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Ohio has picked the winner in every presidential election since 1964. Like those across much of the Midwest this year, Ohio voters are up grabs this years and are being courted heavily by both Democrat Al Gore and Republican George Bush. NPR's Don Gonyea traveled to the Buckeye state to take the pulse of the campaign there.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports that the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a case about who owns the right to commercial use of a theatrical character -- the actor who played the part, or the studio for which it was created. The case centers on a lawsuit filed against Paramount studios by the actors who played barflies Cliff and Norm on the Cheers TV series. It returns now to the California courts.

Noah talks with Steve Erlanger, a New York Times correspondent in Belgrade, about the political situation in Yugoslavia. President Slobodan Milosevic made a surprise address on Serbian television today, as citizens staged strikes and demonstrations to demand he concede defeat in last month's presidential election. Milosevic painted the Yugoslav opposition as traitors and lackeys of the West. People in the countryside seemed to heed the opposition's strike call with more enthusiasm than residents of Belgrade. The government seems particularly worried about work stoppages at two big coal mines. Meanwhile, Vojislav Kostunica -- the opposition candidate who says he won the September 24th vote outright -- repeated his refusal to take part in a second round of voting.

NPR Commentator Ev Ehrlich bemoans the steadily declining rate of personal savings among the American public. While he is sympathetic to the reasons for the decrease, Ehrlich also calls it a dangerous trend.

Presidential hopefuls spend months campaigning in Iowa to win the important Iowa caucuses. But in the general election, Iowa, and its main industry, agriculture, don't get much attention. Host Jacki Lyden talks to corn and soybean farmers Jack Kintzle of Coogon and Bill Horan of Rockwell City ... about their concerns as farmers and business owners this election year.

Vice President Al Gore and Governor George W. Bush meet in Boston Tuesday for the first of three presidential debates. Both campaigns are eagerly playing DOWN their candidates' chances. NPR's Peter Kenyon looks back on how the two men have performed in earlier face-offs.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports that drag queens will be a feature of the Olympic closing ceremonies in Sydney. The thought that somehow drag queens are associated with all things Australian has a lot of people up in arms but others say female impersonation has a long history in Australia and deserves to be represented in tomorrow's events.

Satirist Dale Connelly of Minnesota Public Radio imagines the testimony of Hollywood executives this week, when they explained to members of Congress why they sometimes test and market R-rated films to youngsters.

For the third straight day there is violence in Jerusalem, with as many as 12 casualties today and hundreds of injuries. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports.

H.L. Mencken coined the term "Bible Belt" for the Southern states where religion is a prominent part of daily life. As NPR's Debbie Elliott reports, an entrepreneur in Mississippi is hoping to cash in on that label ... with his "Bible-Belt Buckles."

Country singer Charley Pride will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame this coming Wednesday, when he becomes the first African American artist so honored. He's won three Grammy Awards, had more than 50 singles on the charts and more than half in the Top 10, including the Number One hit "Kiss An Angel Good Morning". Host Jacki Lyden talks to him about his career.

A smaller dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective for children ages 5 to 11, according to data the company released Monday. The data will now go before the FDA and CDC for review.

Democrats are trying to galvanize voters in favor of abortion rights after Texas Republicans enacted controversial new restrictions. Their first major test is in Virginia's race for governor.

On Dec. 1, the court will hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. The Mississippi case tests whether all state laws that ban pre-viability abortions are unconstitutional.

One victim at Heritage High School in Newport News was shot in the face and the other in the leg, according to the city's police chief. Neither injury was thought to be life-threatening.

Comedian and actor A.J. Johnson has died at age 55. Johnson starred as Ezal, a homeless man with drug addiction, in Ice Cube's Friday.

Sir Clive Sinclair, a computing pioneer and an inventor that spent a lifetime making technology accessible for everyone, has died at age 81.

Canada is holding federal elections Monday as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government faces a strong challenge from the Conservative Party.

The Taliban beat him for being Hazara. He spent his life savings to smuggle his family to Turkey — climbing over its border wall — to find a community of Afghans that helps each other get settled.

Stock markets slumped amid worries about instability in China's financial system, creating uncertainty over one of the world's top economies.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author Giulio Boccaletti about his new book Water: A Biography, which takes readers through the complex and surprising history of humanity and water.

A few years ago radio producer Dave Isay spent a lot of time hanging out in a couple of flophouses in New York City's bowery district. The result of his time there was an award winning documentary called The Sunshine Hotel. Now photographer Harvey Wang's images of those from the documentary are in a new book called Flophouse and are also on exhibit in a Manhattan gallery. Host Jacki Lyden and Producer Tracy Wahl hooked up with Isay and Wang to search out some of the subjects of that book. They wanted to find out if being part of a documentary and now the subject of a book has had any effect on their lives.

NPR's Jon Miller reports from Lima, Peru on the aftermath of President Alberto Fujimori's announcement this weekend that he would resign and call for new general elections. His announcement came after the release of videotape showing Fujimori's intelligence chief apparently bribing an opposition congressman. Fujimori has also decided to de-activate the national intelligence service, the head of which has been linked to a variety of scandals over the past decade.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports on tomorrow's Senate primary in Washington State, which will decide on a Democratic opponent for veteran GOP incumbent Slade Gorton. Gorton is considered vulnerable in his re-election bid this fall. He is likely to face Maria Cantwell, a former one-term Democratic House member who is now a high-tech multi-millionaire. The results of the state's unusual open primary system, in which all candidates run on the same ballot, might be a harbinger for Gorton's chances in November.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that the Clinton Administration today cautiously welcomed Alberto Fujimori's decision to step down as president of Peru and hold new elections. White House spokesman Joe Lockhart called Fujimori's announcement "a step in the direction of full democratization" in Peru. But U.S. officials cautioned that they need more information on the position of the Peruvian military, whose support will be key for the country to move further toward Democratic reform.