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By KPRFrankfort, KY – The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce says the commonwealth is making gains most of the areas that make up the foundation of its…

U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich is on trial for espionage in Russia. A mysterious metallic monolith appeared in Las Vegas this month.

Kathleen Schalch reports on OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which is 25-years old this month. The Republican majority in Congress has been trying to reduce OSHA's funding and regulatory powers. Business groups generally support the Republican approach, while labor unions are opposed.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Cokie Roberts about this historic ruling from the US Supreme Court.

Commerce Secretary William Daley has developed new guidelines for deciding which private sector representatives go on government trade missions. Critics have charged that former Commerce Secretary Ron Brown invited business executives to take the trips as payback for supporting the Democrats. NPR's Phillip Davis reports that Daley has announced that politics won't be a consideration in any future invitations.

Reporter Eric Schmitt. He covers Capitol Hill for the New York Times. Hell talk about the new Congress and power sharing in the 50/50 Senate. Schmitt will also talk about how the just resolved Presidential election, along with a truncated transition period for George W. Bush -- may effect political decision making on the Hill.

NPR's Libby Lewis reports a Harvard University study argues that college admissions programs to promote diversity on campus, without considering the race of applicants, don't work as well as some proponents claim. Policies in Texas, California and Florida guarantee a percentage of students from every high school a spot in state universities.

that only weeks after the telecommunications bill passed, a big consolidation is taking place in radio broadcasting stations with many independent operators being bought out.>

the results of the tumbling stock market will begin showing up soon in investors' mutual fund statements and will provide a big test of their market nerves.

health officials are immunizing hundreds of students in California and Georgia who may have been exposed to the hepatitis-A virus after eating contaminated strawberries.