NPR News: 09-02-2026 2PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The United States and Iran's militaries are trading fire, but Iranian civilians may have also come under attack. Iranian State Media report, a wedding party was hit in a U.S. strike that killed at least five people and injured scores more. U.S. Central Command says it does not target civilians, but is aware of the reports. NPR's Hadeel Al-Shalchi is monitoring diplomatic efforts to end the more than six month old war. Iranian President Musleh Pesashkian said Iran would go back to a ceasefire. It reached with the U.S. in June if President Trump is willing to do so also. He said that Iran would, quote, immediately reciprocate if the U.S. commits to the promises it made in a memorandum of understanding. But, Sen. Piers Hadeel Al-Shalchi reporting, it has been a week since a powerful flood devastated Riverside communities in Nepal and Tibet.

1:01And rescuers are still trying to locate hundreds of people reported missing from around a dozen hydropower plants. That includes some 500 believed to be trapped inside, more from NPR's Dheed. Nepal's military is leading rescue effort, and on ex, they shared a video of Khafi Kladman pulling themselves through on ropes in a narrow, dark, dripping tunnel. And just finding that tunnel is an achievement. Arnold Dix, a tunneling expert, describes the flood. And he says it's a challenge to find the power stations because they were covered up by mud, debris and boulders. They're trying to locate the tunnels of the plants because that will lead them into the turbines. A government spokesman said to tunnel rescue teams from India and another from China had arrived to assist Nepaly workers. This spokesman said crews had not yet made any rescues. Dheed, NPR news. Open AI is facing 30 new lawsuits over a deadly school shooting in Canada earlier this

2:06year. NPR's Shannon Bond reports a company is accused of failing to alert police about the alleged shooters' violent conversations with chat GPT. The lawsuits filed in federal court in San Francisco accused Open AI of putting its public image ahead of safety. They alleged the company's chief global affairs team, which handles public relations, overruled calls from Open AI's safety team to notify police about chats, investigators believe posed a credible threat. Open AI denies the claims and says the safety team does not report to global affairs. The new cases build on seven lawsuits brought against Open AI in April from victims of a shooting that killed five students and a teacher at a secondary school in Tumblr Ridge, British Columbia, in February. NPR says it has a zero tolerance policy for using its tools to assist in committing violence. Shannon Bond and NPR news. From Washington, this is NPR. At a court hearing in Martin County, Florida, pro golf or Tiger Woods has pleaded no contest

3:07to reckless driving as part of a plea deal. His driver's license is suspended for five years, this stemming from a rollover crash in March. His girlfriend Vanessa Trump, president Trump's former daughter-in-law was at the hearing. A new independent analysis finds the COVID-19, flu and RSV vaccines are still very safe and effective and based on the results several major medical groups are issuing new guidelines urging the public to get the shots. Here's NPR's Rob Stein. The analyses were conducted by the University of Minnesota's Vaccine Integrity Project, which was created to counter questions raised by the Trump administration about the shots and the federal government's failure to issue updated guidelines for the COVID, flu and RSV vaccines. Based on the results, groups representing family doctors, pediatricians, obstetricians and other specialists recommend the shots for more people than the federal government, including healthy adults, young children and pregnant people.

4:08Rob Stein and Pierneuse. A steady stream of people continues to pass through the Palace Chapel in Norway to pay their respects to the late King Harold V. Each person bows before his casket, which will remain in the chapel until the funeral next Wednesday. Harold died last week at the age of 89. He was Europe's longest living monarch. His son Hoken the Eighth is Norway's new king. This is NPR News. NPR is intriguing, but unlike the present, it can feel far off. On NPR's Thurline, we bring it back to life and put you in the middle of it. Go inside the stories from then that shaped the world we live in now. Find NPR's Thurline wherever you get your podcasts.