Michel Martin
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Flood-stricken areas are slow to recovery from the remnants of Hurricane Helene
In eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, efforts to clean up the flooding from Hurricane Helene's remnants are slow-going. People are relying on each other as they struggle to move forward.
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Morning news brief
Israel vows retaliation after an Iranian missile attack. What went right and wrong for the VP candidates in Tuesday night's debate. And after Hurricane Helene, neighbors are helping neighbors.
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U.S. appears to support Israel’s attacks in Lebanon while calling for diplomacy
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Beirut-based security consultant and Hezbollah expert Nicholas Blanford about the Iran-backed militant group's next steps following the death of its leader.
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At its lowest point in years, Nike strives to recover from slumping sales
Nike is bringing a former executive out of retirement to be the new CEO. The company reports to Wall Street on Tuesday just how bad things are.
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Morning news brief
Israel begins limited ground offensive into Lebanon targeting Hezbollah militants -- airstrikes kill upward of a thousand people. Vice presidential nominees JD Vance and Tim Walz debate this evening.
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EX-NFL QB Colin Kaepernick and broadcast personality Nessa Diab author kid's book
NPR's Michel Martin talks to Colin Kaepernick and Nessa Diab, authors of the new children's book- - "We Are Free, You And Me" -- inspired by the affirmations they share with their two-year-old child.
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A first for Mexico: Claudia Sheinbaum to be sworn in as the 1st female president
Claudia Sheinbaum becomes Mexico's new president Tuesday, the first woman ever to hold the country's highest office.
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Lebanon prepares to bury Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah
The Middle East changed over the weekend. Israel killed the leader of the militant group Hezbollah in Beirut in a wave of continuing airstrikes that began a week ago.
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It's the end of an era in Britain -- the coal era
At midnight Monday, the U.K.'s last coal-fired power plant shuts down -- and Britain becomes the first major developed economy to phase out coal power.
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North Carolina is airlifting food and water to communities cut off by Helene
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper says the damage is "widespread and catastrophic" following Hurricane Helene. Many remote mountain communities remain cut off.