Morning Edition

During the first Mass of the school year, two students at St. Bernard Elementary School in suburban Pittsburgh stand in front of the congregation and lead their classmates in prayer.

They pray for the leaders of the world, for the sick and suffering, and for the victims of abuse in the Catholic Church.

Bells toll at the abbey where Dom Perignon is buried in the French region of Champagne. The Benedictine monk is said to have discovered the method for turning wine into champagne here more than 300 years ago.

After a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia turned violent, citizens were angry that their government allowed it to happen.

Jury selection begins Wednesday in the murder trial for Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke. The officer, who is white, is accused of killing 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, who is black, as he walked down the middle of a city street holding a knife.

On Wednesday's Morning Edition from N-P-R News, China has plans to build a brand new city from scratch on Morocco’s coast, a place where Chinese hope to export to Africa and Europe.

For the first time, a scientist claims to have used a powerful new gene-editing technique to create genetically modified human babies.

The scientist, He Jiankui of the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzen, China, says he used human embryos modified with the gene-editing technique CRISPR to create twin girls.

For the first time, a scientist claims to have used a powerful new gene-editing technique to create genetically modified human babies.

The scientist, He Jiankui of the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzen, China, says he used human embryos modified with the gene-editing technique CRISPR to create twin girls.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Sweden holds national elections on Sunday. And for some voters, their decision may hinge on what they think of the city where they live.

On the next Morning Edition, when the President posts an angry tweet, how does it spread into the American consciousness? Civility, Trump and Twitter.