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Oct 08, 2026
Isaias became the first hurricane of the Atlantic season late Wednesday. It's expected to make landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast Friday.
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Oct 08, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with former NOAA official Carolyn Gruber about vulnerabilities in the infrastructure of coastal cities during extreme weather events.
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Oct 08, 2026
Federal prosecutors say a teenager is under arrest, under suspicion of plotting a mass shooting at Minnesota's Mall of America.
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Oct 08, 2026
Real-time crime-center software is a sometimes overlooked but powerful tool allowing police to aggregate immense amounts of data, significantly expanding their surveillance reach.
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Oct 08, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with director Alex Gibney about "Musk," his new documentary on Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Initial release 10/9, national US theatrical
release 10/16.
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Oct 08, 2026
NPR has exclusive reporting that under the Trump administration, the FBI teams that work on catching foreign spies have been hit with major staffing cuts.
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Oct 08, 2026
France's prime minister says students' demands for better school resources will be heard, but his pledge wasn't enough to quell protesters.
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Oct 08, 2026
Carson's writing, including The Beauty of the Husband, Autobiography of Red, and Eros the Bittersweet, is eclectic in genre and theme.
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Oct 08, 2026
The Swedish Academy announces the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Thursday, and the literary world is speculating about which writers could become the latest Nobel laureate.
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Oct 08, 2026
Student groups at Cornell organized a seven-hour sit-in Wednesday to protest the University's handling of the 2024 rape allegations.
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Oct 08, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with radiologist Dr. Lisa Mullen about a new Maryland law requiring that patients be notified if mammogram results show calcium deposits in blood vessels.
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Oct 08, 2026
Both parties are spending heavily in roughly 60 House districts — where Trump won by an average of nine points in 2024 — that could be key to deciding control of the chamber in the midterms.
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Oct 08, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Jessica Taylor with the Cook Political Report how Republican groups are shifting spending amid unfavorable polling for their party ahead of the midterms.
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Oct 08, 2026
Christa Pike's attorneys say she regained consciousness after surviving two lethal injections. It's not clear what will happen to her next.
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Oct 07, 2026
Questions continue to swirl around a U.K. military base and potential Iran-backed attacks.
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Oct 07, 2026
NPR's A Martínez asks Megan Sutcliffe, who focuses on security risks in the Middle East, why Iran would want to target a British air base.
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Oct 07, 2026
President Trump hits the campaign trail as Republicans look to rally turnout ahead of the midterms.
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Oct 07, 2026
The federal Civil Rights Data Collection, for the first time in decades, tells us about the teacher workforce and reminds us racial disparities are still stark in American public schools.
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Oct 07, 2026
The pop superstar is showing art from his personal collection for the first time. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is packed with fans.
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Oct 07, 2026
Northern Nevada has a reliably red congressional seat, represented by a Republican since it was drawn in the early 1980s. A complicated candidate and a potential blue wave this year could change that.
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Oct 07, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with podcaster Jennifer Welch about her new book, "Not Today, Fascists."
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Oct 07, 2026
Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates will lead an independent inquiry into Cornell's handling of a former student's rape allegations. Students are preparing for a sit-in Wednesday.
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Oct 07, 2026
Before Tennessee's prisons chief stepped down in the aftermath of a horrific failed execution, he oversaw botched executions in Arizona. A review of protocols there spelled out serious issues.
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Oct 06, 2026
Election Day is four weeks away and people are already voting in the 2026 midterms. Where do things stand in the big races across the country?
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Oct 06, 2026
Democrats are feeling optimistic ahead of the midterms, but what challenges remain? NPR's A Martinez asks Devan Barber, who leads the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
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Oct 06, 2026
The world's biggest chipmaker now manufactures at scale in Phoenix, as well as Taiwan. China is warning political leaders in Arizona to not get too friendly.
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Oct 06, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Meshell Ndegeocello about her new album, "Synonym," featuring duets with the likes of Cynthia Erivo, Chaka Khan and Brandi Carlile.
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Oct 06, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel drives some 700 miles across Maine talking to voters about the issues that are shaping their decisions in the midterm elections.
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Oct 06, 2026
High school students in France are fighting for more resources in schools. Some of the protests have turned violent, but it's not clear whether students or the police are to blame.
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Oct 06, 2026
High school students in France are fighting for more resources in schools. Some of the protests have turned violent, but it's not clear whether students or the police are to blame.
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Oct 06, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel goes fly fishing with men in Maine to see if the Democrats' policies and candidates are resonating, when so many men backed Donald Trump for president in 2024.
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Oct 06, 2026
Saudi-backed forces in Yemen launch a major counter-offensive to drive back Houthis, supported by Iran
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Oct 06, 2026
NPR's A Martinez speaks with Michael Ratney, former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, about the new military offensive launched by Saudi Arabia and Yemeni forces against the Iran-backed Houthis.
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Oct 06, 2026
Voters in Maine could help decide who will control the Senate in next month's midterm elections. Republican incumbent Susan Collins is hoping to fend off challenger Democrat Troy Jackson.
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Oct 06, 2026
The midterm elections are just a month away. NPR visits voters in the battleground state of Maine, where the Trump administration's immigration enforcement has divided and galvanized residents.
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Oct 06, 2026
The Paramount and Warner Bros. merger has survived court challenges, public protests and regulatory scrutiny. Now, the Hollywood heavyweight, named Skydance, begins operating.
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Oct 05, 2026
Investigators are still searching for the motive behind the midair attack aboard a commercial plane full of passengers heading from Dubai to Tel Aviv last week.
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Oct 05, 2026
The ongoing investigation has found the attacker intended to crash the plane into Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport, a person familiar with the matter but not authorized to speak publicly told NPR.
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Oct 05, 2026
The investigation has found the attacker intended to crash the plane into Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport, a person familiar with the matter not authorized to speak publicly told NPR.
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Oct 05, 2026
NPR's A Martinez speaks with retired FBI special agent Lara Burns about the investigation into the FlyDubai attack and the lessons for law enforcement agencies worldwide.
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Oct 05, 2026
A U.S. Marine has been arrested on suspicion of murder in Okinawa, prompting renewed Japanese criticism of the conduct of American military personnel.
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Oct 05, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Mahmoud Khalil, who was arrested at Columbia University by immigration authorities last year. His memoir is "No Land to Stand On: Notes From Detention."
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Oct 05, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist arrested at Columbia University by immigration authorities. His memoir is "No Land to Stand On: Notes From Detention."
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Oct 05, 2026
Combined spending on advertising by Democratic state Rep. James Talarico, Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, and super PACs supporting each of them has already topped $153 million.
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Oct 05, 2026
Virginia has been one of the toughest places for someone convicted of a felony to get their voting rights back. An amendment to the state constitution -- on November's ballot -- would change that.
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Oct 05, 2026
Iraq's main Iranian-backed militias say they will stop attacks after the U.S. military's withdrawal from the country.
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Oct 05, 2026
Many people are turning to sauna because of its benefits for their mental health. While scientists have a decent understanding of how sauna — and other forms of heat exposure — exercises our cardiovascular system, they know relatively little about its impact on depression, anxiety and mood. But more studies are being done to understand this connection and why heat appears to act as a powerful antidepressant. NPR's Will Stone visits a "floating sauna village" in Oslo where a husband-wife team are conducting one of the first trials on the link between sauna and mental health — and talks to one of the leading researchers in the U.S about her efforts to study this.
Morning Edition consumer health segment for October 5
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Oct 05, 2026
The Supreme Court kicks off a new term with a major case about whether states can sue giant energy companies over the harms of climate change.
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Oct 05, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Amy Howe of SCOTUSblog about the cases on the docket as the Supreme Court starts its new term.
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Oct 05, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel visits the battleground state of Maine ahead of the midterms. The state could determine control of the Senate.
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Oct 05, 2026
Hearing about the sexual assault of a Cornell University student in 2024 is bringing back memories for people who have experienced abuse. With the story everywhere, it's hard to ignore.
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Oct 02, 2026
The Labor Department offers an update Friday on the strength of the U.S. job market. The news comes as long-term interest rates have been climbing.
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Oct 02, 2026
The Labor Department offered an update Friday on the strength of the U.S. job market. The news comes as long-term interest rates have been climbing.
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Oct 02, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, about high bond yields and the September jobs report.
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Oct 02, 2026
September jobs report to give an update on the market, Tennessee governor halts executions after woman survives attempt, N.Y. attorney general appointed as special prosecutor in Cornell rape case.
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Oct 02, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Robert Garland, artistic director of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, a company where he was once principal dancer and that he is taking back to the African continent for the first time since the 1990s.
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Oct 02, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court opens a new term, with test cases on religion, guns, immigration and climate change ahead.
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Oct 02, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court opens a new term, with test cases on religion, guns, immigration and climate change ahead.
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Oct 02, 2026
Google has launched an experimental satellite that will test the feasibility of putting AI data centers in space.
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Oct 02, 2026
Car crimes have plunged in San Francisco over the last four years. The city credits, in part, Flock cameras. We investigate the claim.
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Oct 02, 2026
Since the 2024 election, Black voters have led a surge in Democratic voter enthusiasm by responding to a Supreme Court decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act.
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Oct 02, 2026
School districts that drive long distances are navigating record high diesel prices in different ways. Some have transitioned to electric or propane buses to ease the pinch.
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Oct 02, 2026
Reaction was swift after the execution of a Tennessee woman was halted because she survived two lethal injections.
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Oct 02, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin asks Randy Spivey, a lawyer representing a death row inmate who survived two lethal injections, about Tennessee's handling of executions.
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Oct 02, 2026
The family of a woman killed during an immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota is filing two civil suits against the federal government.
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Oct 01, 2026
Christa Gail Pike was sentenced to death for a 1995 murder and was supposed to be executed Wednesday night. But after two lethal injections, she was still alive.
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Oct 01, 2026
One pilot stabbed another pilot on a flydubai flight headed to Tel Aviv on Wednesday and may have tried to crash the plane before passengers and crew members subdued him, Israel's prime minister says.
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Oct 01, 2026
NPR's A Martinez speaks with retired military and commercial airline pilot Ron Alvarado about how pilots are trained to avert interference in the cockpit.
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Oct 01, 2026
California's candidates for governor square off in a debate while the blue-leaning state grapples with affordability and other issues.
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Oct 01, 2026
The FAA's ambitious overhaul of the air traffic control system comes amid rising public anxiety about AI. The CEO of the company that's building the software explains how it works.
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Oct 01, 2026
Agriculture experts say high egg prices were the result of severe avian flu outbreaks, but the Trump administration's tariffs and the war with Iran have also put pressure on farmers.
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Oct 01, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Dominic West, who plays a wealthy husband engaging in "the biggest divorce trial in British legal history" in the HBO series "War."
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Oct 01, 2026
A record-breaking El Nino is set to peak in a few months, but climate scientists say a key chance to study it is being missed. During the last strong El Nino, NOAA launched a comprehensive campaign to measure and observe it in the Pacific Ocean. The data improves forecasts for extreme weather, helping communities prepare for flooding. This El Nino, NOAA says it won't be able to do the same. NOAA's research capacity has been under fire. The Trump administration is proposing to eliminate the agency's research division and as a whole, the agency has lost more than 2,000 staff.
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Oct 01, 2026
A $3 billion gift to Carnegie Mellon University is the largest single donation in the history of U.S. higher education, and it's part of a larger trend.
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Oct 01, 2026
Some undocumented immigrants face fines of more than a million dollars for failing to follow deportation orders from years ago.
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Oct 01, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Kimberly Prost, who sits on the International Criminal Court, about the impact of U.S. sanctions on ICC judges.
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Oct 01, 2026
President Trump makes his first campaign stop this October in deep red Oklahoma.
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Oct 01, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to political analyst and columnist Ron Brownstein about President Trump's pre-midterm campaign visit to the Republican-majority state of Oklahoma.
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Oct 01, 2026
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is undergoing a massive funding change starting Thursday that will shift more of the program's cost onto states.
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Oct 01, 2026
NPR's A Martinez speaks with Beck about "Ride Lonesome," the singer-songwriter's final album in his "heartache trilogy."
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Oct 01, 2026
Israel's prime minister says a pilot on a flight full of Israelis from Dubai to Tel Aviv tried to crash the plane after stabbing other pilot
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Sep 30, 2026
President Trump met with top tech leaders Tuesday as he rolled out an AI-driven website, America.gov, to help citizens navigate government services.
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Sep 30, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with AI policy expert Aalok Mehta about President Trump's AI Summit with tech industry leaders.
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Sep 30, 2026
Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith defended two criminal indictments against President Trump on Capitol Hill.
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Sep 30, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with the filmmakers of "NAZA," a documentary that features interviews with Israeli intelligence officers and soldiers who describe targeting Palestinians in Gaza.
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Sep 30, 2026
The FBI says it's addressing a massive data breach, vowing to go after the hackers they believe are responsible.
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Sep 30, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Robert Malley, a negotiator of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, about where talks stand after President Trump rejected Iran's offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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Sep 30, 2026
New Hampshire's Senate race is one of a handful that could determine control of Congress next year. That's why outside money groups are plowing big money into it — some $50 million to date.
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Sep 30, 2026
Cities like New York are bouncing back faster from major rainfall and flash flooding, thanks to smart, low-cost climate solutions.
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Sep 30, 2026
23 years after the United States military invaded Iraq, sparking an insurgency and a civil war, the U.S. has withdrawn its forces, as the country still tries to combat Iranian influence.
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Sep 30, 2026
23 years after the United States military invaded Iraq, sparking an insurgency and a civil war, the U.S. has withdrawn its forces, as the country still tries to combat Iranian influence.
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Sep 30, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with retired Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, former U.S. National Security Advisor, about the impact the final withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq will have on the Middle East.
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Sep 30, 2026
Retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, who commanded U.S. troops in Iraq, says the withdrawal could strengthen Iran and leave Iraq more vulnerable to ISIS.
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Sep 29, 2026
Five men arrested on terror charges near a U.S.-operated air force base in England were released on bail Monday, as police investigate whether there is a link to Iran.
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Sep 29, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel asks Nick Aldworth, a former U.K. counterterrorism national coordinator, about the investigation into a suspected bomb plot near U.S. operations at an air base in England.
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Sep 29, 2026
SpaceX's mammoth rocket, Starship, reached orbit for the first time on Monday. The mission was shorter than expected, but SpaceX completed its objectives as it develops the world's largest rocket.
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Sep 29, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich about his memoir, "This Cursed Beautiful Land," on his imprisonment in Russia on false espionage charges.
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Sep 29, 2026
Sailors have been on long deployments this year. The focus has been on carriers, but those on smaller ships also feel the strain.
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Sep 29, 2026
Jaimie Bethea, a 21-year-old mass communication specialist, had been deployed on the USS Fort Lauderdale for more than 11 months. She died by suicide in June.
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Sep 29, 2026
In most states, people with Medicaid coverage will have to prove they're working, volunteering or studying, starting Jan. 1. But Montana is starting that early, and it's sowing confusion and anxiety.
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