NPR News: 09-07-2026 12PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Skiivone. Russia is calling the past weekend shuttles diplomacy by White House on-boys Steve Wood Koff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Ukraine's capital Keeve, a small step toward ending that conflict. But as NPR's Charles Mayans reports from Moscow, the fighting continues. Wood Koff and Kushner's travels to the region took place amid an agreed pause in attacks that extended to Moscow and Keeve, yet fighting continued elsewhere. With Russia again taking advantage of Ukraine's depleted air defenses, and Ukraine, against striking oil facilities that have led to gas shortages across Russia this summer. Separately Russia reported at least six people killed in a series of Ukrainian drone strikes, including one that flew directly into an apartment building in the param region. The ongoing attacks come as both sides of signal the war will continue at least through the winter, although the Kremlin said it didn't rule out or return to three-way peace talks with the U.S. and Ukraine at some point. Charles Mayans in Pair News, Moscow. In Miami, federal investigators are probing the fiery Sunday crash of an Amazon cargo jet

1:04that plowed off a runway and crashed into several cars at Miami International Airport. Five people were killed, five more were injured. Aviation expert and former Department of Transportation Inspector General Mary Scavo says the plane may have approached too fast. We see several hundred feet, maybe even a thousand feet or two thousand feet down the runway. They still hadn't gotten both back wheels on the ground and settled the nose. And there was just no way to dissipate this speed. Also a 767 should be landing at about 135, 140 knots. It appeared to be faster than that. Local officials say the crash caused a complex fire among the vehicles that were hit, the pilot and copilot were trapped in the plane but rescued by first responders. A century ago, labor unions fought for eight hour days and 40 hour work weeks. Today, they find themselves confronting AI. As NPR's Andrea Xu reports, for a movement made up of all kinds of workers, it is complicated.

2:07With AI on the rise, labor leaders have been calling for guardrails. They want more transparency into how companies are using AI and more say in what that's going to mean for workers. At the same time, some building trade unions have welcomed the growth of AI and specifically the boom in data centers. Don Slamin is with the international brotherhood of electrical workers, local 26. He says his members are flush with work. We haven't seen this kind of growth for skilled tradespeople in generations. The union has called on its members to ask their elected officials to oppose any moratoriums on data centers. Local leaders have increasingly issued pauses on new construction as community concerns have throored. Andrea Xu and PR News. Wall Street is closed for the Labor Day holiday. Global markets are mixed, brand crude, approaching $100 a barrel. This is NPR News in Washington. The National Weather Service says Hurricane Lowell is continuing its course toward Hawaii, and tonight is expected to pass west of Kauai's coastal waters, carrying high surf effects,

3:11high wind, and heavy rain for all of the islands and potential flash flooding and landslides. His Hollywood finishes a possibly record-breaking $4.7 billion summer. NPR's Bob Mandela looks at health theaters, a planning to keep audiences coming in over the fall and winter. No superheroes until December, but what fall lacks in conventional blockbusters, it hopes to make up in variety and depth. Dramas include a social network follow-up called the Social Reckoning about Facebook. Which twice as big is the biggest country on earth. We're not fighting with Congress. We're post-government. Please, please, let me quote that. Action Flicks from Godzilla-0 to a Hunger Games sequel. Biopix include Jimmy about Jimmy Stewart, and the true underdog story behind Sylvester Stallone's underdog story. Not to mention animated films for kids from Dr. Soon, to a strong, the sheep mystery, the beast of Mosse-Pote.

4:13All before Thanksgiving, usher's in award season, Bob Mandela and PR News. The governor of New Mexico has something to say about President Trump's social media suggestion that her state be renamed New America. She said, quote, New Mexico's name isn't up for debate declared Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham. What is up for debate is who's showing up for working families. I'm Luis Givoni, and PR News, Washington. This message comes from Mint Mobile. If you're tired of spending hundreds on big wireless bills, bogus fees, and free perks, Mint Mobile is for you. Shop plans at MintMobile.com-switch. Taxes and fees extra. See Mint Mobile for details.