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NPR's Nina Totenberg reports on today's arguments before the Supreme Court on a hospital that joined with police to test pregnant women for crack cocaine use, and have them arrested. The Medical University of South Carolina defended the practice, saying it was aimed at protecting the health of the fetus. The lawyer for women who sued said the tests were unconstitutional searches.

An appeals court in Boston is preparing to hear a case that could give residents of Puerto Rico the right to vote in the upcoming Presidential election. Such an outcome is considered a long shot, but Jason Beaubien reports that supporters believe the time has come to grant the island's citizens a place in the electoral college.

With the Vice-Presidential candidates meeting tonight in Kentucky, NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on the significance of V.P. debates. Historically, voters pay little attention to the men running for the number two spot...but that's been slowly changing over the last few campaigns. With this year's tight election, many people think that Joe Lieberman or Dick Cheney could help sway voters. (

NPR's John Nielson reports on a groundbreaking piece of legislation the Senate just passed which could set aside more open space than ever for conservation efforts.

Jean Battey Lewis reports on the career of modern dance pioneer Paul Taylor. Two of his works are to be performed tonight at the Kennedy Center in Washington.

In their new book, Washington Post journalists Costa and Bob Woodward give the first inside look at the transition of power from former President Donald Trump to President Biden.

The boxing icon, who currently serves as a senator in the Philippines, says his experience of personal hardships equip him to understand people's suffering — and fight poverty and corruption.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports on the abortion debate in Mexico. Abortion laws have recently been relaxed in the country, but some powerful religious conservatives are threatening to use their influence in an effort to ban abortions entirely.

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Los Angeles Times critic Kenneth Turan reviews Spike Lee's newest movie, Bamboozled. It stars Damon Wayans as a Harvard educated network television writer who's the only black writer on staff. Pushed to create a hip TV program about urban blacks or be fired, the writer comes up with Mantan, the New Millennium Minstrel Show, a demeaning program that exploits every racial stereotype imaginable. Turan says it's the harshest of Lee's films.