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Seven human services employees were fired after a string of fraud and theft — and the largest data breach in agency history.

For 11 minutes Thursday evening, President Trump's Twitter account was deactivated. It was caused by a Twitter employee on their last day of work, the company said.

The two Pricewaterhousecoopers accountants involved in the Best Picture snafu on Sunday will not be invited back to future Academy Awards.

Update, 7:09 a.m. Tuesday A white Dallas police officer said she didn't realize she was in the wrong apartment until after she shot her black neighbor...

Called "buy-now, pay-later" loans, they essentially work the way they sound. Shoppers borrow money to buy goods then pay the loan back over time, often interest-free. Experts share risks and benefits.

But the country with the highest prevalence of modern-day slavery is Mauritania. That's according to a report released Thursday by the Walk Free Foundation, an anti-slavery group. The numbers are in line with previous estimates from the U.N. and the State Department.

Nuon Chea, the No. 2 leader in the genocidal Cambodian regime, and head of state Khieu Samphan are on trial for genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1970s.

Britain remains on its highest state of alert, a day after the arrest of 24 people suspected of plotting to blow up a number of airplanes heading to the United States. As part of the investigation into the alleged plot, the Bank of England froze the assets of 19 of the suspects.

Investigative journalists say they have evidence that Vladimir Putin's associates and relatives have millions in offshore accounts. Mary Louise Kelly talks to Andrew Roth of The Washington Post.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Emily Glazer of The Wall Street Journal about the 113-page report into Wells Fargo's practices that was released on Monday. The bank's board said that it would claw back millions from executives who were complicit in high-pressure sales tactics.