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NPR's Anne Garrels reports on Russian President Boris Yeltsin's trip to Chechnya. The trip is seen as part of Yeltsin's campaign to be re-elected president next month. Yeltsin's declaration today that the war is over might be premature.

- Jazz great Ella Fitzergald - America's "First Lady of Song" - died today. She was 78 years old. Fitzgerald had been in declining health for years. Howard Mandel (Howard MAN-duhl) reports.

JET CRASH - NPR's Jon Greenberg reports on the crash today of a Value-Jet airliner en route from Miami to Atlanta. The jet crashed in the Florida everglades not long after takeoff. 109 people were on board. There are no signs of survivors.

NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports on the closing of Sumner lementary school in Topeka, Kansas. The Sumner school was the focal point of he 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case that became the landmark decision eading to national integration.

SCOTT REPORTS ON THE CRISIS FACING CANADA'S NATIONAL SPORT AS FINANCIAL PRESSURES DRIVE THE COUNTRY'S MOST FAMOUS PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY TEAMS TO THE MORE LUCRATIVE MARKETS OF MAJOR U.S. CITIES.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports on one of the last remnants of the Cold War: tensions on the Korean peninsula. Many South Koreans are chafing at the presence of 37,000 American troops, but the unpredictability of North Korea presages that US forces will be there for years to come.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports that Isreali Prime Minister Shimon Peres is ready to talk about a ceasefire in Lebanon. But there is pressure from the public to continue the popular operation, and with an election just five weeks away, there's pressure for him to look tough.

The future of Jerusalem and Jewish settlement on the West Bank was one of the most difficult issues faced today in Taba Egypt at the peace talks between Israel and Palestine. The talks entered their final phase today, as NPR's Eric Weiner reports.

NPR's Trevor Rowe reports on the move to give asylum to female refugees who fear that they will be subject to sexual violence or female circumcision if they are forced to return home. The US has adopted guidelines allowing such asylums, but critics say they are not rigorously enforced.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on the resolution of a longstanding farm labor battle. The United Farmworkers Union signed a five-year contract this past week with agri-business giant, Bruce Church Incorporated, one of the largest producers of lettuce.