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Two Russian airliners that departed from the same Moscow airport crash within minutes of each other. All 89 people aboard both flights are killed. Investigators are now discounting reports of terrorism. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Lawrence Sheets.

Some 2.5 million residents are told to evacuate a 310-mile stretch of Florida's east coast in advance of Hurricane Frances. The storm had threatened to reach Category 5 by Saturday morning, when it's expected to make landfall. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and Jill Roberts of member station WQCS.

The Bush and Kerry campaigns reportedly agree to three presidential debates, on Sept. 30, Oct. 8 and Oct. 13. The Bush campaign denies a deal, but a source familiar with the negotiations says the agreement also calls for one vice presidential debate Oct. 5. NPR's Giles Snyder reports.

President Bush and Sen. John Kerry campaign furiously in key battleground states, exchanging attacks on gun control, Iraq and the economy. Meanwhile, CBS News says it will stand by a disputed story on the president's service in the Air National Guard. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

Nearly three months after the transfer of sovereignty in Iraq, insurgents continue to disrupt the interim government's efforts to achieve control. Hear NPR's Scott Simon, Bathsheba Crocker of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Gen. William Nash of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Relief operations get under way in the wake of Hurricane Ivan, which has brought destruction to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. The storm remains at Category 4 strength as it heads westward. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and Ernest Pate of Pan American Health Organization.

In a speech in New Mexico, Sen. John Kerry accuses President Bush of ignoring his own intelligence establishment's grim assessment of the situation in Iraq. Kerry's stepped-up attacks on Bush's policies are part of an effort to win over swing voters in closely contested states in the Southwest. Hear NPR's Scott Horsley.

The Genesis space capsule crashes into the Utah desert after its parachutes fail to deploy. The probe carried billions of particles of solar wind that NASA had hoped held clues to the origins of the universe. It's not clear whether the samples were destroyed. Hear NPR's Howard Berkes.

The 9-11 Commission's final report was a stern rebuke of the nation's intelligence system. But after two months of discussion in Congress and the White House, the chances of reform coming before Congress adjourns on Oct. 8 are slim. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports.

Residents begin returning to Gulf Shores, Ala., where Hurricane Ivan made landfall Thursday night as a Category 3 storm. The area suffered damage from wind and floods as the ocean surged more than a mile inland. NPR's Adam Hochberg reports.