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An archive image shows how the Omegle website appeared in early 2014. That year, a young woman says, Omegle paired her with an older man who exploited her starting from when she was 11 and lasting several years.

Video chat site Omegle shuts down after 14 years — and an abuse victim's lawsuit

At its best, Omegle allowed strangers to connect and share ideas. But, its founder admits, "some people misused it, including to commit unspeakably heinous crimes."

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listening

Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: the 1980s movie Miami Connection, and the podcasts Blank Check and Depresh Mode.

Victims of Juarez migration detention center fire still await restitution 6 months on

Nearly 6 months after a fire at an immigration detention center in Ciudad Juarez killed nearly 40 migrants, survivors and families of the deceased await compensation.

Freed US nationals Emad Shargi (C R) greets a family member as he and 4 others, who were released in a prisoner swap deal between US and Iran, disembark from an airplane at Davison Army Airfield at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, on September 19, 2023. The United States and Iran on September 18, 2023, swapped five prisoners each in one of the arch-foes' first deals in years as Tehran gained access to $6 billion in frozen funds. The five Americans freed by Iran, including one held for eight years, flew out of Tehran in a Qatari jet, hours after the unblocked funds were deposited in accounts also managed by Qatar. (Photo by JONATHAN ERNST / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JONATHAN ERNST/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Can a prisoner swap change the course of U.S. - Iran relations?

Could prisoner swap offer a glimmer of hope on the revival of nuclear talks between the U-S and Iran?

SF County Jail offers free content to prisoners

San Francisco's county jail became the first jail in the nation to provide free access to content like legal resources, e-books and music via tablets to incarcerated people.

Venezuela's leftist leader Maduro makes a play for evangelical voters

Evangelical Christians are often courted by right-wing politicians. But in Venezuela, left-wing President Nicolás Maduro is trying to secure the church's support in the run-up to elections.

A story of student loan forgiveness, 20 years in the making

More than 900,000 federal student loan borrowers are seeing their loans erased after being in repayment for two decades or more.

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing, listening and gaming

Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: the show Baby Reindeer, Chappell Roan's Tiny Desk concert, a podcast about MTV, and retro gaming.

What a 1968 Columbia University protester makes of today's pro-Palestinian encampment

A college professor who protested the Vietnam War in 1968 compares her experiences with the pro-Palestinian protests currently happening at Columbia University.

Deep in debt to smugglers, this migrant girl is struggling to make ends meet

A migrant teen struggles to pay the people who smuggled her into the United States. She'd been working at a fish processing plant that illegally employed underage migrants.

The setting sun illuminates the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 10, 2023.

Supreme Court says 1st Amendment entitles web designer to refuse same-sex wedding work

The court ruled 6-3 long ideological lines that the First Amendment bars Colorado from "forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees."

Nine candidates for speaker of the House make their cases

Nine Republicans have announced plans to run for Speaker of the House but so far they all seem to face the same problems as the last contenders--no clear path to winning a majority on the House floor.

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