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NPR's Mandalit Del Barco reports that both sides have reached a tentative agreement in the month-long public transit strike in Los Angeles. If the union and transit authority ratify the accord, buses could be back on the road tomorrow.

NPR's Ted Clark reports the Clinton Administration is disputing assertions that the 7-year-old framework for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks is no longer viable. But a growing number of Palestinians and some Israelis say the violence of the past three weeks has irrevocably altered the situation.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on the first day of testimony in the trial of four Los Angeles policemen charged in connection with the corruption and abuse scandal at the L.A.P.D.'s Rampart Division.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports on the less-than-obvious sponsors of tonight's presidential debate in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It won't be broadcast from a hall sponsored by corporate America, and no logos will be seen in the background. But big business is still paying big bucks to support the show.

NPR's Ted Clark reports on the United States' reaction to the crumbling situation in the Middle East in the face of recent terrorist acts in Yemen against the U.S. and Britain and increasing violence in Israel.

Two years after congress passed the Children's On-line Protection Act, the law to regulate internet pornography is still held up in court. But the COPA commission has been meeting regularly to find suggestions to the problem. They release their findings today. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

From Peoria, Illinois, WCBU's Jonathan Ahl reports on family farmers from Greece, Poland and the Midwest who are looking for advice on how to save family farms. They say they need new tools to keep market and pricing systems from forcing them out of business.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports from the road with the AFL-CIO. The labor federation has its leaders on a nation-wide bus tour this fall to help elect pro-union candidates. The trip started in West Virginia with stump speeches at union halls and cook-outs to get out the vote.

(Update) NPR's Anthony Brooks reports from St. Louis, the site of tonight's third and final Presidential debate. Despite the informal "town hall" style, the stakes are again high, with Vice President Al Gore and Governor George Bush still in a statistical dead heat with only three weeks left until the election.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports from Jerusalem on the fragile peace there in the wake of the Egyptian summit earlier this week. Both Israelis and Palestinians expressed skepticism over the success of the emergency ceasefire as two more Palestinians died and two Israeli soldiers were wounded in gunbattles yesterday.