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Aileen LeBlanc of member station WYSO reports from Xenia, Ohio, on a tornado that hit the city shortly after seven o'clock last night. The storm flattened buildings and knocked down power lines. One person was killed, and over a hundred were injured.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports that thousands of Orthodox Jews have set up a permanent camp outside of Israel's main prison protesting the jailing of their leader. Aryeh Deri, former leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party is serving a three year sentence for fraud and bribery. (5:08

NPR's Pam Fessler reports on President Bill Clinton and Vice-President Al Gore's appearance before the Congressional Hispanic Caucus dinner last night. Both democrats remarked on the gains Hispanics have made in the last several years. Gore promised to work toward increasing the minimum wage and to defend affirmative action if he's elected president.

NPR's Anthony Brooks reports on George W. Bush's attacks on his Democratic rival. The Republican candidate has been using a two-part strategy this week in an effort to attract voters: He's been casting doubt on Gore's character while trying to re-cast himself as the real friend of the middle class. Yesterday, Bush accused Gore of hypocrisy for criticizing the entertainment industry, and then raising money from it.

Host Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Tom Goldman about some of the events and results at the Summer Olympics in Sydney. The Netherlands pulled off the biggest shock of the tournament with their 4-2 victory over Cuba. The U.S. softball team lost its third straight extra-inning marathon. This time Australia beat the Americans 2-1 in 13 innings.

Commentator Thomas Kenneally, author of Shindler's List and a native Australian, introduces his country and its people, starting with his hometown, the Sydney suburb of Homebush.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on an upcoming meeting in Venezuela between leaders of nations who participate in the OPEC cartel. The rising price of oil is the issue, but the cartel is divided on how to bring costs down.

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports that yesterday European Union transport ministers gathered at a meeting in Luxembourg to discuss the soaring oil prices. The high price of fuel, have unleashed a wave of protests that severely disrupted many of their countries.

NPR's Margot Adler reports that a lawyer who operated one of the nation's largest immigration asylum firms and seven others were charged yesterday with helping smugglers sneak scores of Chinese into the country. The case marks the first time that members of a law firm have been indicted under the federal racketeering laws for alien smuggling.

Reporter Alex van Oss remembers the days of his youth when he used to roam the hallways of the American History Museum, one of the museums that make up the Smithsonian Institution. The museum received a generous gift of $80 million this past week from California developer Kenneth E. Behring.