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Former Texaco manager Richard Lundwall has been charged with obstruction of justice...the first criminal charges in the Texaco case. Lundwall is the former human resources officer who tape recorded a meeting of Texaco managers and then turned the tape over to lawyers who were suing Texaco in a discrimination suit. The U.S. Attorney's office says their investigation of other Texaco executives will continue. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on the second day of testimony from O.J. Simpson in the civil trial in which he is charged with the wrongful deaths of his ex-wife and her friend. Lawyers for the families of the victims continued to paint Simpson as a man angry enough with his wife to kill her, a characterization that Simpson denies. Yet to come are questions about his whereabouts during the murders and the physical evidence against him.

Even though Republicans were thwarted in much of their effort to reform legal immigration during the last Congress, there is still a great deal of interest in the issue. But it's not clear how much legislation will get to the floor in the 105th Congress, because of changes in the membership of key committees, and because several Republican members of Congress in states with large immigrant populations were defeated in their bids for re-election earlier this month. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

NPR's Debbie Elliott reports that oyster harvesting along parts of the Gulf of Mexico, from South Florida to Texas, is in danger because of a large algal bloom, usually called "red tide." The algae can be toxic to fish and other sea creatures...and that toxin cannot be destroyed by cooking, so the area's entire seafood harvest could be destroyed along parts of Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana.

NPR's David Welna reports that Mexico's Congress has approved a law which would allow Mexicans who become US citizens to retain their Mexican citizenship. This could spur nearly a million Mexicans living in the US who are eligible for American citizenship to apply for it. The dual citizenship law does not give Mexicans in the US the right to vote in Mexico, but Mexican authorities hope to make that possible sometime next year.

David Culhane reports from Paris on today's explosion in the subway which killed two people and injured 47. Sources have told Reuters news agency the device which exploded is similar to those used by Algerian Muslims in bombing last year. Prime Minister Juppe has ordered police to re-launch an anti-terrorism security plan that was used after last year's bombings.

The tax status of 501 C3's...also known as non-profit organizations... has come into question lately. Donations to groups enjoying this kind of status -- ranging from churches to educational institutions to charities -- can be written off on tax returns. But these groups have to steer clear of politics. Newt Gingrich's problems are raising questions again about these groups and their tax status. NPR's Barbara Bradley reports.

A federal judge today denied a motion by Reform Party presidential candidate Ross Perot to stop the presidential debates next week unless he is allowed to participate. Attornies for Perot and Natural Law Party candidate John Hagelin argued that it was unconstitutional for them to be excluded from the debates because they met all of the objective criteria set out by the Commission on Presidential Debates. NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports.

The BBC's Paul Wood reports from Belgrade that the federal Yugoslav court has turned down an appeal by the Opposition to re-instate election results from last month's local elections. Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic had annulled those elections when results showed his ruling party had lost. Opposition parties continue to protest in the streets...and their demonstrations are drawing support from the international community.

President Clinton is traveling today in California, which is rich in electoral college votes. The president is trying to take some of the spotlight away from the impending Republican convention in San Diego. Mr. Clinton is picking up more than a million dollars in campaign contributions at two fundraisers. He's also touting his economic record in a speech to the United Steelworkers of America, and unveiling improved juvenile crime statistics in the town of Salinas. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.