Morning Edition
Weekdays 5:00-9:00am
6:51: Marketplace Morning Report
8:51: Marketplace Morning Report
Hosted by Steve Inskeep, A Martínez, Leila Fadel, and Michel Martin, Morning Edition takes listeners around both the country and the world with multi-faceted stories and commentaries every weekday.
For more than four decades, NPR's Morning Edition has prepared listeners for the day ahead with up-to-the-minute news, background analysis, and commentary. Regularly heard on Morning Edition are familiar NPR commentators, and the special series StoryCorps, the largest oral history project in American history.
Morning Edition has garnered broadcasting's highest honors—including the George Foster Peabody Award and the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award.
Hamas says it's willing to release the five American hostages in Gaza
Hamas, the militant group the U.S. has labeled as terrorists, says it's willing to release the one living American hostage and bodies of four others it's held in Gaza since the 2023 attacks in Israel.
Republican Backlash Continues To Build Against Donald Trump
David Greene talks to Mac Stipanovich, a GOP strategist in Florida, on his assertion that not voting for Donald Trump — or even voting for Hillary Clinton — is the better option for Republicans.
Canadian Wildfire Could Rage For Months Near Fort McMurray
The fire has prompted the evacuation of more than 100,000 people. David Greene talks to John Fleming, whose family fled the fire and are staying with him in Edmonton, 270 miles south of Fort McMurray.
Trial To Begin For 3 Somali-Americans Accused Of Planning To Join ISIS
by Dina Temple-Raston
Jury selection starts Monday in this country's largest ISIS recruitment trial to date. Three Somali-Americans face charges in a Minneapolis federal court for allegedly planning to join ISIS in Syria.
Working Past Retirement Benefits Your Health, Study Says
by Patti Neighmond
Researchers from Oregon State University find that when healthy adults work one year past the typical retirement age of 65, they increase their odds of living longer.
'Tom And Jerry' Blamed For Violence In The Middle East
The cartoon has been called out in America for racial stereotypes and smoking. And now, an Egyptian official says the cat-and-mouse cartoon is responsible for violence in the Middle East.
N.C.'s 'Bathroom Law' Energizes Voters On Both Sides Of The Issue
by Jeff Tiberii
In North Carolina, the Republican Party is defending majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and the governor's office — amid a national controversy over a law concerning LGBT rights.
In The Digital Age, Connecticut State Police K-9 Unit Trains Edogs
by Patrick Skahill
For years police have used dogs like German Shepherds to sniff out things a human officer might miss. As more evidence goes digital, officers are training K-9s to sniff out clues there, too.
NBA Star Dwayne Wade Of The Miami Heat Makes Canadians Mad
Before a playoff game against Toronto, Dwayne Wade made practice shots during Canada's national anthem Canadians said he violated a rule that players stand in a dignified posture during anthems.
Conservative Groups Gather Momentum To Change States' Judicial Elections
by Sam Zeff
The presidential and Senate races dominate many states' politics. In Kansas, the fight is over whether to retain 4 state Supreme Court justices. It will be a deep-pocket campaign like none before it.
N.C. Officials Face DOJ Deadline To Change 'Bathroom Law'
Renee Montagne talks to N.C. Rep. Paul Stam, one of the sponsors of House Bill 2, about the Justice Department's determination that the measure violates federal civil rights laws.
Rape Suspects In New Delhi Have A Good Chance Of Being Acquitted, Report Says
by Julie McCarthy
Three and half years after a brutal gang rape in the Indian capital New Delhi ignited global outrage, a newspaper investigation finds that rape suspects there have an 83 percent chance of acquittal.
Politics In The News: GOP Has Yet To Unify Around Donald Trump
David Greene talks to columnist and commentator Cokie Roberts and Tucker Carlson, editor-in-chief of The Daily Caller, about the week ahead. West Virginia and Nebraska hold primaries on Tuesday.