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Just in time for the start of summer, the Helsinki-based surf rock band Laika & the Cosmonauts visits NPR to perform live. NPR's Liane Hansen talks with members of the group.

On her latest album, Between Here and Gone, Mary Chapin Carpenter sings the true story of one man's pilgrimage to Grand Central Terminal in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.

British authorities arrest a Muslim cleric accused by the United States of being part of several terrorist plots. A U.S. indictment names Abu Hamza al-Masri in the 1998 kidnapping in Yemen that ended with the death of four tourists; his extradition is being sought. Authorities also link al-Masri to terror suspect Zacarias Moussaoui and a terrorist training camp in Oregon. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller, who commands U.S. detention facilities in Iraq, visits the Abu Ghraib prison and formally apologizes for the abuses committed there by U.S. personnel. Reporters were given a tour of the facility as former inmates gathered to protest the abuses. Hear NPR's Eric Westervelt, NPR's Peter Kenyon and NPR's Jackie Northam.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld testifies before Congress Friday about the abuse of Iraqi prisoners in U.S. custody, one day after the U.S. House passed a resolution condemning the incidents. Rumsfeld's failure to inform Congress of the abuse before it was reported in the media has angered many lawmakers. Democrats intensify calls for him to resign. Hear NPR's Andrea Seabrook.

Markets jumped after Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank was not contemplating bigger rate hikes than the half-a-percentage-point increase it delivered on Wednesday.

A new Department of Defense report criticizes the way the military handles internal cases of sexual assault. A task force examined how the military cares for sexual assault victims, and investigated cases in which troops are accused of attacking their colleagues. The report calls for a wide range of improvements including rape prevention, criminal investigation and victim counseling. NPR's John Burnett reports.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

President Bush has strong words of support for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, saying during a visit to the Pentagon that the defense chief is doing a "superb job." Some lawmakers have called for Rumsfeld to resign over the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal. Hear NPR's Madeleine Brand and NPR's Don Gonyea.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, leader of an independent panel investigating allegations of corruption in the Iraqi oil-for-food program managed by the United Nations, says his team must be given full access to documents in Baghdad. But the panel is only one of several investigations underway, and questions have arisen over which group should have the documents first. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.