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British parliamentarians are angry that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has turned down a request to appear from a committee examining who had access to his companies data.

The Federal Trade Commission is looking into whether Facebook violated a consent decree by enabling third parties to access users' information without their permission. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with former FTC official Jessica Rich about the investigation, and other measures the government could take to police how tech giants safeguard users' privacy.

A Japanese company is proposing a venture to create on-demand meteor showers using small spheres dropped from a satellite. Scientists aren't really keen to the idea.

Peru's President Pablo Kuczynski stepped down last week, ahead of an impeachment vote. He faced corruption allegations. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with journalist Simeon Tegel about what this means for the region.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Bill Burns about the 27 countries that are removing Russian diplomats in response to a nerve-agent attack on British soil.

The vote by the all-Republican Board of Supervisors is the latest sign of a backlash against a state law designed to protect immigrants from deportation.

The attorney general announced a separate inquiry to review of policies, procedures and practices at the Sacramento Police Department to identify ways to achieve safer outcomes.

The visit, kept tightly under wraps, comes just ahead of a planned summit between Kim and President Trump. Both Kim and Chinese leader Xi Jinping affirmed commitment to North Korea's denuclearization.

Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, speaking at a news conference in Brussels, said the alliance was withdrawing the accreditation of seven staffers of the Russian mission.

The ex-Arizona sheriff, who was jailed for criminal contempt before being pardoned by President Trump, says he has "100 percent" proof that former President Barack Obama's birth certificate is fake.