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The Washington Post reports new pictures and short videos show prisoners being physically and sexually abused at Abu Ghraib last year. According to the paper, sworn statements from detainees describe a range of abuse more brutal than previously reported. Several hundred prisoners at Abu Ghraib were freed Friday. Hear NPR's Eric Westervelt.

The U.S. Army releases details of the death of a soldier involved in the ambush that led to the capture of Pfc. Jessica Lynch. Sgt. Donald Walters of Salem, Ore., was not killed in combat, but executed later by Iraqi captors. Colin Fogarty of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports.

NPR's Vicky O'Hara profiles Lakhdar Brahimi, the former Algerian foreign minister and veteran United Nations negotiator, who is trying to put together an interim government in Iraq.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Robert Baer, a former CIA agent who worked in the Middle East. They discuss potential future terrorist attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure. Over the weekend, armed militiamen killed 22 workers at a compound in the Saudi city of Khobar. Baer is the author of upcoming book Sleeping With the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude.

Lori Mildice Hill's husband has been serving overseas since November. Since March, Marine Gunnery Sgt. Daryl Hill has been stationed in Iraq, but Lori doesn't always know where he is. Hear her radio diary.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the decision this week of the rock group Phish to call it quits.

The Southern California mountain community of Lake Arrowhead is surrounded by dead pine trees. In anticipation of another bad fire season, the town is now full of logging crews scrambling to remove the dead trees before they become fuel for potentially dangerous wildfires. Susan Valot reports.

The incident comes months after Chappelle faced controversy over his 2021 Netflix special The Closer, in which he makes jokes about transgender women.

Nevada's booming population means the state's political makeup changes significantly from one presidential election to the next. Though President Bush carried the state in 2000, this year analysts say Nevada is almost evenly split between Democrats and Republicans. NPR's Robert Siegel explores the issues that may decide the presidential election there.

An analysis by the British medical journal The Lancet of unpublished drug company studies done on children and teens who take antidepressants concludes that only one drug, fluoxetine (known also by the brand name Prozac), was not associated with negative outcomes for children with depression. Last year, Britain's Committee on Safety of Medicines prohibited the treatment of childhood depression with any antidepressant except fluoxetine. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not taken this action, though it has approved only fluoxetine for children. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports on whether the new analysis sheds more light on the controversy about these medications.