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The signing of the agreement on Hebron between Israel and the Palestinians has proven to have far-reaching implications. Most of the Arab world was watching to see what conservative Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would do in those negotiations. The fact that the peace process has continued has raised hopes that a peace agreement might be reached between Syria and Israel as well...which would go a long way toward achieving a comprehensive peace in the Middle East. The United States is expected to push for such an agreement between the two nations soon. NPR's Eric Weiner reports.

Vice President Al Gore stayed out of public view through most of the day, contemplating his options in the extraordinary political circumstances of the moment. Having apparently won a narrow victory in the popular vote for president yesterday, Gore is 10 electoral votes shy of the 270 needed. Unless a recount reverses the apparent result in Florida, Gore will fall short of the office he has pursued throughout his adult life. NPR's Don Gonyea is watching the Gore camp in Nashville, Tennessee and spoke with Robert Siegel.

Iraq's National Assembly appoints veteran Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani as the country's new interim president, and also names two vice presidents. Officials said former president Saddam Hussein, who oppressed Kurds during his reign, watched the proceedings on TV from his prison cell.

The next president may get to name several justices to the Supreme Court. With such an evenly split court, a change of even one justice could deeply impact many of the issues that come before the court. Analysts are watching Justices William Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens and Sandra Day O'Connor for signs that one or more will retire. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and NPR's Nina Totenberg.

Watch Dana Brown's new documentary about surfing, Step Into Liquid, and you can almost feel yourself inside the curls of monster waves -- a wild rush of water pressing in all around you. NPR's Melissa Block talks with filmmaker Dana Brown about his documentary -- view a clip showing surfers on some of the biggest waves ever ridden.

Voters in Taiwan go to the polls Saturday to pick a new president and legislature. It's being watched closely because democratic Taiwan works closely with the U.S., but it is also claimed by China.

"Use your common sense. Believe your eyes. What you saw, you saw," prosecutor Steve Schleicher told the jurors in closing arguments during Chauvin's murder trial.

Chauvin told Judge Peter Cahill that he would exercise his Fifth Amendment right. Closing arguments are expected to begin on Monday.

"It was a murder in the full light of day, and it ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see [systemic racism]," the president said after the guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Joe Killian, investigative reporter for NC Policy Watch, about the University of North Carolina's decision to not give Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure status.

Many veterans long supported an end to the war in Afghanistan, but they also watched with anger and disbelief as the country fell — seemingly overnight — to the Taliban.

NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks to Ann Hsu of San Francisco about the successful effort from parents and residents to recall three school board members this week.