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Alberto Carvalho, the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, comments on a cyberattack on the LAUSD information systems at a news conference on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022.

A cyberattack hits the Los Angeles School District, raising alarm across the country

The ransomware attack on the country's second-largest school district sounded alarms across the country, from urgent talks with the White House and the National Security Council.

Rescuers remove rubble at the maternity ward of the Vilniansk Multidisciplinary Hospital in Ukraine, one of the countries experiencing an increase in violence against health-care workers.

2022 was the worst year on record for attacks on health care workers

A new report from the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition documents almost 2,000 incidents in 2022: "a shockingly violent year against health care, especially in Ukraine and in Myanmar."

A man wears his mask as he walks past a sign posted on a storefront reminding people to wear masks, on February 25, 2022 in Los Angeles. Los Angeles ends its indoor mask mandate on February 25 for fully vaccinated people with proof of vaccination. Masks are still required for unvaccinated people or those who cannot show proof of a negative test.

With mask mandates expiring, businesses bet on their own policies

Mask mandates are going away around the country, so shops and restaurants are developing their own policies based on personal choice and risk tolerance.

<em>Citizen Kane</em> made Orson Welles a superstar. But his next movie, <em>The Magnificent Ambersons,</em> was edited into incoherence by the studio. Some 80 years later, a Welles fan is taking matters into his own hands. Welles is pictured above in London in May 1973.

An Orson Welles film was horribly edited — will cinematic justice finally be done?

Citizen Kane made Orson Welles a superstar. But his next movie, The Magnificent Ambersons, was edited into incoherence by the studio. Now, a Welles fan has used animation to recreate lost footage.

Fans from a county of San Diego cool zone in this undated photo.

San Diego County opens Cool Zones program for season

The program will run through Oct. 31. Sites include the county's 33 library branches, community centers and other locations across the county.

A general view showing buildings shrouded by polluted air in Seoul on April 12, 2023.

Here's how NPR reporters around the world are dealing with air pollution

As Canada and parts of the U.S. confront declines in air quality due to smoke from Canadian wildfires, NPR reporters in Asia, Latin America and Africa share their experiences.

A work called Nyan Cat by Chris Torres sold for $590,000 recently. It's part of growing interest in digital assets, known as non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, that are generating millions of dollars in sales every day.

What's An NFT? And Why Are People Paying Millions To Buy Them?

The latest Internet hype is about a thing that doesn't really exist. Some collectors are spending millions of dollars on these digital items called non-fungible tokens, or NFTs.

A person (bottom) is detained after throwing an apparent "smoke bomb" in Wakayama on April 15, 2023, where Japan's prime minister was due to give a speech.

Japanese PM Kishida unharmed after explosion heard at port where he was due to speak

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was in the city of Wakayama, stumping for a candidate in upcoming by-elections when an explosion was heard. At least one person has been detained.

From the outside, <em>The Source</em> in the 1990s was the gold standard in hip-hop. But from the inside, Kim Osorio discovered it was something more grimy: an entrenched boys' club that normalized sexism.

'Is this what it had to be?'

In 2005, Kim Osorio sued The Source for gender discrimination, sexual harassment and hostile work environment, retaliation, defamation. Responses to the case reinforced hip-hop's culture of silence.

Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas was 16 when she turned in a historic performance in London. Now she wants to return, eyeing the 2024 Paris Olympics. Douglas is seen here in 2020.

A legendary coach applauds Gabby Douglas as she aims for the Paris 2024 Olympics

The last time a female gymnast over age 20 won gold in the Olympics' landmark all-around was in 1972. Douglas took gold in that event in 2012.

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