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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 Misha Glenny about the latest developments in Belgrade. Opposition leaders are calling for the newly-elected parliament to begin meeting soon in an orderly transfer of power after yesterday's riots.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from Jerusalem where the militant Palestinian group the Hamas are calling for a "Day of Rage" to begin this morning in response to the week of violence that have left 69 people in Israel dead, most of them Palestinian.

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.

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

President Biden gives his first address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. He may find some skepticism for his pitch to work together on COVID-19 and climate after some recent decisions.

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.

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.

Commentator Joe Davidson says little has been said by George W. Bush or Al Gore about foreign assistance to Africa. He says African economic development is more important to the U.S. than most Americans believe.