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The clearest area of agreement between the candidates is on the states that matter most in this election. A handful of populous states, most of them in the upper Midwest, appear to hold the balance of power between the parties in this year's race for the White House. Yesterday, both major party nominees were in Ohio. Today it was Michigan. NPR's Anthony Brooks reports.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Tim Judah, a British journalist who has covered the conflict in the Balkans for the last decade. Judah is the author of The Serbs: History, Myth, and the Destruction of Yugoslavia and gives his analysis on the recent events in Belgrade. (4:20) {The Serbs: History, Myth, and the Destruction of Yugoslavia by Tim Judah is published by Yale University Press ISBN 1-300-08507-9}

NPR's Ted Clark reports on the reaction from other countries to the events unfolding in Yugoslavia. Leaders from around the world are calling for Milosevic to step down.

Johnson & Johnson shared data from its Phase 3 trial of the company's booster shot on Tuesday. The data showed a booster shot at six months provided a 12-fold increase in antibodies.

The government is about to run out of borrowing power — risking the possibility of a federal default that could create harmful ripples throughout the economy as soon as next month.

Johnson & Johnson says a booster six months after the first shot increases antibodies 12-fold, indicating a second shot would provide added protection.

Thousands of migrants are camped out under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas. AFP photographer Paul Ratje says he saw agents holding up leather straps used to control horses — as though to threaten people.

Trudeau failed to secure a majority in parliament — alienating some voters by calling a snap vote two years ahead of schedule.

There are 15 states where this new beer is illegal. That's because it contains 28% alcohol by volume — more than five times the potency of most brews in the U.S.

As an appetizer for tonight's first Presidential debate, Bob talks with Alan Schroeder, (SHROH-der), author of the new book, Presidential Debates: 40 Years of High Risk TV. They revisit some of the memorable moments from debates gone by: Kennedy's ease and grace under the camera lights; Gerald Ford's unintended liberation of Poland; Ronald Reagan's "there you go again;" and Ross Perot's unpredictable jokes. (7:35) (Stations: book's publisher is Columbia University P