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The White House has named Wisconsin Republican Scott Evertz director of its Office of National AIDS Policy. Evertz is openly gay and activists are praising the appointment, but still express caution about the Bush administration's commitment to fighting AIDS. NPR's Emily Harris has the story.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports on Bush administration plans to propose changes to the UN embargo against Iraq. Washington's plan -- dubbed "smart sanctions" -- is intended to tighten controls on military exports to Baghdad while loosening restrictions on all other goods that benefit the Iraqi people.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says the hardening of the Chinese position is making President Bush's decision about arms sales to Taiwan more difficult.

President Bush today released the details of his budget for fiscal year 2002, which keeps the total spending target a fraction under $2 trillion and makes the case for a long-range, permanent tax cut. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

More and more family court judges are facing men who argue they should no longer have to pay child support -- because a DNA test has proven they are not the father. From member station WBUR in Boston, Monica Brady reports on one such case in Massachusetts.

When Peter Brook was 7 years old, he staged his own production of Hamlet -- using little cardboard figures. Even then, he says, he felt Hamlet could be a little long. Now a legendary director, Brook is staging a shorter version of the play in a minor league hockey arena. Marcie Sillman of member station KUOW reports.

Forty-five Armenian-Americans have filed a class action lawsuit against New York Life Insurance Company over unpaid life insurance policies that date back nearly 100 years. The policies were taken out by their ancestors -- who were killed by Turkish forces between 1915 and 1922. New York Life says it's paid the appropriate policies. Nevertheless a settlement is expected to be announced. The case has similarities to those involving unpaid policies taken out by victims of the Nazi Holocaust -- and could lead to other reparations. American Radio Works' Michael Montgomery reports.

Northwest Airlines has reached a tentative agreement with its mechanics union. As Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik reports, some see the progress in negotiations as a victory for the Bush administration which refused to allow the Northwest workers to strike.

Commentator Kevin Kling has his own, lighter, baseball remembrance, of his childhood days at the plate.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports that farmers throughout the Pacific Northwest are bracing for a hot, dry summer. Rainfall is half of normal and many fear they could suffer devastating losses.