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NPR's Cheryl Corley reports that school officials across the country are trying to prevent shootings similar to last week's incident at Santana High School in California. While they say student tips are the best way to prevent violence, many students still think that would be a betrayal of their peers.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Kenneth Walker in Kampala. In Uganda's presidential election the returns are still not complete but incumbent Yoweri Museveni has a decisive lead. However, local and international monitors have reported election irregularities, and there are allegations of outright fraud.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports that the Washington reaction to last week's school shooting was muted. Gun control advocates are worried that their allies in Congress are afraid to speak up, for fear of losing re-election. Political analysts say Al Gore's strong support of gun control cost him several crucial states, including West Virginia.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with James Glassman, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and Robert J. Shiller, professor of economics at Yale University. They debate whether the U.S. stock market has really hit its bottom, and give their forecasts for the days and months to come.

David D'Arcy reports on an unlikely Johannes Vermeer exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. It features several of the 17th century Dutch artist's paintings, but it also shows work from his contemporaries in the Netherlands. Curators hope the juxtaposition demonstrates Vermeer's immense talent.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from London that as the foot-and-mouth outbreak in Britain spreads, more countries are banning animal products from the European Union. Amid growing criticism of the way it's handling the crisis, the British government is responding by slaughtering more animals. Farmers complain, however, carcasses are already piling up.

Gertrude Abercrombie was a bohemian midcentury painter whose surrealist paintings, newly coveted by collectors, are now touring museums as part of the show "Supernatural America."

Democrats say they have a path forward on social spending. Facebook's new corporate name is Meta, but the app is still Facebook. Ex-New York Governor Andrew Cuomo faces a misdemeanor sex charge.

In the Netflix hit series Squid Game, cash-strapped players compete in deadly children's games for money. NPR's podcast, The Indicator, looks at what the show reveals about debt and decision making.

Fifty year-old Glenn Hughes, best known as the Biker character in the 70s music group The Village People, died this past week of lung cancer. We have this appreciation. (Listener participation encouraged)