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WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Thursday, September 17, 2020. Our top story is about how Peoria City/County Health...

Dozens of topless women and some men marched in Buenos Aires and other cities in Argentina. They were unhappy that police have been chasing topless women from a beach under threat of arrest.

President Clinton announced a program today that will track the origins of guns confiscated from teenaged criminals. The 17-city effort will collect serial numbers and other information on the guns and feed that into a computer system run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. The network should improve law enforcement's chances of finding out who is selling guns to juveniles. NPR's John Nielsen reports that the President has high hopes for the program, but some analysts don't see it making much of a dent in crime.

NPR'S Martha Raddatz reports on today's announcement by Clinton administration officials of the breakup of a major drug-trafficking ring they say was run by Nigerian nationals. Attorney General Janet Reno says US agents and authorities around the world have arrested thirty-four people in connection with the scheme, which federal officials say was tolerated by Nigeria's military government. Reno says the Nigerian ring operated from Southeast Asia to major American cities.

for failure to control the actions of their teenage son. They're the first parents to be tried under the city's new "Parental Responsibilities Act." While only a misdemeanor offense, the couple may be liable for thousands of dollars in damages for the crimes committed by their son.

Linda talks with Susan Spain about the redesign of the section of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House that has been blocked to motor traffic. After the Oklahoma City bombing, the street was closed to traffic for security reasons. Spain's plan, currently under review, would make the area into a park which would also allow official motor traffic. Spain is a landscape architect and National Park Service Planner. She leads the team for the "Pennsylvania Avenue at the White House" Long Term Design.

NPR's Laura Ziegler reports that the drug P.C.P. is back. Phencyclidine (fen-SIE-kluh-deen) has been in and out of vogue in U.S. cities over the last 30 years. In its powdered form, P.C.P. is known as "angel dust" or "crystal"... but it's as a liquid that the drug is making a comeback. At a press conference last week, federal authorities cited an increasing demand, especially among young people, for liquid P.C.P.

four-month-long civil war is affecting life and politics in the capital city. Well before the conflict began, there was widespread hardship and opposition to President Mobutu, the long-time dictator. Criticism of the government is being expressed much more openly now than used to be the case.

NPR's Eric Weiner talks to host Linda Wertheimer about the latest signs that the long deadlocked talks between Israel and the Palestinians about an Israeli pullout from the occupied West Bank city of Hebron are showing signs of progress. US Middle East negotiator Dennis Ross is flying back to Jerusalem tonight and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestine Authority President Yasser Arafat may meet to reach a final agreement as early as tonight.

NPR's Mark Roberts reports on the continuing effort by defense attorneys to suppress evidence gathered by investigators in the first two days after the Oklahoma City bombing. Defendant Terry Nichols's attorney is arguing that a nine-hour interrogation of his client in a Kansas jailhouse was improper and should be thrown out. Testimony today focuses on whether authorities had authority to search Nichols's home, where an agent spotted plastic barrels similar to ones used in the bombing.