Morning Edition for April 23, 2018 : NPR

News Brief: Senate Panel To Vote On Pompeo Nomination, Nicaragua Protests

Listen · 10:18 10:18

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/604854212/604854216" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Health

Home Testing Kit Will Check For Sexually Transmitted Diseases

by Lesley McClurg

Home Testing Kit Will Check For Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Listen · 2:33 2:33

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/604854222/604854223" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Anxiety Relief Without The High? New Studies On CBD, A Cannabis Extract

A sample of cannabidiol (CBD) oil is dropped into water. Supplements containing the marijuana extract are popular and widely sold as remedies for a variety of ailments and aches. But scientific evidence that they work hasn't yet caught up for most applications, researchers say. Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption

Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images

Shots - Health News

Anxiety Relief Without The High? New Studies On CBD, A Cannabis Extract

by Allison Aubrey

Anxiety Relief Without The High? New Studies On CBD, A Cannabis Extract

Listen · 4:10 4:10

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/604307015/604854319" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Animals

Fire Department Rescues Man And Cat Stuck Up A Tree

Listen · 0:27 0:27

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/604854229/604854230" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Middle East

Survivors Of Attack On Douma Exiled To Camps In Northern Syria

by Ruth Sherlock

Survivors Of Attack On Douma Exiled To Camps In Northern Syria

Listen · 4:02 4:02

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/604854236/604854237" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Morning Edition

Getting To The Heart Of Racial Bias Takes Talking, Workplace Trainer Says

by Simone Alicea

Getting To The Heart Of Racial Bias Takes Talking, Workplace Trainer Says

Listen · 3:07 3:07

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/604854243/604854244" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Latin America

Nicaragua Withdraws Social Security Changes That Sparked Unrest

by Carrie Kahn

Nicaragua Withdraws Social Security Changes That Sparked Unrest

Listen · 3:51 3:51

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/604854250/604854251" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Author Interviews

In 'At My Table,' Nigella Lawson Celebrates Home Cooking

Listen · 6:38 6:38

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/604854260/604854261" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Europe

Macron To Press Trump On Trade And Iran Nuclear Deal

Listen · 5:48 5:48

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/604854267/604854268" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Law

Supreme Court Preview: Immigrants' Rights And Notice To Appear

by Shannon Dooling

Supreme Court Preview: Immigrants' Rights And Notice To Appear

Listen · 4:28 4:28

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/604854274/604854275" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Author Interviews

Goldberg's 'Suicide Of The West' Tackles Ills Of Identity Politics

Listen · 7:00 7:00

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/604854281/604854282" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Animals

Colorado Man Learns Animal Bites Are Part Of The Job

Listen · 0:28 0:28

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/604854288/604854289" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Politics

Senate Panel Expected To Vote Against Pompeo To Lead State Department

by Susan Davis

Senate Panel Expected To Vote Against Pompeo To Lead State Department

Listen · 3:48 3:48

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/604854295/604854296" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

National

Police In Tenn. Search For Gunman Who Killed 4 At Waffle House

by Blake Farmer

Police In Tenn. Search For Gunman Who Killed 4 At Waffle House

Listen · 3:23 3:23

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/604854302/604854306" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Art & Design

Building Museum Exhibit Chronicles Scourge Of Evictions, Homelessness

by Neda Ulaby

Building Museum Exhibit Chronicles Scourge Of Evictions, Homelessness

Listen · 3:39 3:39

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/604854312/604854313" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Analysis

Skeptics Voice Doubt About North Korea's Nuclear Announcement

Listen · 5:27 5:27

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/604874544/604879302" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Politics

Trumps Will Hold First State Dinner 15 Months Into His Presidency

by Tamara Keith

Trumps Will Hold First State Dinner 15 Months Into His Presidency

Listen · 4:51 4:51

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/604876036/604879314" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript