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NPR's Philip Martin reports on the release of a study on the U.S compliance with the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The report details inequities between the races in the criminal justice system, educational opportunities, and the weakening of voting rights and affirmative action.

NPR Business reporter Steve Krueger reports on the latest developments on the dispute between the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television & Radio Actors. Today, both sides are scheduled to meet with federal mediators in New York in a new bid to resume contract talks.

Following the emotional reunion of Air Force Captain Scott O"Grady with his squadron the Pentagon is investigating reports that U.S. Intelligence knew of the existence of surface to air missiles in the area, the day before O'Grady's plane was shot down... NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

Reporter Mike Villars reports on a follow-up meeting in Philadelphia to last month's Million Man March. Civic leaders met at a church yesterday and discussed plans to revitalize African American businesses in their city and recruit more blacks as teachers.

Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem on Israeli eaction to yesterday's Palestinian elections. As expected, Yasser Arafat was lected by a landslide, and there were few reports of violence related to the lections.

According to a Labor Department report the nation's unemployment edged up one-tenth of a percent in March, but the report also suggests that the economy is still growing slowly, but faster than at the end of last year. Regardless of the positive indications, Commentator Jack Beatty (BEE-tee) says no one should be satisfied with the state of the economy.

NPR's Joe Palca reports that for the first time scientists have identified a gene that is involved in a particular kind of thinking. In tomorrow's issue of the journal Cell, researchers report that they identified a gene that appears to play a role in the ability to envision things in three dimensions.

President Clinton announced today that the administration wants to spend 5 billion dollars over the next four years repairing the nation's schools. The move comes just weeks after a government report documented serious decay in schools nationwide. NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports.

City's mayor, Rudolph Giuliani, is challenging two provisions of the new immigration and welfare laws in federal court. NPR's Margo Adler reports. (4:30) [outcue: "... It will be up to the federal courts to decide whose claim is superior. I'm Margo Adler reporting."]

Federal researchers are reporting that the rate of sudden infant death syndrome has fallen by one-third over the past two years. They're giving credit to a national public awareness campaign that is teaching mothers to position infants on their backs when they sleep. NPR's Michelle Trudeau reports.