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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting starts today in Dallas. Bishops will set new sex abuse guidelines and decide what to do about past cover-ups. Meanwhile, Catholics across the country are wondering how the Bishops Conference will stop church sexual abuse and make their bishops more accountable. NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports.

The strategy for rebuilding Iraq must now take into account the increasingly sophisticated and organized attacks on Americans -- and Iraqis who cooperate with them. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Major General Robert Scales Ret., military consultant to NPR, and Michael Vickers, director of Strategic Studies, at the Center for Stratetgic and Budgetary Assessments.

In his new book, reporter and author Peter Bergen paints a portrait of Osama bin Laden by stitching together oral and written accounts of those who knew him well.

Charitable gun raffles have proliferated in recent years as fundraisers for law enforcement and civic organizations. But recent mass shootings have caused some organizers to postpone or cancel.

Criminals around the world are discovering tools that let them spy on hundreds of thousands of people over the Internet. And they're stealing credit card numbers, bank account passwords, and other sensitive information in much greater numbers. NPR's Chris Arnold reports.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Panama to discuss the Canal. Amid this high-profile visit, Panamanians have been turning to El Gallinazo, an account that posts satirical takes on the news.

A bill that would give families savings accounts to pay for private school tuition passed another hurdle Wednesday.

The social media platform also dropped the "state-affiliated" label from propaganda outlets in Russia and China.

The Department of the Interior, or DOI, is asking a federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action complaint brought forth by the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes and the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California over federal Indian boarding schools.

The first civil trial seeking to hold a pharmaceutical company accountable for the opioid crisis has finished its first week in Oklahoma.

It's a first step in what Rohingya victims see as their best — and perhaps only — opportunity to hold the perpetrators of these acts accountable.

Facebook is targeting the Russia-based Internet Research Agency — the "troll factory" that is under indictment for interfering in the 2016 U.S. election.