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Joan Weber reports on an upsurge of anti-abortion violence in British Columbia. Last week, a doctor who performs abortions was stabbed and another received death threats. Canadian police have no leads.

Pam Fessler reports on the results of a new poll on American attitudes about politicians. The poll by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government found that while most people don't trust the government, they want it to do more.

A new poll by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government shows that a significant number of voters who say they will vote for Mr. Bush or Mr. Gore also say they might change their minds. NPR's Anthony Brooks reports.

Napster has won a temporary reprieve. A federal appeals court stayed a lower court injunction that would have effectively shut down the song-swapping service used by millions. NPR's John McChesney reports.

Nancy Greenleese reports on the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in Sacramento, California this weekend.

Elizabeth Stawicki of Minnesota Public Radio reports on the new working farm exhibit at the Minnesota Zoo, which tries to give visitors an accurate portrayal of how farm animals live and die and about the food and fiber they produce.

A former US Olympic Committee official alleges the USOC not only looked the other way, but encouraged Olympic athletes to take performance enhancing drugs. NPR's Tom Goldman reports.

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports from Paris where American cyclist Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France today, for the second time in two years. The 28-year old cyclist beat cancer to compete again this year.

NPR's Ted Clark reports the Israeli government has revived efforts to persuade the United States to transfer its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. President Clinton broached the issue in an Israeli television interview today.

NPR'S Richard Gonzales reports on today's one-day walkout by thousands of workers at northern California hospitals. The union workers include nursing assistants, respiratory therapists and food service workers.