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Sri Lanka government officials shut down social media in the wake of the attacks. Such moves are more common and signal how tech companies struggle to maintain control of who uses their platforms.

Experts say such propaganda sows divisions within society by confirming beliefs. Facebook, Google and Twitter officials are testifying this week about Russian influence on the 2016 election.

Videos suggesting that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was drunk and slurring her words went viral. They were proven to be fake but the damage was done. Should Facebook have taken them down?

Home foreclosure filings in the U.S. have fallen to their lowest levels in more than six years. They're down more than 20 percent from last year, according to the company RealtyTrac. Inexpensive mortgages and a rising demand for homes seem to be at play here.

The Senate's failure to move forward on creating a bipartisan commission to look into the Jan. 6th insurrection shows how much influence the former president still has on the GOP.

The House panel hearing on Thursday focused on the role of conservative lawyer John Eastman, who pushed a theory that former Vice President Mike Pence could overturn the election results unilaterally.

Apex the Stegosaurus was sold for $44.6 million at auction Wednesday, breaking the record for most expensive dinosaur fossil.

President Gen. Pervez Musharraf will seek a new five-year term in elections scheduled for Oct. 6, brushing aside opposition objections and concerns about his waning popularity. Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup, has signaled his intension to resign his post as army chief if re-elected.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Elora Mukherjee of Columbia Law about the impact of the U.S. visa policy reversal on international students and what's at stake beyond elite universities.

Brazilian authorities arrested over 1,500 people following Sunday's assault on top government buildings by supporters of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, who's taken temporary residence in the U.S.