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The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse in what an attorney said was the largest single child sex abuse settlement with a Catholic archdiocese.

Activists in Syria say there is a growing humanitarian crisis in a former rebel stronghold in the central city of Homs. Rebel forces withdrew from the area on Thursday. Now the Syrian army has moved in and the government continues to deny access to aid agencies, including the International Red Cross.

Amanda Knox spent nearly four years in prison for a murder she didn't commit. Her memoir is Free. Ken Tucker reviews new albums by Lucy Dacus and Jeffrey Lewis. Graham discusses youth violence.

Patrons often forget clothes at Hsu Husiu-e and Chang Wan-ji's laundry in Taiwan. Their grandson came up with a fun way to use the lost laundry, and launched the couple to Instagram fame.

Hayden was appointed by then-President Obama in 2016 and was the first woman and first African American to serve in the role.

Chubb Ltd.'s Century Indemnity Company said it would contribute to the fund to settle more than 82,000 claims as part of a bankruptcy reorganization ordered in August.

A new report released by an American security firm alleges the Chinese military is linked to extensive cyberattacks against American corporations and government agencies. Is China engaged in cyberwarfare? How should the Obama Administration respond to cybersecurity threats?

Federal workers who took the Trump administration's buyout offer come off the payroll at the end of September. Now some are confronting fear, regret and uncertainty as they figure out what's next.

When Ting-Yi Oei, an assistant principal at Freedom High School, in South Riding, Va., tried to investigate a sexting incident at his school, he never imagined that ultimately, he would be arrested and charged with possession of child pornography. The charges were tossed out by a judge earlier this month. Ting-Yi Oei talks about his case, and how it raises a number of issues, including questions of how the law is being used to go after sexting offenses.

NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group.