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NPR's Mike Shuster reports on the critical role of the U.S. embassy staff in Beijing in resolving the crisis. The young Bush administration was caught by surprise by the incident, as it had not fully developed its stance toward China. The administration had to scramble to respond -- and relied on the expertise of the embassy.

A new thermometer designed to take people's temperature from their foreheads is said to be more accurate than other thermometers -- as well as more comfortable to use. Noah Adams talks with Dr. David Greenes, a pediatrician at Children's Hospital in Boston, where the temporal artery thermometer has been tested. The Exergen company will be placing the device on the market later this year.

President Bush ruffled lots of feathers weeks ago by backing away from the Kyoto global warming treat and delaying rules limiting arsenic in drinking water. NPR's John Nielsen reports that Mr. Bush's 2001 federal budget contains a quieter but no less pointed attack on Clinton environmental policies.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Gaza reports Israeli troops and tanks stormed into Palestinian refugee camp early today. It was Israel's first military incursion into Palestinian-ruled territory since the violence began last September.

Ava DuVernay and Colin Kaepernick worked together on the series, a coming-of-age portrait of the athlete.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., about the ongoing talks over President Biden's domestic spending plan.

President Biden unveiled a slimmed down spending framework to House Democrats. He discussed the transformative nature of the package, but some major priorities Democrats hoped to include were dropped.

A federal grand jury indicted a Saint Augustine man on bank fraud and wire fraud charges linked to alleged theft of COVID-19 relief funds.

Linda Wertheimer and Robert Siegel read some of the letters received by listeners this week at All Things Considered. (4:00) Send e-mail to atc@npr.org. Send regular post to "Letters," All Things Considered, National Public Radio, 635 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., 20001.

Jack Dilenschneider died of COVID-19 in September at age 89. After started a small law firm in Ohio in the 1960s, he went south to defend civil rights activists and others trying peacefully to vote.