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Renee Montagne talks to Ben Taub, who in The New Yorker, traces the journey of secret documents from Syria to an undisclosed location, and explains how they could be used for war crimes prosecutions.

The U.S. is not the only country where voters are tired of politics as usual. For the first time, Mexican ballots will be full of independent candidates free from the established parties.

The military officer's defection follows the news of 13 North Korean restaurant workers who defected en masse last week.

The military officer's defection follows the news of 13 North Korean restaurant workers who defected en masse last week.

Kerry is the highest-ranking U.S. official ever to visit the site. He honored the 140,000 Japanese who died in the U.S. attack on the city, but did not apologize for the bombing there and in Nagasaki.

The app Nookzy, launching in San Francisco, allows people to rent out their urban and suburban nooks: the front porch, backyard, a garden alcove — places you usually want to keep strangers out of.

Ultramarathoners can train for years and still get sidelined by blisters. Stanford researchers tested paper surgical tape during a 155-mile race and found it reduces blisters by 40 percent.

The White House hasn't announced any such plans. But Obama will be in Japan next month and a visit would be a grand symbolic gesture in keeping with his emphasis on nuclear nonproliferation.

Women may make up half the population in the U.S., but just 24.5 percent of state lawmakers are women.

The reason: He was born with a cleft, considered a curse in Ghana. His life was saved by a stroke of luck.