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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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NPR's A Martinez talks to comedian Jerry Seinfeld about his new Netflix film, Unfrosted. It's a made-up history of Pop-Tarts, and the cereal rivalry between Post and Kellogg's.
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Arizona lawmakers vote to repeal a Civil War-era abortion ban. Examining the varying police responses to college protests. Former president Trump campaigned in swing states Wisconsin and Michigan.
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NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Joseph Yoon, chef advocate for the U.N.'s International Fund for Agricultural Development, about how to cook this year's broods.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson met with a group of Jewish students at Columbia University who say they've experienced antisemitic speech and harassment from protesters on and off campus.
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The people behind the online scams you see might be the victim of a scam themselves. Tens of thousands of people have been trafficked into remote, Southeast Asian compounds and forced to scam others.
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The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady, and investors now think borrowing costs could stay higher for months to come. Inflation remains stubbornly above the Fed's 2% target.
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Arizona lawmakers voted to repeal the Civil War-era law banning nearly all abortions — leaving the state with a 15-week ban and highlighting the fierce debates taking place state by state.
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Israeli settlers tried to block a new aid route into Gaza. The incident was a setback for Blinken, who was trying to highlight progress in getting Palestinians food and supplies to stave off famine.
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May 1 is a traditional decision day for many high school seniors to pick their college. But this year's trouble with the federal financial aid form has thrown that process into turmoil.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with economics professor Caitlin Myers, who has been tracking travel distances to abortion facilities, about the impact of Florida's ban on abortion after six weeks.