Morning Edition
Every weekday for over three decades, Morning Edition has taken listeners around the country and the world with two hours of multi-faceted stories and commentaries that inform, challenge and occasionally amuse.
Sponsored
Episodes
-
Ex-Navy nuclear engineer and his wife are charged in an espionage plot
A former U.S. Navy engineer and his wife are due in federal court Tuesday. The Justice Department accuses them of trying to share secrets about nuclear submarine technology with another country.
-
This new Broadway play doesn't have a script — but it does have a transcript
Is This a Room is based entirely on the transcript of the FBI interrogation of Reality Winner, the former NSA contractor who was imprisoned for leaking classified information.
-
Catch limits imposed on menhaden have sparked a population rebound
Along the Northeast coast, seals, whales and tuna feast on menhaden, fish that rebounded after regulators limited the catch. The oily fish are a foundation of coastal ecosystems from Florida to Maine.
-
Native American tribes push to get Biden's infrastructure bill passed
Marking Indigenous Peoples' Day, tribes are calling on Congress to swiftly pass the infrastructure bill — which they say would begin to address historical inequities in Indian Country.
-
It is expected to be a big week regarding vaccination booster news
The FDA will review booster data from Moderna and J&J. A preview of what to expect from the FDA this week, and how vaccines are still holding up despite waning immunity.
-
Man in northern Bosnia builds a house that can rotate a full circle
Vojin Kusic says he heard his wife's complaints about wanting a varied view from the windows, which is why he built a house that can rotate 360 degrees at different speeds. It took six years to build.
-
It was the NFL game that no team seemed to be able to win
Toward the end of Sunday's game, the Green Bay Packers and the Cincinnati Bengals kept missing game-winning field goals — five in all. Finally, the Packers won 25-22 in overtime.
-
As the GOP prepares for midterms, they welcome Trump with open arms
NPR's A Martinez talks to Amanda Carpenter, director of the Republicans for Voting Rights, about former president Trump, who was at a rally in Iowa, flanked by some of the biggest names in the GOP.
-
U.S. businesses are taking account of Biden's trade policy on China
NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Tiffany Williams, co-owner of the Luggage Shop of Lubbock, about the impact of the Biden administration's trade strategy with China.
-
3 U.S.-based economists win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics
The three economists won for their work on drawing conclusions from unintended experiments, or so-called "natural experiments."
-
Groups opposed to abortion rights are unhappy with judge's intervention in Texas
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Rebecca Parma, senior legislative associate at Texas Right to Life, about a federal judge blocking the enforcement of the abortion ban in Texas.
-
Texas providers of abortion services are wary the law's status could change again
Some Texas clinics have resumed abortions after a federal court ruling, but some haven't yet because of the risks of a higher court reversing the decision.