Morning Edition
Weekdays 5:00am-10:00am
89.1 WEMU presents Morning Edition from NPR. David Fair, WEMU News Director, keeps you up to date on all the latest news, traffic and weather in your neighborhood.
NPR brings you news from around the country and the world. Steve Inskeep, Rachel Martin, Leila Fadel and A Marinez take you around the globe for the stories you'll be talking about all day. While they are out traveling, David Greene can be heard as regular substitute host.
WEMU features include Issues of the Environment, creative:impact, Washtenaw United and Cinema Chat.
-
Members of the House passed legislation aimed at preventing a railroad strike, which could have devastating economic consequences. But the effort faces hurdles.
-
NPR's A Martinez talks to Luis Moreno Ocampo, former chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, about an EU proposal for a special war crimes court in Ukraine.
-
The U.S. and the European Union are taking aim again at Russia's oil profits, which it uses to fund the war in Ukraine. New rules start next week.
-
Kevin Butler tossed a napkin into the trash and later took it to a transfer station. In the napkin were his wife's wedding rings. He and the transfer station crew were able to locate the trash bag.
-
After a rough time dog fighting, Van Gogh had his ear surgically removed. Folks at the Happily Furever After Rescue told The Washington Post they used peanut butter to entice Van Gogh to paint.
-
The miners have survived more than 600 days on the picket line, thanks to widespread support and anger at their employer, Warrior Met Coal. Even now, neither side seems ready to budge. -
Christine McVie died Wednesday at age 79. She wrote some of the band's most popular songs including: "Don't Stop" and "You Make Loving Fun."
-
Jack Bishop of the PBS television show America's Test Kitchen walked Morning Edition host A Martínez through a recipe from the kitchen's new vegan cookbook. Texans beware: This chili features beans.
-
The attacked happened in an off-campus house. Police have not yet identified a suspect and that has cast a shadow over the campus.
-
The Old North Church, a famed stop on Boston's Freedom Trail and a symbol of American liberty, reckons with its ugly history of trafficking enslaved people, including children.
