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NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg reports on a case before the Supreme Court that tests how law enforcement can use the technique of thermal imaging. Using a special machine, police can detect the amount of heat radiating from the exterior walls of a building, which can help them catch people who are growing large amounts of marijuana in their homes. But one man who was arrested after police used thermal imaging argues that the technique is an invasion of privacy.

Commentator Joe Davidson says Secretary of State Colin Powell has the difficult job of fashioning foreign policy toward Africa under a president who considers the continent a low priority.

NPR's Chris Arnold reports on the effects of California's power crisis on the state's newest inhabitants -- the entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley. The region's inability to maintain a constant power supply for its customers is only one of several problems these companies face.

The program will train existing nurses to overcome burnout caused by COVID-19 while developing a pipeline for new nurses to join the hospital.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., who chairs the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, ahead of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports on the MIR space station in the waning days of its 15-year journey in earth orbit. As Russia prepares to drop MIR into the Pacific Ocean next month, the satellite is prompting nostalgia for the glory days of the Soviet Union in many Russians.

Thousands of workers are striking for better wages, working conditions and benefits. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Joseph McCartin, professor of history at Georgetown, about what this moment means.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with author Grady Hendrix about his horror novel, Final Girl Support Group, ahead of Halloween.

Diego D'Ambrosio, who for decades cut the hair of ambassadors, prime ministers and Supreme Court justices, died Friday at 87 years old.

NPR's Tom Goldman reports on the death of stock car driver Dale Earnhardt who was perhaps the sport's most preeminent driver. Since Earnhardt's death, NASCAR has been focusing on how drivers can protect their heads and necks.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to expel 10 Western ambassadors, including the U.S., because they have criticized the detention of civil society advocate Osman Kavala.

Fill copy on the American Bar Association's new policy on zero-tolerance school discipline.

Robert Costa's book Peril, which he co-wrote with Bob Woodward, goes inside Trump's war room on the eve of the Jan. 6 insurrection. Costa says the 2024 election could trigger a constitutional crisis.

It does not include progressive priorities like paid family leave or measures to lower the costs of prescription drugs. Still, President Biden thinks it would pass both chambers.

Joi is an electronic band from London with a Bengali sound -- tabla drums, flutes, and other ornamentation woven in with the dance beats. Its latest album is We Are Three.

The dictionary added 455 new words and definitions to the dictionary for October to keep up with the evolving English language, including pandemic terms and online shortcuts.

Engineers have landed a spacecraft on an asteroid -- the first time that's been done. he asteroid is Eros, 196 million miles away and a remnant of the early days of the solar system. The craft is called NEAR, and it was designed to take pictures and readings of the asteroid's surface. But now its primary job is done. NPR's David Kestenbaum joined the engineers as they tried to put the craft down as softly as possible on the spinning chunk of rock.

Rachael Myrow of member station KPCC in Los Angeles reports that a major California utility lost its bid to have a federal judge to lift caps on the rates it charges its customers. Southern California Edison will not drop its effort, but will pursue its case through the courts.

President Bush is focusing on national security this week in a series of visits to military bases. Today he inspected troops at an Army base in Georgia. (The president told soldiers at Fort Stewart that he would raise their pay and improve their housing as a way of raising morale and encouraging recruitment in the armed forces.) NPR's White House correspondent Don Gonyea was there.

Nine people are still missing since Friday's collision between a U.S. submarine and a Japanese fishing trawler off the Hawaiian Islands. President Bush today asked for prayers for the families of the nine -- all lost from the ship. (The Navy has begun a probe of the incident, with questions focusing on the surfacing procedures followed by the U-S-S Greenville before it struck the trawler.) NPR's Tom Gjelten talks with Linda Wertheimer about the investigation.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports on the tension between Italy and Montenegro, Serbia's smaller partner in the Yugoslav federation. Italian officials claim Montenegrins are smuggling everything from drugs to prostitutes into Italy by way of the Adriatic Sea.

Russell Lewis of member station KPBS reports from San Diego on how the new administration and its promises of more pay are being received by the troops.

NPR's Renee Montagne reports on a group of six Thai elephants that have been honing their musical abilities. They just released their first CD. Hear a song from that CD entitled Temple Music. You can find out more at www.mulatta.org. (6:43-8:20)

NPR's Brian Naylor reports on Attorney General John Ashcroft's first news conference since taking office. Ashcroft, whose treatment of a black judge was an issue in his confirmation, highlighted his plans for civil rights. Ashcroft said enforcing laws against discrimination is one of his three priorities. He did not confirm or deny news reports that Atlanta lawyer Larry Thompson and Washington attorney Theodore Olson are in line for top jobs at the Justice Department.

Of the two versions of the genome map, one is by for-profit Celera Genomics, the other by a publicly funded group led by the National Institutes of Health. They've chosen the world's two foremost science journals to publish their work, and therein lies controversy. Science magazine gets Celera's map. The journal normally allows unfettered access by researchers to the data behind its articles. But not this time. And that has some researchers worried that business is usurping openness in science. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports