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NPR's Ted Clark reports the death of Pol Pot does not close the book on the Khmer Rouge's crimes against humanity. U.S. officials still seek to bring to justice many of Pol Pot's lieutenants who were eager and willing participants in the brutal genocide that their movement orchestrated.

More than social media: The WhatsApp outage affected small businesses worldwide

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Ayman El Tarabishy, professor at George Washington University, about how Facebook's outage earlier this week halted work for businesses who rely on WhatsApp worldwide.

Just off a multi state tour, the duo Stone and Snow has a new album out, "We Were Made for these Times."

Stone and Snow: We were made for these times

You might think that the titular song, ‘We Were Made for These Times,’ on the new album from Bloomington-Normal based singer-songwriter duo Stone and Snow would be a nod to the pandemic. You’d be only partly right. The song, and the rest of the songs on the new offering from Karen Bridges and Clint Thomson were written in 2017, along with the material for their last album.

Flowers, shoes and moccasins sit on the steps of the main entrance of the former Mohawk Institute, which was a residential school for Indigenous kids, in Brantford, Ontario. The memorial is to honor the children whose remains were discovered in unmarked graves in recent months in Canada.

Communities plan to search for more Indigenous children's remains in Canada

Thousands of Indigenous children in Canada died in the custody of boarding schools meant to assimilate them. Communities are searching for their remains.

A 2018 survey found about 43% of teens said they feel pressure to only post content on social media that makes them look good to others.

Whistleblower's testimony has resurfaced Facebook's Instagram problem

Teen users of the platform say it fosters feelings of inadequacy and insecurity — especially among girls.

Abu Zubaydah, who has never been charged, has been held at Guantanamo Bay for more than 20 years. He is at the center of Wednesday's case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court considers whether the CIA's black sites are state secrets

The case's central issue concerns whether a Guantánamo Bay detainee who has never been charged with a crime can subpoena testimony from the CIA contractors who supervised his torture.

The Texas State Capitol in Austin is seen on Saturday.

Texas legislation would allow partisan actors to request election audits

The bill would allow county party leaders, candidates, judges and political committees to formally ask the Texas secretary of state's office to review any "irregularities" in an election.

"Borrowers who devote a decade of their lives to public service should be able to rely on the promise of Public Service Loan Forgiveness," U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said on Wednesday.

What borrowers need to know about the Public Service Loan Forgiveness overhaul

On Wednesday, the U.S. Education Department said it would temporarily relax some of the program's rules. The changes could lead to loan cancellation for tens of thousands of borrowers.

Hearing about Facebook was billed as focusing on protecting kids online

It's grabbed a lot of headlines, but the evidence on social media and teen mental health — including that Facebook and Instagram research — is far from a smoking gun.

COVID-19 survivors gather in New York and place stickers representing lost relatives on a wall, in remembrance of those who've died during the pandemic.

COVID deaths leave thousands of U.S. kids grieving parents or primary caregivers

Roughly 175,000 children in the U.S. have lost one or both parents or a grandparent caregiver to COVID-19, according to a new study. The majority come from racial and ethnic minority groups.

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