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Several Marines were disciplined after a videotape surfaced showing them urinating on dead Taliban members in Afghanistan in 2011. The case seemed to be over, but now there are allegations that the top Marine officer, Gen. James Amos, intervened in an attempt to get a harsher punishment.

The mayor of Iguala and his wife, accused of being connected to the disappearance of 43 students, are now fugitives. Thousands of protesters marched in Mexico City demanding justice.

Alaya Dawn Johnson's new young adult novel, The Summer Prince, is set in post-apocalyptic Brazil, in a giant pyramid-shaped city ruled by queens with a combination of technology and ancient, bloody sacrifice.

Electric scooters for rent are popping up in cities across America. Investors see a key role for the new way of getting from here to there. But many people find them downright annoying.

With thousands of unaccompanied children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, immigration judges are faced with deciding who stays and who goes. Host Michel Martin examines the court process.

Thousands of international recruits have crossed into Syria from Turkey to join the Islamic State. A Syrian man who helped smuggle those jihadis in explains how it worked, but says he's stopped now.

Marshmallow-launchers and Legos could be a part of the next generation's science, technology, engineering and math curricula.

Governors, legislators and mayors were elected across the map on Tuesday. Voters also cast ballots on measures regarding taxes, marijuana, genetically modified food and even secession.

When Staff Sgt. Raymond Girouard faces court martial next week for charges of murdering three Iraqi detainees, he'll have the support of Sweetwater, Tenn. Girouard says he was following orders, and folks in his hometown believe him. They've raised more than $20,000 to hire a civilian attorney for him.

Reports that U.S. military personnel abused Iraqi prisoners in the occupied nation spark accusations that the humiliations and torture were orchestrated by U.S. intelligence officials. The uncle of one of the accused, Army Reserves Staff Sgt. Ivan Frederick, says Frederick is innocent. Hear NPR's Cheryl Corley, NPR's Jackie Northam and Gary Solis of Georgetown University.