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In its first three months, the administration of President Bush has kept its distance from the power problems of California -- making clear it wanted the state to work out its own problems. But today the president issued a directive to federal agencies in that state instructing them to turn off escalators and keep air conditioning at a low level this summer. President Bush also used the occasion to restate the government's commitment to conservation as a key element of its policy for controlling energy costs and avoiding shortfalls. NPR's Don Gonyea reports from the White House.

People who are 30-year-olds this year were part of the first generation to learn about AIDS at the same time as they were learning about sex. NPR's Jason Beaubien has this report about four 30-year-olds from the Boston area, who reflect on coming of age in the shadow of AIDS.

The events All Things Considered reported for the past 30 years entered the consciousness of 30-year-olds. We asked a number of them to remember major news events.

Singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco is 30. She introduces a song off her new album, Reckoning/Revelling, that is about living the last 30 years. (1:30) Reckoning/Revelling by Ani DiFranco is on Righteous Babe Records.

Many 30-year-olds cite one movie as the most influential of their childhood: Star Wars. Novelist Silas House explains how Star Wars changed his life.

A montage about all of the technological changes 30-year-olds have seen in their lives.

Between 1965 and 1975 the divorce rate doubled. According to one survey -- a third of young adults say they're parents divorced before they turned 18. For 30-year-olds, to be a child of divorce was -- for the first time -- not unusual. It has influenced their childhoods and the ways that they make decisions about their adult lives.

The trial of former Ku Klux Klansman Thomas Blanton, Jr., continues in Birmingham, Alabama today. He's accused of participating in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist church in 1963 which killed four black girls. Host Lisa Simeone speaks with NPR's Debbie Elliott who is covering the trial, where the prosecution has wrapped up.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports from Thanh Phong, Vietnam. The village is the focus of the controversy about former Sen. Bob Kerrey's war record.

From member station KUOW in Seattle, Jason Paur reports on the bountiful harvest of Chinook salmon in the Columbia River this spring. Native Americans took advantage of the largest Chinook run in 70 years, and thousands of sports fishers had their first opportunity to fish for Chinook since 1977. The season ended yesterday.

Host Bob Edwards and NPR's Cokie Roberts discuss the education bill moving into the Senate this week. Despite pledges of bipartisanship, Republicans and Democrats are gearing up for some fierce debate.

Lisa talks with three foreign journalists about their perceptions of President Bush's first hundred days in office. Yoshi Komori is from the Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun; Jose Carreno is from Mexico's El Universal; and Siegfried Buschschluter is from Deutschland Radio in Germany.

Joshua Levs of member station WABE in Atlanta reports on a class action lawsuit filed against Georgia Power, one of the largest energy providers in the east. Several African American employees say there is a history of racial discrimination at the company, including harassment and low rates of promotion for black employees.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports on civil unrest in Indonesia, where parliament has cleared the way for impeachment proceedings against President Wahid. His key ally in government, Megawati Sukaronputri, says she will not try to block the move, and angry Wahid supporters streamed into Jakarta to protest.

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports from Brussels on the ongoing trial of war crime atrocities in Rwanda. This is the first time war crimes have been tried outside of an international tribunal.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Tom Rosenstiel, Director of The Project for Excellence in Journalism. The group has released a new study that compares news coverage of the early days of the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations.

NPR's Allison Aubrey reports on the beginnings of union organization among illegal workers, a previously non-organized part of the workforce. Aubrey focuses on hundreds of workers at a poultry plant in Selbyville, Delaware, that are beginning to speak up.

Monday marks the 100th day of President Bush's administration, and he's celebrating the occasion by inviting the entire Congress to lunch at the White House. NPR's David Welna reports. (5:30) Check out NPR News coverage of Bush's First 100 Days.

The AFL-CIO has designated April 28 as Workers' Memorial Day to remember American worker fatalities on the job. Host Lisa Simeone speaks with Ron Hayes, the founder of FIGHT: Families in Grief Hold Together.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports on space tourist Dennis Tito who has achieved his dream of going to space. NASA complained it would be a distraction, but Russian space officials allowed him to buy a seat on their ship.

NPR's Tom Goldman reports on a re-creation of the original game of baseball. The Genesee Country Village and Museum, near Rochester, New York, spent about $200,000 to build an authentic wooden baseball stadium.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports on the meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. This weekend's gathering was notably calmer than last year, when 10,000 protesters arrived to denounce the World Bank and try to shut the meetings down.

NPR's Peter Overby reports on the progress of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill, which will come before a House committee this week.

U.S. relations with China and Taiwan have been defined by three official communiquis, and the Taiwan Relations Act. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports that many officials now believe that these agreements have outlived their usefulness. But the task of drafting a new policy will be difficult as the relationship between China and the U.S. is has been strained by a number of incidents.

Indie director Chloe Zhao's influence is all over the new Marvel outing, a marked departure from the familiar MCU formula.