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For more than four decades, NPR's Morning Edition has prepared listeners for the day ahead with up-to-the-minute news, background analysis, and commentary. Regularly heard on Morning Edition are familiar NPR commentators, and the special series StoryCorps, the largest oral history project in American history.

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Why did Israel strike Iran? An Israeli politician and a U.S.-Iran expert weigh in

8:04am June 13, 2025

by Steve Inskeep

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Israel's U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon about his country's strikes.

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Despite appearance at the U.N., Sudan's conflict threatens to engulf parts of Africa

by Michele Kelemen

Sudan's army chief addressed the United Nations in an effort to burnish his image as statesman, while his rival posted his own attempted address online from Sudan.

Get the pumpkin spice ready — there is about to be an official shift in seasons

The fall equinox is when both hemispheres receive almost equal amount of daylight and darkness. In the Northern Hemisphere, the days grow shorter. The fall equinox arrives at 2:50 a.m. ET Saturday.

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Politics & Government

The U.S. government moves toward a shutdown as spending bill stalls in the House

NPR's A Martinez talks to GOP Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee, who is disgusted by right-wing members holding up the spending bill. Without a deal the government will shut down at the end of the month.

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Desperate people from North Africa landed on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa

by Ruth Sherlock

Thousands of migrants crossing from Tunisia to the Italian island of Lampedusa are overwhelming the tiny island, and testing the welcome of those who live there.

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Zelenskyy reaches out to the U.S. for more aid to help end Russia's invasion

by Steve Inskeep

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that additional foreign aid is necessary to beat back Russia's ambitions to expand across Europe.

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Ethnic Armenian separatists and Azerbaijan agree to end fighting in disputed enclave

by Charles Maynes

A shaky cease-fire in the South Caucasus appears to be holding. The ex-Soviet republic of Azberbaijan says it has reestablished control over the breakaway ethnic Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.

National

Texas school district wants to spend $94 million on a new football stadium

The Prosper school district's current stadium reportedly cost $53 million. Some locals are unhappy about the potential use of tax dollars for the project.

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National

Denver parents encourage physical activity and fun with a project called: Bike Bus

by Nathaniel Minor

Parents in Denver jump on the "bike bus" bandwagon, organizing group rides to a local elementary school as a safe, healthy and low carbon means of delivering kids to classrooms.

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If deadline isn't met, UAW vows to escalate strikes against Big 3 automakers

Hours away from a deadline set by the United Auto Workers union, we'll soon know whether more autoworkers are going to join the strike against the Big 3 automakers.

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World News

Canada says India was involved in Sikh leader's death. Allies haven't condemned India

by Jackie Northam

Allies of Canada have so far had a muted response to allegations that a Canadian Sikh leader was killed by agents of the Indian government. Indian officials deny involvement.

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National

Morning news brief

UAW set to expand strike if automakers fail to meet deadline. The Italian island of Lampedusa is overwhelmed by migrants. Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian separatists end offensive in disputed enclave.

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National

After Hurricane Katrina, a grocer rebuilds his community a shop at a time

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of StoryCorps, we revisit a mother's conversation with her son, who decided to open the only grocery store in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina.