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Soprano Deborah Voigt has just released Obsessions, her first solo recording of Strauss and Wagner arias. The release coincided with her highly publicized firing from a Covent Garden production because of her weight.

President George Bush makes a rare trip to the Pentagon to give support to his beleaguered secretary of defense, Donald Rumsfeld. As several prominent Democrats call for Rumsfeld's resignation over the Iraq prison abuse scandal, there is also some discontent among uniformed officials over Rumsfeld's policies and leadership style. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

In 1951, 16-year-old Barbara Johns led students in a rural Virginia county on an historic walkout to protest overcrowding at their all-black school. The resulting court case became part of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling 50 years ago in which the Supreme Court declared segregation unconstitutional. NPR's Juan Williams has a two-part report on the legacy of events at Moton High School in Prince Edward County, Va. It's part of NPR's series on the 50th anniversary of the Brown ruling.

Inventor Robert Edison Fulton, Jr., died last Friday in Connecticut at the age of 95. One of his many inventions was the 1940s Airphibian, a combination of a plane and a car, which he flew and drove for tens of thousands of miles. NPR's Melissa Block talks with Dorothy Cochrane, a curator at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum.

The European Union wants to sharpen its sanctions against Russia. But its leaders acknowledge Europe's economy could suffer.

Members of Congress are shown more photos of Iraqi prisoner abuse. Lawmakers describe images that are more graphic and sexually explicit than those that have been published so far. NPR's Andrea Seabrook reports.

NPR's Peter Kenyon, reporting from Baghdad, reports a senior United Nations envoy has resumed talks in Baghdad aimed at selecting the members of an interim Iraqi government that would be granted limited authority by U.S. occupation authorities at the end of June. Some members of Iraq's U.S.-appointed governing council have been sharply critical of Lakhdar Brahimi's mission, saying it violates the country's interim constitution. Many, if not most, of the council members are likely to lose their jobs when the new government is formed.

Later this year, vibraphonist Gary Burton will resign as vice president of Berklee College of Music, ending a three-decade affiliation with the school. NPR's Cheryl Corley talks with Burton about the move and his desire to do more performing and recording.

President George Bush says publicly he is sorry for the abuse Iraqi detainees have suffered at the hands of U.S. troops. He made his comments to the press following a White House meeting with Jordan's King Abdulllah. Hear NPR's Lakshmi Singh.

Heard described years of alleged abuse at the hands of the movie star.

Dr. Jay Wolfson and a colleague, Dr. Charles Lockwood, discuss the COVID-19 pandemic.

Col. Gail Curley, the second woman to hold the position, runs the high court's facilities and is its chief security officer, managing some 260 employees. Now she's also leading a high-profile probe.

U.S. officials in Baghdad announce that military policeman Spc. Jeremy Sivits will be the first to face a court-martial over prisoner abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison. The May 19 proceeding will determine whether Sivits merits a "bad conduct discharge." Observers say the speed with which the charges are being brought reflects the military's desire to put the abuse scandal to rest. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

As President Bush campaigns in the Midwest, he highlights an improved economy but finds he can't ignore the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea and Brian Bull of Wisconsin Public Radio.

The Pentagon issues a denial of charges that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld began a secret program to collect intelligence from foreign detainees independently of the CIA. The report, in a New Yorker article by Seymour M. Hersh, describes Rumsfeld approving the use of Special Access Programs personnel for interrogations in Iraq. Hear NPR's Liane Hansen and Hersh.

Two more Israeli soldiers die in Gaza after gun battles with Palestinian militants Friday. In the past three days, 13 Israeli soldiers have been killed in clashes with militia gunmen, and well over 100 Palestinians have been killed or wounded. NPR's Julie McCarthy reports.

This week's letter to ethicist Randy Cohen comes from a listener in Beijing who wants to know whether a friend is obliged to pass on damning information about a former manager now applying to business schools.

Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham says he is considering major security reforms at the nation's nuclear weapons facilities -- including creation of a new federal police force and consolidation of stocks of plutonium and uranium. Since the Sept. 11 attacks, critics have questioned whether such facilities are sufficiently protected against terrorism. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports.

The campaigns of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry are pouring resources into states that may provide them with leverage in key regions. Bush is staking a claim to Minnesota, which he narrowly lost in 2000, while Kerry is attempting to solidify his support in Louisiana. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel, Lawrence Jacobs of the University of Minnesota and John Maginnis, publisher of LaPolitics.com.

As Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld prepares to testify Friday before a Senate panel investigating the abuse of Iraqi prisoners, critics call for his resignation. President Bush has privately rebuked Rumsfeld for failing to tell him about pictures of prisoner mistreatment. A White House spokesman says Bush wants Rumsfeld to stay on the job. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea.

NASA may try to launch an unprecedented robotic mission to service the Hubble space telescope. Administrator Sean O'Keefe says tests of the idea in recent months have been encouraging. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports.

The citizens of the "Red Sox Nation" are perhaps the most faithful -- and broken-hearted -- of all baseball fans. Their hope, enthusiasm and sorrow are documented in a new film, Still, They Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with director Paul Doyle about the enduring love affair between the Boston baseball team and its fans, despite the team's so-far unsuccessful decades-long hunt to win the World Series.

Throughout the month of May, WUSF will feature the voices of local teachers, as they describe the challenges they face, in their own words.

To prepare us for the long election season ahead, librarian Nancy Pearl has compiled a list of reading material for people who are interested in politics, but disgusted with today's political rhetoric. She discusses her suggestions with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Spc. Jeremy Sivits of the 372nd Military Police Company will be the first soldier to face a court-marshal over abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The trial will be held in Baghdad and will be will open to the news media. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports.