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Vicky Que visits a New Mexico courtroom, where a real judge presides, as teenagers charged with alcohol-related traffic offenses are tried by their peers. After Judge Tommy Jewel hears the case at the Albuquerque Juvenile Justice Center, the program coordinator, another adult, helps the teenage jury discuss the testimony and decide the punishment.

Employers continued to shed workers in April — 20,000 of them. But that's not as many as forecasters were predicting. Manufacturing and construction are still in bad shape, but other sectors are faring better. Leading economists conclude that if the U.S. is in a recession it won't be a bad one.

A new report on Kentucky’s civic health shows trust in the media at an all-time low. That conclusion is found in the 2016 Civic Health Index released by…

one of the worst droughts in recent memory is threatening Edward's Aquifer, which supplies drinking water to more than a million people. The water is also crucial for the region's farmland. In the last few months, the Aquifer's water level has dropped 30 feet, starting a battle among the western farmers, the city of San Antonio and small towns to the east.

which will hear a constitutional challenge to the Brady Gun Control Law. The Brady Law requires a five-day waiting period for the purchase of handguns, so gun sellers can do a background check on potential buyers. The challenge is based on states rights arguments, namely, that the law usurps the rights of states and municipalities by requiring them to carry out a federal mandate.

in Congress, Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater discussed changes to a six-year-old transportation law which governs spending on everything from interstates to hiking trails. Soon Slater will send an updated version to the Hill for a vote...but he hopes Congress won't want too many changes.

from the American Jewish community to a proposed law in Israel giving Orthodox Rabbis sole authority to conduct conversions to Judaism in Israel. The legislation, which has gotten preliminary approval in the Israeli parliament, threatens to split the American Jewish community's historical support of Israel -- only about ten percent of American Jews are Orthodox

A new intelligence report warns that without drastic new measures, the international community faces the real prospect of a nuclear or biological attack by 2013. The panel that issued the report has briefed vice president-elect Joe Biden on its contents.

NPR's David Greene talks to Houston Public Media's Davis Land about reports of a gunman at a high school in Texas. The school was put on lockdown. A suspect is in custody, local media say.

President George Bush and Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry went toe to toe in Miami yesterday in the first of three planned presidential debates. Guest host Tony Cox gets analysis from Terry Neal, chief political correspondent for WashingtonPost.com and Rochelle Riley, columnist with The Detroit Free Press.