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  • Most photos from Iraqi prisons revealed in the media in recent weeks show disturbing evidence of detainee abuse. But from Camp Bucca, Maj. Stacy Garrity returns with images of a friendship between American solders and Iraqi detainees. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports on the woman known as "the angel of the desert."
  • COVID-19 vaccinations for children younger than 5 could start right after the Juneteenth holiday.
  • In a new memoir, Jimmy Carter writes about his post-presidential life and his peacemaking efforts worldwide. Carter says the last 25 years could not have been more unpredictable or more gratifying.
  • Once a biology student, Andrea Barrett now weaves science through her fiction. In The Air We Breathe, Barrett writes about poor immigrants at a tuberculosis sanatorium in the Adirondacks on the eve of World War I.
  • Compact and intense, the New Jersey band's songs channel the spirit of punk, but also the density of heavy rock that's had the fat cut out.
  • First published in Germany in 1995 and recently adapted to film, Bernhard Schlink's novel The Reader wrestles with guilt and complicity across generations.
  • Noted historian and pioneering Duke University Professor John Hope Franklin died yesterday at the age of 94. The legendary educator was widely respected for chronicling the African-American experience. Franklin's friends discuss his lasting legacy.
  • In celebration of National Poetry Month, some of the biggest names in show business took to the stage to read their favorite wordsmiths.
  • There is a growing effort to boost the number of electric vehicles on the road. We also visit the Redneck Fishing Tournament, an annual event where an invasive species is the catch of the day. Those stories and more on Statewide.
  • In his new book, Final Countdown Pat Duggins recounts the controversial history of the shuttle program, which has been marred by two fatal disasters and exorbitant costs.
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