and restaurants along the beachfront.

Hissing And Sighing: The Lament Of Sex Workers In Sierra Leone

Ebola has made it harder for the prostitutes who issue a come-hither "hiss" along Lumley Beach. Customers are hard to find, pay is down, and, like everyone, the women are scared of the deadly virus.

Workers unload boxes of mayonnaise for inspection by customs officials at a warehouse in the Venezuelan border town of San Antonio del Táchira.

Venezuela sees some perks of renewed ties with Colombia after years of disputes

Cross-border trade between Colombia and Venezuela has slowly opened up after the countries reengaged following years of bad relations.

U.S. goes after Mexican cartel leaders' drug profits in fight against fentanyl

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen unveiled new financial sanctions against La Nueva Familia Michoacana, part of a Biden administration effort to target and seize fentanyl profits.

Women face disproportionate attacks online. One expert shares some of the details

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with disinformation researcher Nina Jankowicz about her new book, How to Be a Woman Online: Surviving Abuse and Harassment, and How to Fight Back.

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