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Sgt. Michael J. Smith is found guilty on six of 13 counts of abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Smith was the dog-handler in a photo of a black dog lunging for an orange-clad prisoner. Palm Beach Post reporter Susan Spencer Wendel talks with Melissa Block about the guilty verdict.

The iconic R&B vocalist sits down with author Nelson George for an in-depth interview at the Brooklyn Museum on Wednesday, May 21, part of Red Bull Music Academy's Festival New York.

More than 1,500 Turkish troops cross the border into Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq, a move the United States strongly opposes. Turkey says it needs a military presence in the area to secure its borders and prevent the formation of an independent Kurdish state. NPR's Mike Shuster reports.

Columbus Police have identified 21-year old Johnny Lopez and 22-year old Ryan Kelly as the victims of a home invasion near the OSU campus…

A racketeering trial of the tobacco industry begins with government attorneys accusing the tobacco companies of working together for decades to mislead the public about the dangers of smoking. The government is seeking $280 billion in damages. NPR's Libby Lewis reports.

A car bomb in Baghdad kills at least 14 people and injures 40. The blast came as worshippers left a Shiite mosque. Insurgents have been targeting Shiites as part of a campaign to disrupt the country's Jan. 30 national elections.

Despite recent publicity over government-produced news, the U.S. Department of Agriculture continues to crank out such programming for local radio stations. A look at journalistic independence and the government's involvement in local radio broadcasts.

Retired U.S. Gen. Jay Garner sets up office in Baghdad as Iraq's new civil administrator. Garner says his first priority is restoring basic services such as water and electricity. NPR's Melissa Block talks with NPR's Scott Simon in Baghdad.

The Senate Judiciary Committee, voting along party lines, has approved the re-nomination of two judges. The vote sets the stage for a showdown in the Senate over whether Democrats have the right to block some of President Bush's judicial nominees with filibusters.

A Marine Corps squad leader and seven other Marines are charged in the deaths of 24 civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha last year. It's the most serious U.S. criminal case involving civilian deaths in the Iraq war.