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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."

From member station WSHU, Tandaleya Wilder reports that private parks and beaches in Greenwich, Connecticut may soon be open to the public. Many in the upscale community, which is on the outskirts of New York City, argue that opening their beaches and parks to non-residents would be disastrous.

A new courthouse scheduled to open this week in Las Vegas is the first building to incorporate new architectural guidelines adopted after the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma City in 1995. Noah talks to Mehrdad Yazdani, Director of Design at Dworsky Asscociates in Los Angeles, California, about the building.

In the fourth and final part of a series of essays about his life in France, Commentator David Sedaris talks about his April in Paris based on his own experiences in the City of Light, collected in Me Talk Pretty One Day.

Linda talks to Abe Foxman, National Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), in New York City, about Al Gore's choice of Senator Joseph Lieberman for the Vice Presidential slot on the Democratic presidential ticket. Lieberman is an orthodox Jew, and Foxman discusses what this choice means for the American Jewish community.

NPR's David Welna reports as Chicago works to improve its public housing some suburban mayors fear the city's just transferring the problems and people into their struggling neighborhoods. Chicago is tearing down its high-rise public housing and the residents are reconcentrating in predominantly black suburbs. Not so fast, say the suburbs.

Jason Beaubien reports on tensions between teachers unions and school districts in Boston and Philadelphia - tensions that could lead to teachers' strikes in those cities. One issue is that teachers' hard-won rights regarding seniority are clashing with attempts to make poor-performing schools better.

NPR's Eric Westervelt reports on the resurgence of downtown Philadelphia, the site of next week's Republican Convention. This is the first national political convention Philadelphia has hosted since 1948. During the 1990's, the city underwent major renovations, after suffering decades of decline.