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Nate Mott is a twenty-something Rhode Island-based acoustic guitarist and songwriter. He self-produces on his own label, Constant Change Productions. He speaks with NPR's Liane Hansen about his new album, Words Distilled.

Three groups of U.S. military personnel who visited the scene of a U.S. Marine engagement that left 24 Iraqi civilians dead failed to report the incident up the chain of command, according to an Army general's new report.

The No Child Left Behind education law mandates that by year's end, every state should have ensured that every teacher is "highly qualified." Yet no state has met the federal government's requirements under this provision.

Chicago Public Radio's Jason DeRose reports on a meeting of U.S. Episcopalians in Ohio. They are debating several key issues dealing with homosexuality.

The chief executive of British Petroleum says concern over the stability of the world's oil supply is overblown. "I do worry that people worry too much and that we could potentially be overdoing the anxiety," Lord John Browne says.

U.S. forces, supported by tanks and attack aircraft, roll into the Iraqi city of Ramadi from the east. The persistent, violent insurgency in Ramadi has taken a high toll on U.S. forces stationed there.

Japan steps up pressure on North Korea, warning Sunday that "all options are on the table" if the communist state test-launches a long-range missile. The last North Korean missile launch in 1998 sparked a debate about Japan's national defense and strengthened its nationalist sentiment.

Bush administration officials confirm that, since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. government has been tracking terrorist finances by accessing a vast, international data base known as SWIFT. The officials defend the program as "legal, targeted and effective."

A new study comes to a conclusion that surprised even the researchers who conducted it: Middle-aged whites in England are significantly healthier than middle-aged whites in the United States. That's despite the fact that the United States spends twice as much per person on health care.

A suicide bomb attack underlines an ongoing campaign to discourage Sunni Arabs from joining government security forces, killing 15 police recruits in Anbar province. And in Baghdad, authorities find the bodies of 16 Iraqi men who appear to be the victims of sectarian death squads.