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National Transportation Safety Board officials are investigating the collision of two airplanes that occurred last night at an airport in Quincy, Illinois. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports that the fire from the collision left little behind, but earlier today federal officials located a cockpit voice recorder from one of the planes.

Vice President Al Gore met with the families of airline crash victims today and said the airline industry is making an effort to deal with their concerns. Seven US airlines have agreed to quickly hand over passenger lists to the government after crashes of international flights. Also, the National Transportation Safety Board now has the authority to deal directly with families. The NTSB used that authority following last night's fatal collision of two airplanes in Quincy, Illinois. NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports.

who have seized control of large areas of eastern Zaire and driven out the Hutu militias.

NPR's Richard Harris reports on a new study showing that women who eat a high-sugar, low-fiber diet greatly increase their risk for diabetes. But the American Diabetes Association said the study was flawed because it failed to find a link between diets that are high in fat and the development of diabetes. The study appears in tomorrow's Journal of the American Medical Association.

Robert talks with Stephen Linton, chair of the Eugene Bell Foundation and a research associate at Columbia University, about the defection of Hwang Jang Jop (HWAHNG JAHNG JOPP) from North Korea. They discuss his role in the North Korean government, and what his defection means politically.

about the implications of the latest spy charged in the CIA.

Heart disease is one of the main killers of African-Americans, who have a higher mortality rate than whites. But there are variations in the occurrence of heart disease among African-Americans from different regions of the country and different parts of the world. Those who immigrated to New York from the South had a much higher death rate from heart disease, and blacks from the Caribbean had a much lower rate...a lower rate even than whites. NPR's Joanne Silberner says the report suggests that factors ranging from diet to cultural and social conditions are more important than genes.

From Jerusalem, Laurie Neff reports on a new Israeli airstrike in Lebanon's Bekaa (beh-KAH) Valley, as a major debate on the wisdom of Israel's occupation of a "security zone" in southern Lebanon reaches a crescendo. The debate began in the wake of a helicopter crash in which 73 Israelies died. Some critics now say that the government should withdraw the troops it has maintained in Southern Lebanon since 1978. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is opposed to a withdrawal; many, including some from his own party, believe occupation of the Lebanese border area is no longer worth the cost in Israeli lives.

the troubled Seattle public school system. John Stanford has widespread support in the community, but the question remains whether he can translate his 'can do' attitude into concrete results.

After the return of millions of refugees, some of them responsible for the genocide, hundreds of people who witnessed the slaughter have been killed.