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News brief: Hurricane Ian, Nord Stream pipeline leaks, Biden's plan to end hunger
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Hurricane Ian targets Florida after hitting Cuba. Seismologists suspect explosions damaged undersea pipelines that carry Russian gas. President Biden will announce plans to try to tackle hunger.
News brief: Oath Keepers' trial, protests inside Russia, Iran's foreign minister
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Some Oath Keepers go on trial for seditious conspiracy. Moscow confronts protests over its call-up of military reservists. Iran's foreign minister responds to the suppression of peaceful protests.
Italy will soon be led by the most far-right government it's had since Mussolini
Monday, September 26, 2022
Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy emerge as the single largest party. Her coalition will be able to form the next government, and Meloni is expected to become Italy's first female prime minister.
After Russia orders a partial mobilization, young men flee the country
Monday, September 26, 2022
Military-age men continue to flee Russia after President Putin ordered the country's first mobilization since WWII. Many are arriving in Istanbul, where they can travel without a visa.
News brief: Italian election, young men flee Russia, asteroid deflection
Monday, September 26, 2022
Italy is set to usher in its first far-right government since World War II. Military-age men flee Russia after a partial mobilization is enacted. Later today NASA is going to try to move an asteroid.
The White House is hosting a conference on nutrition and hunger
Monday, September 26, 2022
The White House is convening a day-long conference this week to review new proposals for tackling food insecurity and diet-related chronic disease.
Final chapter of remembrance: Queen Elizabeth will interred at Windsor Castle
Monday, September 19, 2022
The state funeral is over and the long procession through London has concluded. In a private ceremony, Queen Elizabeth will be interred at Windsor Castle next to her late husband.
Britain and the world say goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II with a state funeral
Monday, September 19, 2022
Nearly 2,000 people crowded Westminster Abbey for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. A long procession through London carried her coffin to a final resting place at Windsor Castle, 25 miles away.
News brief: Britain's state funeral, Hurricane Fiona, Biden's comments on Taiwan
Monday, September 19, 2022
Funeral services are held for Britain's Queen Elizabeth. Hurricane Fiona pummels Puerto Rico. President Biden says the U.S. will defend Taiwan if China stages an "unprecedented attack" on the island.
News brief: DeSantis' immigration stand, poll on the economy, King Charles III
Friday, September 16, 2022
Florida pays for flights sending migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard. Nearly four out of 10 people say their finances are worse than a year ago. The challenges King Charles III has to face.
This community-sourced poem is all about hope for the new school year
Friday, September 16, 2022
Morning Edition's Poet-in-Residence Kwame Alexander took poetry submissions from NPR listeners and turned them into a community-made poem for the new school year.
A sigh of relief this morning: a railway strike has been averted
Thursday, September 15, 2022
President Joe Biden said Thursday a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a potentially devastating strike before the pivotal midterm elections.
Controversial harm reduction strategies appear to slow drug deaths
Thursday, September 15, 2022
U.S. public health experts are studying Canada's harm reduction programs which include supervised injection sites and legally prescribed drugs that people with addiction can use to get high.
News brief: Putin-Xi meeting, railway labor deal, migrants sent to Martha's Vineyard
Thursday, September 15, 2022
The presidents of China and Russia will meet on Thursday. A tentative railway deal has been struck, averting a strike. Unannounced, Florida pays to fly migrants to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts.
Extreme weather sparked by climate change is putting a strain on infrastructure
Friday, September 09, 2022
Extreme weather which is fueled by climate change is posing a bigger and bigger threat to the nation's water infrastructure.
News brief: Queen Elizabeth's legacy, EU energy challenges, special master appealed
Friday, September 09, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving British monarch, dies at 96. EU ministers will meet to discuss Russia's energy disruptions. DOJ appeals special master review of documents seized by the FBI.
News brief: Russian filtration camps, Canadian stabbing case, Michigan abortion law
Thursday, September 08, 2022
The U.N. general assembly prepares to address the war in Ukraine. The second suspect in the Canadian mass stabbings dies in police custody. A judge strikes down Michigan's strict anti-abortion law.
Mar-A-Lago documents reveal nuclear capabilities of foreign powers
Wednesday, September 07, 2022
Rachel Martin speaks with Washington Post reporters Carol Leonnig about the documents seized at Trump's Mar-a-Lago home that reveal the nuclear capabilities of foreign powers.
News brief: Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, heat wave issues, Brazil's Independence Day
Wednesday, September 07, 2022
The latest on a Russian-controlled nuclear power plant in Ukraine. The Western U.S. bakes under historic heat wave. On Brazil's Independence Day, President Bolsonaro plans to flaunt his military ties.
A judge grants Trump's special master request to review Mar-a-Lago materials
Tuesday, September 06, 2022
A federal judge ruled in favor of former President Trump on Monday, ordering an independent review of materials seized by the FBI at Trump's Florida home. It's a temporary setback for investigators.