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Colorado is reviewing oil and gas operations after a fatal home explosion was linked to an abandoned, but still leaking, gas line. The tragedy is raising questions about how older wells are regulated.

In Nigeria, government has warned that it will demolish shanties on prime waterfront property. Now thousands of people are homeless.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with cybersecurity expert and former White House Chief Information Officer Theresa Payton about consumer protection against malware and what to do if you're hit with ransomware.

The White House announced today that President Trump's youngest son will attend the private St. Andrew's school in Potomac, Md., ending speculation that Melania and Barron would remain in New York.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Greg Miller of The Washington Post about his reporting that President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador last week.

Microsoft President Brad Smith calls for a "Digital Geneva Convention" under which governments would set limits on the creation of cyberweapons, just like they did for nuclear weapons.

In Japan over the weekend, little ones dressed in sumo outfits were held up on a stage by sumo wrestlers. The infrants' cries are supposed to drive out demons and protect them from troubles.

There's very little law enforcement can do to catch purveyors of ransomware — unless they slip up. The criminals behind the WannaCry attack may have done just that.

A Delaware pizza shop got a call asking if they would deliver to a stuck Amtrak train. Longtime delivery man Jim Leary accomplished the task. Amtrak requested passengers not do that again.

Google security researcher Neel Mehta pointed out similarities between WannaCry and malware used by Lazarus, the group that has been blamed for the Sony Pictures hack of 2014.