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Peter Kenyon of NPR News, reports from Erie, Pennsylvania that Texas Governor George W. Bush is defending his state's record in providing health insurance for children. A federal judge in Texas has ordered the state to improve its enrollment in a healthcare program for poor children. Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore has been pressing the Republican candidate for details of his health care plan for the nation. But Governor Bush is not being rushed. He says he'll have details of the plan after the Labor Day holiday. He goes on to criticize the Clinton-Gore administration for being ineffective on this issue for the past seven years.

Ina Jaffe reports that new Census information indicates that ethnic minorities will now constitute an majority of California residents.

NPR's Vicky Que reports High School biology teachers are attending summer classes to study the human genome project. They want to stay current with all of the latest developments in order to teach it next Fall.

Commentator Mary Sojourner attempts to come to terms with the shooting death of a policeman in Flagstaff, Arizona. Unwilling to rely on standard responses to the usual questions of how and why this happens, she raises a few of her own.

FBI Director Christopher Wray told the gymnasts, who had testified at a Senate Judiciary hearing, he was "deeply and profoundly sorry that so many people let you down over and over again."

New staff, new technology and new classrooms are among the things superintendents are buying with this historic infusion of federal dollars. That's according to a new survey of district leaders.

Pfizer says data supports its request for Food and Drug Administration approval of a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine about six months after the second dose in people 16 years and older.

The federal government is continuing to decide how it will rename bases across the U.S. named after Confederate service members, a mandate included in the defense bill approved by Congress in January.

Host Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Cokie Roberts about this week's political events. With turmoil in the Middle East, how will the U.S presidential candidates deal with the issue of foreign policy as it relates to the campaign?

Annie Cheney reports on one of the few urban therapeutic riding programs in the country. Once a week, several disabled New Yorkers meet at the Claremont Riding Stable for an hour of physical therapy on horseback. For some, it's a chance to move without wheelchairs...for others, it's a chance to re-connect physically with the world.