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Commentator Murray Horwitz tells what it was like yesterday at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinatti when umpire John McSherry collapsed and died at the opening game of the baseball season. Horwitz had attended ball games with his parents in Cincinatti - and was taking his teenager daughter. McSherry, who was 51 years old, suffered sudden cardiac death. The game was delayed to today; Horwitz described the atmosphere there and the matter of fact way his daughter described it afterwards.

Yeltsin's plan to end the war in Chechnya. Yeltsin proposes withdrawing some Russian troops and possibly holding talks with Chechen rebels. He has all but conceded he cannot be re-elected in June if no peace settlement is reached.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on the reaction to the proposal by Prime Minister Shimon Peres to hold a national referendum on the peace process. Yasser Arafat denounced the idea, as did Peres' opponent in the May 29 election. The terrorist group Hamas weighed in with a threat to conduct more suicide bombings.

As Bob Dole campaigns from the Capitol, President Clinton is carrying out his own campaign events from the White House. Today's event was a speech on illegal drugs and violent crime. NPR's Mara Liasson reports that Mr. Clinton's strategy is to be presidential and remain above the fray ... but that's not always easy.

last night of a U.S. plan to provide emergency economic relief to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Many Palestinians are experiencing hardship because Israel closed off those areas after a wave of terrorist bombings.

Andy Bowers takes us through the fits and starts as Europe continues its 40 year movement toward a union of 15 states.

NPR senior new analyst says that several recent leaks have the White House concerned, but this is nothing new in presidential history.

Court proceedings began today against Poland's former military strongman Wojciech Jaruzelski (WOY-shee-ek) YAH-roo-zel-skee) over the killing of 44 demonstrators by Polish security forces in 1970. Sanchia Berg of the BBC reports.

Robert Siegel speaks with astronaut Jeff Hoffman. After five trips into space on the shuttle, his last coming on the voyage which lost a tethered satellite, Mr. Hoffman reviews the exceptional opportunity he's had to participate in the begining of human outreach beyond the planet.

a bill last night which would change the way health insurance is sold. But the measure will probably face a much tougher fight when it goes before the Senate.

a professor at the University of Florida about a town that has banned baseball since 1908. For 88 years, it's been illegal to play "The National Pastime" in Webster, Florida. This week, the city council is expected to repeal the ban. McCarthy is the author of >Baseball in Florida.

about the current fighting in the capital of Monrovia, and the possiblity of an evacuation of Americans.

moved higher was investors took fright at employment figures and the prospect of increased inflation.

Commentator David Brooks - a non-smoker- wonders why smokers don't stand up to the crusade against their lifestyle... especially since this year has been coined in certain circles the Tobacco Election.

of former Representative Dan Rostenkowski.

Clinton for re-election well before the Democratic National Convention. At a special meeting in Washington yesterday, union leaders also decided to raise $25 million for Congressional candidates who are friendly to organized labor.

in Miami is coping with congressional cuts in support funds.

Noah Adams speaks with Mike McCleese, coach of Howard University's varsity basketball team. They discuss the maturity of young basketball player's today in light of the incident earlier this week when Nick van Exel of the NBA Los Angeles Lakers shoved a referee after being given a second technical foul and being tossed out of a game. Coach McCleese believes pro basketball players are not necessarily mature when they enter the pros and coaches in the pros are not there to help them with that part of their life. All in all, coach McCleese says, players are learning the right things in college sports and incidents like these are abberations.

President Clinton names U.S. Trade Represnetative Mickey Kantor to head the Commerce Department. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

- would end civil litigation over price fixing in the market for lysene, a food supplement for livestock. The company still faces a raft of lawsuits all relating to alledged price fixing in a number of agricultural markets.

NPR's Edward Lifson reports from Chicago on law enforcement efforts to crack down on the Gangster Disciples, one of the nation's most notorious street gangs.The gang now operates in thirty-five states, selling millions of dollars worth of drugs each year.The G-D's as they're called, are said by law enforcement to have more than ten thousand members. The GD's are so entrenched in their Chicago communities that they've even set up political action committees and charitable activities.But a seven year long massive federal sting produced indictments against gang members, which led the authorities to say they've left the gang in a bad situation. Local citizens arn't so sure.

Musician and composer Michael Wolff was recently rocking his crying baby to sleep when all of a sudden it dawned on him that the rhythm of the moment was the perfect basis for the making of a song.

in Monrovia, Liberia about the continued violent situation there.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on the latest fighting in Southern Lebanon. Israelis responded to an attack by Hezbollah guerrills with a blitz in south Lebanon and struck at a Syrian army position in Beirut's southern suburbs.

In this day of international trade agreements, commentator David Crystal has noticed the globalization of prefixes and suffixes.