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A Brooklyn priest allowed Sabrina Carpenter to film a music video inside his church last year. The ensuing controversy kicked off an investigation that uncovered what the diocese calls a "pattern of serious violations" of its policies.

How a Sabrina Carpenter song led to a priest's demotion for mishandling church funds

Officials say Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello was disciplined for mishandling $1.9 million in parish funds. He faced scrutiny last year for letting Carpenter film a music video at his Brooklyn church.

Snapdragon Stadium configured for a San Diego Wave FC match Sep. 16, 2022.

Wave move final home game because of poor field conditions at Snapdragon Stadium

The team says it will provide details in the future for fans who purchased tickets to the game. The Wave are also planning an official watch party.

A group of more than a dozen states sued TikTok on Tuesday, alleging the app was intentionally designed to addict teens, something authorities say is a violation of state consumer protection laws.

More than a dozen states sue TikTok, alleging it harms kids and is designed to addict them

Lawsuits filed by 14 attorneys general argue that TikTok knowingly exacerbates the youth mental health crisis and places profits over child safety.

A supporter of slain Mayor Alejandro Arcos prays at the entrance of the municipal building one week after he took office in Chilpancingo, Mexico, on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024.

In Mexico, the mayor of a state capital has been killed less than 1 week after he took office

Alejandro Arcos was sworn in last Monday as mayor of Chilpancingo, the capital of Guerrero state, where Acapulco is located.

Host Marty Griffin during his radio talk show in Pittsburgh, where he's been known to highlight problems about downtown.

'People hate that about us.' Pittsburgh politician and radio host forge unlikely bond

The country is at odds over how to approach intractable issues such as crime, addiction and homelessness. In Pittsburgh, an unlikely pair of firebrands talk across the political divide.

Kind Weird Wild uses his poetry to teach students at the High Tech High Mesa campus emotional regulation and self-awareness. He is one of the guest artists working with Poets Underground on the healing curriculum to support mental health, San Diego, Calif., February 21, 2024

Poetry in motion to help students improve their mental health

Poets Underground works with High Tech High Mesa to introduce a new mental health curriculum using the spoken word and the arts.

Eyewitnesses in Gaza say Israel is using sniper drones to shoot Palestinians

NPR has collected multiple eyewitness accounts about small, gun-carrying drones shooting — and sometimes killing — civilians in Gaza. Israel's military has not confirmed whether it uses sniper drones.

Novak Djokovic of Serbia wipes his face against Alexei Popyrin of Australia during a third round match of the U.S. Open tennis championships on Friday.

Defending U.S. Open champion Novak Djokovic knocked out in shock defeat

Djokovic bowed out with a 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 loss to 28th-seeded Alexei Popyrin of Australia, another shocking result at Flushing Meadows one night after Carlos Alcaraz exited.

During William Wilcox's service in the Marines, he fired heavy weapons, including shoulder-mounted missile launchers, hundreds of times. The blast waves from those weapons may have led to an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) in his brain. As a result of the malformation and subsequent surgery, he now has epilepsy, memory problems, and other symptoms.

Two Marines spent years firing heavy weapons. Then came headaches and hemorrhage.

Two Marines suspect that years of firing powerful weapons caused them to develop the same rare, and potentially fatal, brain condition.

Conspiracy theorist and Infowars host Alex Jones owes some $1.5 billion in damages to Sandy Hook families for his lies that the 2012 school shooting never happened.

Going once … going twice: Alex Jones’ cameras, mics, Infowars show, vitamin site

A federal bankruptcy judge has ruled that a plan to sell off the assets of Jones' media company, Free Speech Systems, can move ahead. Net proceeds will go to the Sandy Hook families who Jones defamed.

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