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The count of pediatric cases under investigation has grown since the agency's last update, but most of the increase represents previous cases that are just now being reported.

Sound artist Xan Palay of Columbus, Ohio, sent us a recording that she and sound engineer Tom Harned made in 1997 of a steel-stock provider's enormous warehouse. We hear, in stereo, a large overhead crane move from one end to the other. She has used the sound in a sculpture installation.

European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana's visits Tehran, where he presents a package of incentives to the Iranian government intended to end the standoff over their nuclear program. Melissa Block talks with Karl Vick, foreign correspondent for The Washington Post.

San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds recently eclipsed Babe Ruth's home run record, but his achievement is overshadowed by allegations Bonds has taken performance-enhancing drugs. Mark Moran of member station KJZZ visited a Little League team in Phoenix to see what coaches and kids think about Bonds and the steroid allegations.

Commentator Frank Deford says tennis pros Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal may be the best male players ever. The 2006 French Open offers the two start the possibility of rising above the tournament and entering tennis legend.

Director Spike Lee examines the collision of race and politics in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in his provocative new HBO documentary, When the Levees Broke, which has a special showing on Aug. 16 at the New Orleans Arena.

A "state of the blogosphere" report from Technorati founder Dave Sifry says 175,000 new blogs are created each day. Sifry finds that about 55 percent continue blogging on a regular basis. The blogosphere is doubling in size every five to seven months.

Andrae Crouch talks about his new CD Mighty Wind, which celebrates the gospel musician's four-decade career.

Fifty Utah National Guard troops have been deployed for two weeks along the Mexican border near Yuma, Ariz. They're building roads and erecting fences, and helping to support the work of the Border Patrol along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border that's popular with smugglers and illegal immigrants. Rene Gutel of member station KJZZ reports.

Farai Chideya talks with Merilee Kern about childhood obesity. Kern is CEO and founder of Healthy Kids' Catalog, and has written a book titled It's Not Your Fault That You're Overweight: A Story of Enlightenment, Empowerment, and Accomplishment for Overweight and Obese Kids.

As part of a public art project, 120,000 pennies modified by an artist have been released through delis and bodegas. The project connects the fragility of the economy with the losses of COVID.

Host Debbie Elliott recaps reaction to Saturday's news of the suicide of three detainees at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Avant-garde rock band Sonic Youth is celebrating 25 years of making music together. In that quarter-century, its members have stayed true to their roots in the downtown New York art scene of the 1980s.

A congressional investigation into Federal Emergency Management Agency aid to victims of Hurricane Katrina and Rita finds evidence of massive fraud. As much as $1.4 billion was spent for bogus reasons, including vacations, season football tickets and a sex-change operation, the audit concludes.

To Guy Davis, the stories behind Southern blues are as important as the familiar music that defines the genre. His new CD, Skunkmello is full of legendary tales, old and new.

Dick Cheney's daughter was a campaign aide for her father during the 2000 and 2004 elections. The fact that she is a lesbian put a distinctive spin on the experience. She has a new memoir: Now It's My Turn.

"My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain tells stories of people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else. NPR host Mary Louise Kelly shares how a stranger helped return her missing wallet.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jean Lee, a journalist specializing in North Korea, about the country's report of a major disease outbreak that state media is not calling COVID-19, yet.

Finland and Sweden have long kept a neutral position between the West and Russia. But that changed after Moscow invaded Ukraine. Today, the leaders of the two Nordic nations were at the White House.

As athletes continue to test positive for illegal, performance-enhancing drugs, commentator Frank Deford asks listeners to keep an open mind about his own doping scandal.

Madeleine Brand talks with NPR congressional correspondent David Welna about the U.S. Senate's attempt to pass a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. The amendment failed to pass on a procedural vote, 11 votes shy of the 60 needed to bring the issue to a full vote.

The Senate approved about $40 billion in aid to Ukraine in a largely bipartisan vote. The House has already passed the bill, and it now goes to President Biden to sign.

Sen. Joe Lieberman, crippled by his support for the Iraq war, loses the Democratic nomination for a fourth term to political newcomer Ned Lamont, who portrayed him as an apologist for the Bush administration. He vows to stay in the campaign as an independent.

New York Times journalist Ruth Graham says many pastors are being pressured to resist vaccines and mask mandates, embrace Trump's claims about election fraud and adopt QAnon-based conspiracy theories.

With the Israeli bombardment of Lebanon now in its ninth day, Israel is again warning the occupants of towns and cities in the southern part of the country to leave. Tyre has been the scene of some of the fiercest Israeli air strikes.