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Every weekday for over three decades, NPR's Morning Edition has taken listeners around the country and the world with two hours of multi-faceted stories and commentaries that inform, challenge and occasionally amuse. Throughout the program, Marshall Terry and the WFAE News team keep you up to date on news from the Charlotte area and across the Carolinas. At 5:50am, 6:50am, and 8:50am, listeners will also hear the Marketplace Morning Report.
Morning Edition also includes Asian View from NHK in Tokyo at 5:42am, and Sound Beat at 6:42am.
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President Biden speaks at an event put on by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum about fighting antisemitism, an issue that pushed him to run in 2019 and which is taking on new significance.
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NPR's Michel Martin is joined by New York Times fashion director Vanessa Friedman to talk about Monday night's Met Gala.
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Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia says this week she will force a vote to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson. The move is unpopular with many of her GOP colleagues.
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An Israeli tank brigade has seized control of the Gaza Strip side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.
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Israeli forces take control of the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing with Egypt. Russian President Putin is being inaugurated for a fifth term. The House could vote soon to oust Speaker Johnson.
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A new tribal community in Oregon is demonstrating that affordable homes can be energy efficient and withstand the impacts of climate change.
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Two cicada broods are emerging in historic numbers in the U.S. after a very long nap. We'll learn about other creatures that go dormant as part of their normal life cycle.
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Philadelphia is taking a tougher line on illegal drug use on city streets. The new mayor and city council are launching an aggressive strategy in the city's infamous Kensington neighborhood.
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Polling revealed immigration has been listed as the top "U.S. problem" for three straight months. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Gallup research analyst Megan Brenan about this polarizing issue.
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A list of over 125,000 Asian Americans incarcerated in Japanese internment camps during WWII is now searchable online.