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Host Bob Edwards talks with L.A. Times reporter Anthony Kuhn in Beijing. A team of U.S. military experts will arrive in China later today to examine the downed U.S. Navy spy plane there.

Writer MICHAEL CHABON (SHAY-bon). Chabon won a year 2001 Pulitzer prize for his novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (Random House). His other books include The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, and a collection of stories called Werewolves in Their Youth. Last year his book Wonder Boys was adapted into a film starring Michael Douglas. He has also written for many publications including The New Yorker, Harper's, and Esquire.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports on the potential writers strike in Hollywood. As the success of cable and broadcast networks increased over the past few years, writers say their residual payments -- the money they receive when their work is re-run on cable -- should have grown proportionally. The writers are also demanding more freedom over creative issues. Some say the Writers Guild of America (WGA) may extend talks with Hollywood studios past tonight's contract expiration, if progress is being made.

NPR's Jack Speer reports on a new ranking of the world's best business schools. The list shows some surprising results from asking over a thousand corporate recruiters to rank schools based on some unusual factors.

Host Bob Edwards talks with professor Ted Olson about the works of Appalachian writer James Still, who died at 94 this weekend. Still's work was widely popular in the 1930's, but he never received as much notoriety as other writers of the time. Now a new collection of his poetry will be published by The University Press of Kentucky in June. It's called From the Mountain, From the Valley.

As the Chinese government cracks down on the Falun Gong spiritual movement, exercises used by the group are becoming popular in the United States. Jason DeRose has a report from member station KPLU in Seattle.

Writer Micheline Aharonian Marcom examines the persecution of Christians in Turkey during the early 20th century in her first novel: Three Apples Fell From Heaven. Alan Cheuse has a review. (1:45) The book is published by Riverside.

The 2000 census shows more cities grew during the 1990s than in the previous decade. Host Bob Edwards talks to Bruce Katz, director of the Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy at the Brookings Institution, about why some cities performed better than others.

NPR's Scott Simon muses on some of the costumes he'd like to see this second pandemic Halloween.

President Biden mets with other world leaders abroad, as Congressional Democrats continue to negotiate over his domestic agenda. Meanwhile, eyes are on the tight Virginia gubernatorial race.

Russia is seeing its highest infection and death rates since the start of the pandemic. It's beginning a controversial 10-day shutdown in an attempt to defeat the virus.

A mysterious signal that appeared to be emanating from Proxima Centauri put scientists on a hunt to track down its source. What they found was that it had a decidedly earthbound origin.