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Morning Edition draws on reporting from correspondents based around the world, NPR Illinois journalists, and producers and reporters in locations in the United States. This reporting is supplemented by other NPR Member Station reporters across the country as well as independent producers and reporters throughout the public radio system.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kelly Dittmar, director of research at the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, about the rising number of women in state legislatures.
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Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris re-opens to the public this weekend -- five years after a fire gutted much of it. An exhibit traveling the world introduces visitors to the cathedral's history.
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Major League Baseball is considering a new batting rule that's sparking a lot of controversy. NPR's A Martinez talks to Dan Evans, former Dodgers general manager, about the "golden at-bat" rule.
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NPR's A Martinez speaks with former professional athletes and podcast hosts Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe about the future of women's professional sports.
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The latest in a string of food safety recalls, the CDC is recalling Mexican cucumbers due to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 68 people in 19 states.
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NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Robert Ford, former U.S. ambassador to Syria, about what it means for the region.
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President Biden's move to pardon his son Hunter has been met with criticism — from opponents and some allies. We look at what that means for his legacy.
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Kash Patel, Trump's pick to lead the FBI, may test internal guardrails, historian and J. Edgar Hoover biographer Beverly Gage tells Morning Edition. -
Rebels have rekindled Syria's war with a lightning offensive that seemed to come from nowhere. But multiple upheavals, beginning with the Gaza war last year, have spread conflict across the region. -
Brain rot describes overconsuming low quality social media content. Casper Grathwohl of Oxford University Languages discusses how brain rot was selected.
