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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
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
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.Â
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
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
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
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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Sep 29, 2026
A judge in Massachusetts will consider several motions, including one to dismiss the triple-murder case against Lindsay Clancy, after a mistrial was declared over a deadlocked jury.
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Sep 29, 2026
Pastoring is an intense job. But what happens when a pastor is stuck thousands of miles away from his church -- with no hope of returning anytime soon?
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Sep 29, 2026
The Trump administration is weakening Biden-era fuel efficiency standards for new cars and trucks.
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Sep 29, 2026
Republicans made inroads with Latino voters in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley in 2024. Democrats are hoping backlash to Trump's immigration agenda can help them win back votes -- and the House.
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Sep 28, 2026
President Trump has rejected the latest Iranian proposal to end the conflict. Meanwhile, France is sending military support to Saudi Arabia in its war against Iranian-backed militants.
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Sep 28, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former assistant secretary of defense for the Middle East Dana Stroul about the latest ceasefire proposal from Iran.
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Sep 28, 2026
Nearly 30 people were killed in two separate mass shootings over the weekend in South Africa.
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Sep 28, 2026
Parental monitoring can help protect kids from the harms of social media and excess screen time. Screen time boundaries plus early and open conversations about online habits can make kids less vulnerable.
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Sep 28, 2026
NPR's A Martinez speaks with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear about his new book "Go and Do Likewise."
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Sep 28, 2026
Northeast coastal communities are assessing damage from an early-season nor'easter that brought high winds and lashing rain, coinciding with high tides from Virginia to southern Maine.
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Sep 28, 2026
Some communities dispatch mental health clinicians as an alternative to a police response for emergency calls. Researchers consider a program in Durham, North Carolina, to be a success.
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Sep 28, 2026
California health officials are on the lookout for new measles cases, after someone with the vaccine-preventable disease rode a passenger train and busses through six counties.
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Sep 28, 2026
A new field of study called "smoke ecology" strives to understand the smoke blowing off wildfires, and whether anything can be done to protect the environment's inhabitants from it.
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Sep 25, 2026
U.S. President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met for the second time this year to much fanfare but little in the way of grand bargains.
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Sep 25, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with former U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns about Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Washington and what has been accomplished.
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Sep 25, 2026
The average mortgage rate is above 7% for the first time since January 2025. Compared with earlier this year, that interest rate means would-be homebuyers would pay hundreds more each month.
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Sep 25, 2026
Middle East crises in focus as U.N. General Assembly hears from Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Yemen.
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Sep 25, 2026
Middle East crises in focus as UN General Assembly hears from Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and Yemen.
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Sep 25, 2026
With less than six weeks until Election Day, a growing number of Republicans are breaking from Trump on key issues. It comes as the party is scrambling to hold onto a slim majority in Congress.
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Sep 25, 2026
The rise of NBC's "To Catch a Predator" is fictionalized in the film "Primetime," starring Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen. NPR's A Martinez speaks with director Lance Oppenheim.
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Sep 25, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep was part of a small group of journalists who met with an Iranian official on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. He tells Leila Fadel what he learned.
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Sep 25, 2026
The largest international livestock crossing on the Texas/New Mexico border opens after being shut down for more than a year because of the flesh-eating New World Screwworm fly.
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Sep 25, 2026
Whether it's oil from Venezuela or somewhere else, the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve needs to be refilled. The SPR is widely considered critical for energy security. We run through the challenges to refilling the reserves.
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Sep 24, 2026
The FBI is investigating criminal hackers' claims of breaching its jobs website. The apparent hack poses a potential counterintelligence risk and a safety concern for employees and applicants.
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Sep 24, 2026
What can we expect from the Trump-Xi summit? NPR's A Martinez asks Daniel Kritenbrink, an assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific affairs in the Biden administration.
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Sep 24, 2026
Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in the United States on Wednesday evening for his first state visit in 11 years.
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Sep 24, 2026
For NPR's Newsmakers, Steve Inskeep asks Tucker Carlson about the war in Iran, President Trump and tribalism.
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Sep 24, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with New York Times reporter Emily Cochrane about a feud that has erupted over Dolly Parton's estate.
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Sep 24, 2026
As the fall harvest gets underway, many farmers are in the red. While crop prices have improved somewhat since last year, operating costs have increased, led by record high diesel prices.
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Sep 24, 2026
Infectious disease outbreaks are on the rise worldwide. A new analysis finds human actions, from deforestation to climate change, are partly responsible.
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Sep 24, 2026
More than six years after his first trial began, former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's New York sex crimes case came to a close Wednesday when he was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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Sep 24, 2026
George Lucas's new museum opens, but it's not about 'Star Wars'
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Sep 24, 2026
NPR's A Martinez speaks with Gabe Rottman of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press about a judge's ruling temporarily restoring White House access for three media organizations.
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Sep 24, 2026
Netflix is rebooting the 1980's sitcom "A Different World," with some of the original cast joining an all-new crop of students at Hillman. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Jasmine Guy and Maleah Joi Moon.
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Sep 24, 2026
Iran, Ukraine and Russia took center stage at the U.N. Wednesday, with Israel's prime minister addressing the U.N. General Assembly Thursday.
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Sep 23, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz about President Trump's visit to the U.N. General Assembly and whether progress has been made on key issues.
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