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Pedro Galindez Casillas looks at a destroyed house in the Playita neighborhood. Just five percent of the island has working electricity from the hurricane-devastated grid.

Slowly, Painfully, A San Juan Neighborhood Sees Small Signs Of Improvement

Like in many other parts of Puerto Rico, cell service is slowly returning and waters are receding in Playita after Maria's devastation. But for the residents there, the progress is painfully slow.

Facebook has become so powerful that, for some people, having a Facebook account is more important than a driver's license. But when you lose that account, there's no recourse.

Building, And Losing, A Career On Facebook

What a meme-maker and an investigative journalist teach us about the power of the Facebook empire, and how its opaque decisions harm real people.

City Councilwoman Sherri Lightner and Raise Up San Diego organizer Norma Rodriguez gather at the "Don't Sign It" campaign launch to discourage voters from signing petitions to force a referendum on the minimum wage increase.

San Diego's Minimum Wage Measure Wins Easily

The battle over Proposition I — the measure to raise San Diego's minimum wage — was expected to be contentious but fizzled after a state law superseded it.

Haney Hong appears in this undated photograph, courtesy of his consulting firm.

A New Vision For The San Diego County Taxpayers Association

Haney Hong, a small business owner and Navy Reservist, took over as president and CEO of the San Diego County Taxpayers Association.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions waits for the beginning of a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on November 14, 2017, on Washington, D.C.

'Chaos' Is At The Heart Of The Trump Camp's Defense. But It Can Cut Both Ways

Campaign aides and administration officials have said the 2016 campaign was so frantic things happened almost too fast to consider. Does that strengthen their case in the Russia investigations?

Bella and Will Doolittle started a podcast to tell their story about Bella's struggle with early-onset Alzheimer's.

To Help Others, One Couple Talks About Life With Early-Onset Alzheimer's

More than 200,000 Americans live with early-onset Alzheimer's, with dementia-like symptoms developing in their 40s and 50s. The disease can put an unexpected strain on relationships and finances.

Russian official Alexander Torshin, appearing in Moscow in 2016, was sanctioned by the U.S. government in April, suspending years of travel back to 2009 during which he cultivated ties with American conservatives.

Documents Reveal How Russian Official Courted Conservatives In U.S. Since 2009

President Trump and Sarah Palin were among figures on the right targeted by outreach from Alexander Torshin, a Russian official recently sanctioned by the U.S., according to documents obtained by NPR.

A woman checks her cellphone as she waits in line to enter the Supreme Court on Wednesday to hear arguments in Carpenter v. United States about the government's access to cellphone data.

Justices May Impose New Limits On Government Access To Cellphone Data

In arguments at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, a majority of justices raised concerns about privacy in the modern digital age.

The FBI issued a series of "wanted" posters for Russians accused of cyber crimes Wednesday, including Igor Anatolyevich Suschin, who is alleged to be a Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officer.

U.S. Indicts 2 Russian Security Officials Over Yahoo Hack

The two defendants are officers of the Russian Federal Security Service, or FSB. They were indicted along with two criminal hackers over a 2014 breach involving at least 500 million Yahoo accounts.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Saturday. Tillerson acknowledged the U.S. has direct contact with North Korea over its nuclear program. China is seen as crucial in helping to avert a military confrontation.

U.S. In Direct Contact With North Korea: 'We Do Talk To Them,' Tillerson Says

"We have lines of communications to Pyongyang," Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said. The State Department later said North Korean officials are not "ready for talks regarding denuclearization."

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