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A seal in a viral video was probably just messing around with its food. Researchers say sea lions don't care enough about humans to want to slap one of us with an octopus.

Facebook says a vulnerability allowed attackers to gain full access to some users' accounts; it's not yet clear whether any accounts were actually misused. The company says the problem has been fixed.

State Rep. Kiah Morris announced in August that she would not be seeking re-election, but now she is resigning early, as a result of "continued harassment" and her husband's health issues.

Macomb Mayor Mike Inman has taken on another leadership position. He is the newly elected president of the Illinois Municipal League, which is a leading…

In this moving video, a daughter comes to terms with the death of her mother, set to John Prine's wistful ode to the season's close.

The Anglo-American School in St. Petersburg, a beloved institution in part of the expat community, had to shut following the closure of the U.S. and British consulates.

In 2012, a Justice Department probe shut down law firms that helped Chinese asylum-seekers fabricate or inflate claims of persecution. The clients were left alone, but now 13,500 may have to leave.

Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Sen. Chris Coons, who says he was struck by the Supreme Court nominee's partisan dispute during Thursday's testimony. NPR's Mara Liasson comments on the conversation.

When three inmates escaped Alcatraz in 1962 they used fake heads to fool the prison guards. Now, the FBI has re-created the heads in order to preserve the history of an escape that is still unsolved.

The giant panda named Bei Bei at Smithsonian's National Zoo somersaults down a snow-covered hill. He climbs trees and dangles from branches. He luxuriates on a snow-dusted bed of bamboo.