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On this April Fools Day, NPR science reporter Joe Palca has a story about a body of water called the The Firth of Forth, which runs through the Scottish city of Edinburgh, and a plan to use high-tech magnets to part the waters, the better to handle rush-hour traffic with.

Steve Inskeep of member station WBGO reports on the world chess championship being played atop the World Trade Center in New York City. The games feature long-time champion Garry Kasparov (kah-SPAHR-off) of Russia and Viswanathan Anand (VEESH-wanuh-thun uh-NAHnd) of India.

The city of Charlottesville removes two Confederate statues that made national headlines in 2017 during the "Unite The Right" rally.

Robert talks with Nicholas Scoppetta, who has served as a New York State prosecutor, deputy mayor, and commissioner for Investigations under two New York City mayors. He has been appointed by mayor Rudolph Giuliani to lead a new agency overseeing child welfare.

caucus venues in Iowa. He reports on the debate and the issues on the minds' of voters at a Des Moines City precinct.

Satirist Harry Shearer gives us a look into the future, when the sale of NFL teams between cities become so numerous that one network, Fox, creates a new program where fans can call in their votes and pledges to get a team or keep a team.

ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY, WON THE "TOAST TO THE TAP" TAP WATER TASTING CONTEST HELD IN BERKELEY SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA FOR THE THIRD YEAR OUT OF THE SIX YEARS OF THE COMPETITION. SUSAN SPEAKS WITH ARTHUR VON WIESENBERGER THE WATER MASTER OF THE COMPETITION.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow on the battle for the Chechen capital, Grozny. Russians troops have launched an attack to regain parts of the city that had been seized by Chechen fighters. It has been nearly 15 months since Russia sent troops to the Caucasus region to crush the Chechen bid for independence but the fighting is raging anew.

NPR'S Margo Adler reports that at Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City, the Israeli flag is draped outside the building wall, and inside students walk about in shock, or sit in the sanctuary praying. This is where Matt Eisenfeld was a student. He was one of two Americans killed in a suicide bombing in Israel

Robert talks with Rose Friedman, a 14-year old from New York City, who tells us what teenagers there are saying these days. Lots of new terms are in everyday use there; parents and friends not in the know might completely misunderstand a sentence like: "The concert is going to be butters, mad dope."