![NPR Morning Edition radio program logo](https://wfdd-live.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/profile/s3/2022-07/ME_NPRcolor_rgb_0.jpg?itok=RHkkmlk4)
Morning Edition
Weekdays 5:00-9:00am
6:51: Marketplace Morning Report
8:51: Marketplace Morning Report
Waking up is hard to do, but it's easier with NPR's Morning Edition. Hosts Renee Montagne, Steve Inskeep, and David Greene bring the day's stories and news to radio listeners on the go. Morning Edition provides news in context, airs thoughtful ideas and commentary, and reviews important new music, books, and events in the arts. All with voices and sounds that invite listeners to experience the stories.
![Black and white version of the Morning Edition logo](https://wfdd-live.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/wide/s3/2022-08/ME_NPRcolor_rgb_0-bw.jpg?itok=plX_o0we)
Colorado looks to midwives to solve the state's labor and delivery care shortage
by Rebecca Tauber
More than half of America’s rural hospitals lack labor and delivery services. The University of Colorado is trying to help close the gap by training nurse midwives to work in rural areas.
'Planet Money': How the FBI's fake cell phone company put criminals into jail cells
by Nick Fountain
Not too long ago, the FBI tried running a smartphone company. Their phones were specifically for criminals, and to snoop on them. It was the largest sting operation ever.
Trump holds news conference following conviction on felony charges
by Steve Inskeep
Former President Trump reiterated many of the claims — without evidence — that his criminal trial was "rigged." A New York jury found Trump guilty of 34 felony counts in his unprecedented hush money case.
Atlanta marks Day 5 of a water crisis that took city officials by surprise
by Jim Burress
People in Atlanta have been struggling with several water main breaks for days now. Residents want answers.
Commercial fisheries in the Great Lakes borrow an idea to help revive their industry
by Daniel Wanschura
Commercial fisheries in the Great Lakes hope to follow an example set in Iceland, by using nearly 100 percent of a fish in order to increase the value of each one landed while also decreasing waste.
Morning news brief
U.S. pressures Hamas and Israel to permanently end the war in Gaza. Hunter Biden's trial on gun charges begins Monday. Claudia Sheinbaum is poised to be Mexico's first female president
A historic first as Mexico elects its first female president
Claudia Sheinbaum, an environmental scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, was overwhelmingly elected Mexico’s first female president on Sunday.
U.S. pressures Hamas and Israel to permanently end the war in Gaza
President Biden surprised Israeli leaders on Friday when he went public with a ceasefire proposal that Israel had offered behind closed doors.
The Rochester Roosters are bringing back vintage ‘base ball’
by Catharine Richert
In southern Minnesota, some teams are playing baseball like it's 1860.