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Former Liberian warlord Charles Taylor has been arrested trying to cross the Nigerian border with Cameroon. He vanished after authorities in Nigeria reluctantly agreed to transfer him to a U.N. war crimes tribunal. Renee Montagne talks to Ofeibea Quist-Arcton.

Israeli commanders say it could take weeks or even months to eliminate the threat from Hezbollah's rockets, and they acknowledge that the Shiite militia will never be defeated. Civilians in northern Israel, meanwhile, are growing desperate under the Hezbollah barrage.

Speakers in Washington called on senators to act to pass stronger gun control measures. The rallies come after the shootings in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas.

Palestinian kids in Gaza went back to school this past week in buildings damaged by the war, with children homeless and traumatized, and more than the usual overcrowding they face every year.

Actors in period garb are the usual denizens of the Strawbery Banke Museum campus in Portsmouth, N.H., which spans 250 years of history. To make ends meet, the museum has lured more modern dwellers.

Can't see The Boss in concert? Pick up his new memoir, which begins with 7-year-old Springsteen watching Elvis on TV. From $3-a-night shows to swooning stadiums, it's a wild and well-written ride.

Megan Abbott was riveted by stories of a bizarre illness that seemed to consume the town of Le Roy, N.Y., in 2012. Her new book uses pieces of that true story to explore the mysteries of adolescence.

The island village of Patchogue, N.Y., appears to be an all-American suburb. But in 2008, it was the site of a brutal murder that left residents struggling to reconcile deep-rooted issues of racism and hatred with the town's idyllic appearance.

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist William Kennedy says his best writing features his New York hometown. His latest book, Chango's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes, is no exception. "There's a richness of Albany that I couldn't possibly exhaust," says Kennedy, who is now 83.

Days after it was revealed that Iran has been building a secret nuclear enrichment plant, Iran staged a show of force, testing missiles that could reach Israel or U.S. bases in the Middle East. Will Iran's tactics provoke tighter international sanctions?