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Reports that the state of Texas was affected from smoke coming from forest fires in Mexico and Central America, causing Texas officials to issue a health alert on May 12, 1998. Information on the warnings given; When the Texas warning is to remain in effect; Percentage of Texans at risk.

Presents information on a strategy which schools in the United States are turning to in an effort to attract teachers to schools. Questions why school districts are seeking teachers; Number of teachers needed in California; Reason for the quest for teachers; Indepth look at methods used to find teachers.

Reports on the increased number of kidnapping of children by noncustodial parents in the United States. Reference to the experience of Mark Winslow whose daughter, Brianna Nicole was kidnapped on April 03, 1998 by her mother, Vicky Shaffer; Circumstances leading up to the kidnapping of Brianna; Information on the penalties for parental kidnapping; How penalties have changed throughout the years; Speculation that most abductions are by males; Reason for the speculation.

Presents information on the Baltimore, Maryland Police Athletic League program for young persons, as reported on April 28, 1998. Details on the program; Significance of the phrase `quality-of-life'; Focus of the program; Impact of the program on the Goodnow neighborhood.

Reports that Colin Powell, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will unveil the first annual report of America's Promise--the Alliance for Youth, at a special meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors. Efforts to help save young people from the effects of poverty; Comments from Powell.

Reports that the United States Navy stopped a train in Kansas City, Missouri, which was carrying 12,000 gallons of Vietnam-era napalm to East Chicago, Indiana, to be recycled. Location were the naplam is being stored; Refusal of the Pollution Control Industries to take possession of the napalm; Benefits of recycling the caustic chemical. INSET: Flammable, not explosive, Traci Watson.

Claims that innocent senior citizens are being evicted from their homes, as a result of a promise by the administration of President Bill Clinton of the United States to drive drug dealers from public housing. How senior citizens became involved in the eviction; Information on the order from President Clinton in 1996; Comments from a stroke victim, 75-years-old Herman Walker.

Presents information on the death of Ezequiel Hernandez Jr., who was shot by a United States (US) Marine on May 20, 1997. Circumstances surrounding the death of Hernandez; Discussions held between the family of the deceased and the US Navy on the possibility of a financial settlement for Hernandez's death.

Presents news briefs from the United States. Navy's challenge of a court ruling that barred it from dismissing a sailor who posted a gay profile on America Online; Burning of derailed freight cars in Lynchburg, Virginia; Fulfillment of a Taiwanese sect prophecy of God's appearance in a suburb in Dallas, Texas.

Presents information on the shootings which occurred on March 24, 1998 at the Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Deaths of four girls and a teacher in the shootings; Amount of people who were injured; Charges filed against Andrew Golden and Mitchell Johnson who committed the crimes.

Reports that since December 1997, 19 people including children, have died in Austin and Houston, Texas from infections caused by group A streptococcus (strep). Two forms of group A strep; Attempts to stop the spread of germs in day-care centers; Symptoms of invasive strep.

Presents news briefs on issues relating to the United States, as reported on March 4, 1998. Expected naming of Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Eileen Collins, to command a shuttle mission; Reference to the title held by Collins as the first woman to pilot a space shuttle; Citing of 89 cases of group A Streptococcus in Texas; Further details on issues.

Reports that following a six-week trial that ended on February 26, 1998, talk show host Oprah Winfrey emerged triumphant from a federal courtroom in Amarillo, Texas, after a jury affirmed her right to tell television viewers that eating beef could be dangerous. Circumstances surrounding a lawsuit that was filed against Winfrey by Texas cattle ranchers; Comments from Winfrey; Views of those who supported her throughout the trial.

Focuses on the work of John Wayne Whitehead and Donovan Campbell Jr., attorneys for Paula Jones in turning up allegations against American President Bill Clinton, in relation to Jones' sexual harassment lawsuit against him. Significance of their discovery of Monica Lewinsky, who has also filed a similar suit against Clinton; Question raised over the two attorneys' success; Background career information on the two; Other information relation to the issue.

Reports on the execution of convicted murderer, Karla Faye Tucker in Huntsville, Texas, on February 3, 1998. Significance of the execution; Circumstances surrounding her execution; Detailed information on Tucker's crime; Comments from Richard Thornton, husband of Tucker's victim; Scene outside Huntsville prison for the execution.

Presents information on the testimony of Diane Zamora at the murder trial of which she is accused of killing Adrianne Jones in a fit of jealousy in 1996. Background information on Zamora; Detailed information on the circumstances surrounding the case; Attempt of Zamora's lawyers to prevent her confession from being used as evidence; Life sentence facing Zamora.

Focuses on a debate on whether a helmet should be worn by skiers. Reference to the death of Representative Sonny Bono, of California and Michael Kennedy son of the late Robert F. Kennedy; Information on a 1993 analysis by two Rochester Institute of Technology researchers, which indicate that trauma to the head accounts for 55 percent of all ski deaths; Details on the debate.

Discusses the lives and possible sentences of the boys charged with a shooting at a school in Joneboro, Arkansas. The likelihood that the boys will be freed when they turn 18; Reaction of victims' family and friends; Behaviors of Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden in jail; Comments of the sheriff.

Discusses the shootings by two juveniles at the West Side Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Deaths and injuries among children and teachers; Details of the shooting; Charges brought against Andrew Golden and Mitchell Johnson; threats made by the suspects prior to the shootings; Impact on the community.

Focuses on the suspects in the shooting deaths of a teacher and students at the Jonesboro, Arkansas, Westside Middle School. Charges of capital murder and battery to be brought against the juvenile suspects Andrew Golden and Mitchell Johnson; Description of guns stolen from the Golden residence; Commentary.

Reports the shootings at a Jonesboro, Arkansas middle school on March 24, 1998. Shootings attributed to several students; Deaths of students and teachers; Efforts of emergency personnel; Details of the shooting; Comparison to earlier killings in schools in the United States.

Reports the execution of murderer Karla Faye Tucker in Huntsville, Texas. Details of Tucker's death by lethal injection; Mention of other cases of women receiving capital punishment; Comments of Tucker and of her victims' families; Appeals procedures.