Morning Edition
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Episodes
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Hundreds are wounded after Hezbollah members' pagers exploded in their pockets
Hundreds of members of Hezbollah were wounded by exploding pagers when they exploded in their pockets in what appeared to be synchronized blasts.
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs arrested in Manhattan on charges of sexual misconduct
Producer and star Sean "Diddy" Combs, who has been accused by multiple people of sexual misconduct, was arrested on Tuesday in Manhattan.
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Why don’t DJs at some radio stations play a wider variety of music?
Why do pop radio stations play the same songs over and over again? We take a closer look.
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False claims about Haitian migrants in Ohio city lead to threats of violence
Springfield faces repeated evacuations, lockdowns and cancellations after the spread of false claims about Haitian migrants. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Springfield News-Sun reporter Jessica Orozco.
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Political violence incidents, including attempts on Trump's life, increases in 2024
The apparent second assassination attempt of Donald Trump is stirring concern about growing political violence in the U.S.
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Officials in New York say they have a solution to the city's rat problem
New York City has lots of rats. Officials are trying to contain them by resorting to something many other cities have relied on for years.
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Despite resistance, UAW plans to expand into sometimes hostile regions of the South
A year after the UAW's historic strike against the Big 3 Automakers, the union has tried to use the momentum to write its next success story in the South. However, it's getting pushback.
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We find out what Georgia voters are thinking about ahead of November's election
Georgia is a key swing state — it carries a lot of electoral votes. Only seven states have more. The Harris and Trump campaigns see it as key to their path to the presidency.
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Before an alleged attempt to kill Trump, man says he recruited soldiers for Ukraine
U.S. military veterans who support Ukraine worry about political blowback since the suspect in the apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump has connections to their movement.
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How families of hundreds of men missing in Bangladesh aim to get answers
Families of men who disappeared during the rule of the Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hope for answers now that she's been ousted.
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Exit interview: David Rennie ends 6 years covering Beijing for 'The Economist'
David Rennie, longtime China Bureau Chief of "The Economist," is leaving Beijing. In Part 1 of an exit interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep, Rennie talks about where the Chinese economy is headed.
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Teenage boys have a new hair style obsession: alpaca hair
Teenage boys have a new hair style obsession. Shaved on the sides, with a lot of fluff on top, it looks like the tuft of hair between an alpaca's ears.