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Secretary of State Warren Christopher's efforts to negotiate a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon... Christopher met with Syrian President Hafez al-Assad yesterday and is in Israel today to continue negotiations with Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres.

says U.S. envoy Dennis Ross is en route to the Middle East, again in an attempt to save the peace process. Despite signs of reconciliation, such as cooperation between Israeli and Palestinian law enforcement agencies and a proposed delay in East Jerusalem construction, neither side is willing to return to the negotiating table.

that the Clinton Administration was politically motivated in pushing the Immigration and Naturalization Service to rush through tens of thousands of new citizenship applications before last year's presidential elections. Congress is investigating the political connection and is particularly concerned with the direct involvement by the vice-president's office.

Rebels in eastern Zaire now control the country's second city, Lubumbashi (LOO bum BAH shee). They have offered a three-day truce to let President Mobutu step aside. He has not made a reply, but the people of Kinshasa believe the nation will soon be ruled by the insurgents.

rudder control problems on Boeing 737 jet airliners. Boeing is cooperating with the Federal Aviation Administration to determine whether rudders on 737's are susceptible to jamming, which potentially could cause a dangerous uncommanded swing of the rudder.

46-year long civil war can be ended on December 29th, as scheduled. Guatemala's government and a coalition of leftist rebels have agreed to meet on that date in Guatemala City and sign a peace accord. Preparations are being delayed by both sides.

Kentucky’s General Fund receipts increased by more than 5 percent in September, thanks in part to a big increase in corporate income tax revenue. Those…

By Tony McVeighFrankfort, KY – Only about 56 percent of Kentucky schools met their goals under the federal No Child Left Behind Act last school year. The…

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to John Dimsdale of Marketplace about the winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Economics -- an American, Edward C. Prescott, and Finn E. Kydland of Norway.

Responding to a wave of recent food and product recalls, the Bush administration has announced an initiative to expand the authority of federal regulatory agencies.