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Only days after Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan signed a law further criminalizing homosexuality, police have reportedly started rounding up gay men in Africa's most populous country. Host Michel Martin learns more from the BBC's Tomi Oladipo in Lagos.

Retail analysts say more data breaches like the hits on Target and Neiman Marcus are coming. A new report details how hackers "with ties to the former Soviet Union" stay ahead with "innovation and a high degree of skill."

Eight days after a chemical spill led authorities to warn 300,000 people not to use the water coming from their taps, the all-clear has been given. Only those in a few small towns are still being cautioned.

Your weekly roundup of tech headlines from NPR and publications around the country, including more credit card security breaches and the latest developments with the "Internet of Things." We asked what was in the hacked fridge, but — spoiler alert (pun intended) — we didn't find out.

The defrockings reportedly took place before the election of Pope Francis in March of 2013. The data was reportedly collected to help church officials testify before a U.N. panel.

As Sasheer Zamata prepares to make her debut this weekend as SNL's first African-American female cast member in six years, controversy over her hiring may add to the pressure she already faces.

The civil war in Syria is a confusing mix of rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad's forces, al-Qaida aligned fighters and the regime's army.

A union that represents 7,000 New Orleans teachers fired after Hurricane Katrina is expecting a flurry of phone calls. Word is quickly spreading of the…

The conservative base of the Republican Party, long skeptical of Gov. Chris Christie because of his bro-hug with President Obama after Superstorm Sandy, is beginning to rally to his side.

Venezuela is running out of newsprint and newspapers are shutting down. Media outlets say that it's another form of harassment by a government that often doesn't like what independent media reports.