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Start your day with Morning Edition — a dynamic mix of national news, global reporting, and the local stories that matter most to the Piedmont and High Country. Hosted locally by Robin Lambert, with NPR’s Steve Inskeep, A Martínez, Leila Fadel, and Michel Martin, the show brings smart conversation, meaningful context, and real voices to the headlines. Whether it's breaking news, in-depth features, or powerful storytelling from StoryCorps, Morning Edition helps you make sense of the world — right from your radio.
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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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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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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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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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The U.S. Supreme Court opens a new term, with test cases on religion, guns, immigration and climate change ahead.
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Google has launched an experimental satellite that will test the feasibility of putting AI data centers in space.
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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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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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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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Reaction was swift after the execution of a Tennessee woman was halted because she survived two lethal injections.