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Republican governors started transporting migrants from the U.S. southern border, but Democrats are now adopting the move. They say it's a humanitarian service, not a political statement.

Republican governors have been transporting migrants out of states near the southern border. Some Democrats who first opposed it are now saying it's a humanitarian service, not a political statement.

Millions of adults struggle every day with basic tasks, like reading a bill or a bus schedule. Those with limited literacy find all kinds of ways to hide their rudimentary schooling. Many are unemployed. And those who have jobs are usually stuck at the lowest rungs of the economic ladder.

A fuel tanker collided head-on with two buses. It happened between Kabul and Kandahar, on a road where drivers are known to speed to avoid militant checkpoints.

Bob Dole's campaign bus rolled through a rainy New Jersey today. Attempting to capitalize on what aides characterize a strong showing in the first presidential debate, the Republican nominee hopes his tax cut plan and focus on trust will appeal to the state's swing voters. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

Negotiations continue after a potentially crippling mass transit strike is put on hold. The union representing New York City subway and bus workers suspended the strike threat to allow more time for both sides to reach an agreement. Hear NPR's Madeleine Brand.

New York City transit officials and union negotiators announce a tentative three-year agreement that will spare the city's seven million subway and bus riders a potentially crippling strike. Cindy Rodriquez of member station WNYC reports.

NPR's Barbara Mantel reports on how New Yorkers are bracing -- and plotting -- in the event the city's bus and subway workers go on strike. The contract for the city's transport workers union ends Sunday, and workers are threatening a walkout if the city's transportation authority doesn't raise wages enough.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports Israeli helicopters rocketed Palestinian police and security offices across the Gaza Strip Monday, in retaliation for the roadside bombing of an Israeli bus that left two dead and several others wounded, including schoolchildren. The Palestinian Authority and Yasser Arafat's Fateh faction denied responsibility for the bombing, but a senior Israeli official said the "Palestinian military establishment" was linked to the attack.

Israeli police say a pair of explosions in downtown Tel Aviv killed more than 20 people. Authorities say two suicide bombers exploded devices simultaneously at the city's former bus station. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with NPR's Linda Gradstein.