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Three days after the U.N. Security Council lifts sanctions on Iraq, the U.S.-appointed interim oil minister says the country will restore pre-war oil production and begin exporting within the next few weeks. In Baghdad, Iraqis express anger at the shortage of gas and complain that much of the existing oil is being smuggled out of the country. Hear NPR's Nick Spicer.

Day to Day music critic Christian Bordal reviews the latest CD from R.E.M, Around the Sun. Bordal says it offers listeners no new sounds.

Clean skin care is now a billion-dollar industry. But it's a murky label — any brand can claim its product is clean, regardless of the ingredients used in its formulas.

A family curse haunts the pages of R.O. Kwon’s latest novel “Exhibit.”

New York Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey is currently the only knuckleball pitcher in the major leagues. His new memoir, Wherever I Wind Up, explains how his life — and career — have mimicked the unpredictable trajectory of the difficult pitch he throws game after game.

General Motors said on Sunday it will be able to produce 5 million cars per year by the end of 2015. It sold just over 3 million vehicles in China last year.

NPR Music received a record number of entries to this year's Tiny Desk Contest: 7,500. The judges discovered so many amazing entries, and now we're sharing some of those standouts here.

The Choir of New College Oxford, composed of adult singers and boy trebles, is one of the leading choral ensembles in the world, celebrated for its distinctive and stylish performance of music from five centuries. The choir will sing a concert including classic English choral works by Elgar, Bairstow and Byrd as well as new music by James MacMillan and Joanna Marsh. In the beautiful acoustic of Christ Church this repertoire should sound magnificent and create a transportive experience for listeners.

Join us, Tuesday, March 28 at 7 pm at Christ Church Charlotte as we welcome the Choir of New College Oxford, one of the leading choral ensembles in the world, in concert. Christ Church Charlotte is the final stop on their limited tour of the United States.

Tickets are $30 for adults; $10 for children under 18

Looking to purchase tickets for the whole family? Email the Music Ministry Administrator, Olivia Beaver at beavero@christhcurchcharlotte.org to learn about family ticket opportunities!

Honda, which has long aspired to launch off the road and into the skies, is one step closer to that goal. It has started production on its HondaJet. It's a twin jet engine aircraft, being assembled in North Carolina, aimed at the business market. Industry insiders call it the "Honda Civic of the skies."

Editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson has won fans for the edgy messages often found in his seemingly conventional drawings. Now Anderson has won a Pulitzer for his work.

Actor Tom Cruise was caught on tape admonishing the crew for breaking safety protocols on the set of Mission: Impossible 7. NPR discusses the difficulties of moviemaking during the pandemic.

The television show Weeds returns for a new season, and creator Jenji Kohan has major changes in store for its drug-dealing soccer mom protagonist.

This looks and sounds more like sci-fi, but this is nonfiction farming. Photographer Freya Najade journeys into the evolving state of Europe's agricultural system, observing fewer humans, more robots and, oddly, less and less time outside.

T.R. Reid, Washington Post Rocky Mountain bureau chief, talks about President Bush's visit to Europe. Reid discusses what it will take for the president to patch relations with the European Union. Reid is the author of The United States of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy.

Hil St. Soul is tearing up the charts in the United Kingdom, but the soul duo hasn't received much attention here in the States yet. Hilary Mwelwa and Victor Redwood Sawyerr just released their third album of R&B and soul. It's called Black Rose.

Sao Paulo, Brazil, is the last place where the iconic vehicle is manufactured. Production is scheduled to stop at the end of the year. In Brazil, many the vans are turned into food trucks or school buses.

President Bush says military personnel in Iraq are right to question whether they're getting the best possible equipment, but the White House insists armored vehicles are being produced as fast as possible. Some contractors disagree. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said that the Trump impeachment process has been a political one rather than a judicial one.

Laurie Levenson, a former federal prosecutor and professor at Loyola Law School, talks with Scott Simon about the new charges against R. Kelly and Jeffrey Epstein.

Bill Zeeble of member station KERA reports on the popularity f the board game Scrabble. The 20th North American Scrabble Championship took lace this past week in Dallas.