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A new report by the General Accounting Office says that there could be as many as a quarter of a million attempts by computer hackers to access the Defense Department's computer system every year, and more than half of them are successful. NPR's Phillip Davis reports.

Fifty years ago this week, 19 high-ranking officials of Nazi Germany were convicted by the International War Crimes Tribunal in Nuremberg. For the record, we play an excerpt from a newsreel account of the sentencing of Herman Goering, Rudolf Hess and others.

John Parker was a slave, an abolitionist and a businessman. Recently, his memoirs were discovered and published, providing a vivid account of this remarkable man's life. Actor Mississippi Charles Bevel reads excerpts from Parker's book.

An ancient fraternity of assassins, a timid accountant, and Angelina Jolie — in a summer-movie mishmash from the director of the head-trippy vampire opus Night Watch.

Robert Siegel and Linda Wertheimer review news accounts from around the world about the Atlanta Olympics - and the problems the foreign press corps has reported on... problems both large and small.

NPR's Bob Mondello reviews the film Shattered Glass, a fictionalized account of the false, overly creative reporting by magazine journalist Stephen Glass.

"Men can't see the mess." "Women are better at chores." These myths position women to take on more emotional thinking, says researcher Leah Ruppanner. She shares what works to reclaim your headspace.

Last Friday was what the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention called "Don't Fry Day," raising awareness for skin cancer, the most common form of…

Spain's prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, faced a grilling in parliament Thursday over allegations that he accepted bribes for years. His party's former treasurer — now behind bars — says he personally handed the prime minister envelopes stuffed with cash. Rajoy denies it, saying his party leaders did accept payments, but that they were legal — for bonuses and reimbursement of expenses. Opposition leaders are still calling on Rajoy to resign, and many Spaniards are angry.

The social network acknowledged it had held back a report about the most viewed content on its platform in the first three months of 2021.