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The rock band Wilco's latest CD, A Ghost is Born, was recorded during the lead singer's battle with an addiction to painkillers, among other distractions. Many of the Chicago group's songs reflect this tense and hallucinatory period in the singer's life. Critic Tom Moon has a review.

New Yorker writer Jon Lee Anderson describes conditions in Cuba, why it's vulnerable now — and what regime change would mean — considering the Castro family's entrenchment in the Cuban government.

between Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and President Clinton. Arafat is trying to rally support against the Israeli government decision to build thousands of Jewish homes in East Jerusalem, a mostly Arab section of the city. The Israelis say they have every right to build the new homes, despite Palestinian claims that the construction violates the latest peace agreement.

in Congress, Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater discussed changes to a six-year-old transportation law which governs spending on everything from interstates to hiking trails. Soon Slater will send an updated version to the Hill for a vote...but he hopes Congress won't want too many changes.

In the latest allegation of abuse to emerge from Abu Ghraib, an Iraqi-born Swedish citizen says he's filed a compensation claim with the U.S. Army for torture he endured at the prison camp last fall. Now recuperating in the United States, Saleh -- who asked NPR not to use his first name -- says he also witnessed U.S. prison guards kill five inmates without provocation. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports. [Editor's note: This piece contains graphic language.]

The roots music maverick did something rare in the streaming era: landed an album that's only available on CD, cassette and LP — without his name on the sleeve — in the top five of the albums chart.

In the wake of two verdicts against social media companies, researchers discuss what a safer social media for kids and teens could be. Are we anywhere near there yet?

Lucille Miller was convicted of killing her husband in 1965. Now her daughter Debra reflects on her own traumatic childhood and its lingering effects in The Most Wonderful Terrible Person.

Colombian-born percussionist and composer Samuel Torres and his group release their newest album, Trio Libre.

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a new method for accessing the Internet. The new wireless system will be a major benefit to schools, hospitals and businesses. The FCC set aside a large portion of the radio spectrum, dedicated to letting computers communicate with each other over the airwaves.

its digital wireless communication network. The long distance phone company will combine voice and data transmission to offer a wireless telephone and pager in one package.