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When hackers steal credit card numbers, the banks and major retailers pay. When they steal personal photos from an Apple account, the user shoulders the cost and can't take back the images.

Predictions that Newt Gingrich's "humane" position on illegal immigration would prove toxic with Republican voters haven't come true — he has continued to surge in the polls. In Iowa, three times as many Republicans say they trust him on immigration versus those who trust Mitt Romney on the issue.

The case of Chinese dissident Chen Guancheng has shined a light on China's human rights policy and the dissidents trying to change it from inside and out. A friend says that even if Chen comes to the U.S., he can still play a role in China's fight for human rights. A man who helped another dissident escape, however, says it might be more difficult to have an impact from afar.

The Obama administration has relaxed travel restrictions to Cuba, reinstating Bill Clinton's policy of allowing people-to-people travel. But that's drawing criticism from some Republican lawmakers in the U.S., who say the tourist packages come with a heavy dose of Cuban propaganda.

The Karnes County Civil Detention Center in Texas will house mostly low-risk detainees awaiting deportation or facing court. With features like a pharmacy, commissary and soccer field, it's a departure from other Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities that critics have called excessively harsh.

The president called for measures to close what he calls the asylum "loophole" amid a spike in border crossings. Critics say the proposal is an attack on vulnerable migrants.

A remote community of Jews who know what it's like to go hungry is reflecting on what its spiritual leader says was "a good year, really not too bad."

The federal government plans to hire eligible noncitizens as census translators and door knockers if it can't recruit U.S. citizens with needed language skills, continuing a practice from 2010.

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun captured the attention of the world in a series of social media posts pleading for asylum. Her family, who she claimed was abusive, has disowned her.

Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen has been arrested for allegedly transporting dozens of women from the Marshall Islands to give birth for adoptions. Authorities accuse him of human smuggling.