NPR News: 09-07-2026 1PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Skiivone. Israel has intensified attacks in southern Lebanon, despite a U.S. broken ceasefire aimed at ending fighting with the Militian group Hezbollah. The Lebanese government says at least 18 people have been killed since Sunday, including two paramedics. NPR's Jaina Raff has more from Beirut. Lebanese state media and Lebanon's health ministry says Israel bombed a residential building in the town of Kufar Rahman early Monday, killing nine people, including two children, and a paramedic. The health ministry said a separate strike on a vehicle in the town killed a second paramedic. Israel has said it is targeting Hezbollah in recent attacks in South Lebanon. The Iran-backed Lebanese militia group has been fighting to push back Israeli forces. On Sunday, Israeli air strikes destroyed a hospital in southern Lebanon. Israel said without providing proof that his below fighters were operating inside. Lebanon's president condemned the hospital attack as a dangerous escalation.

1:03Jaina Raff and Pair News, Beirut. The first set of voter registration deadlines for the midterm election is coming up in some parts of the country. NPR's Hansi Loh Wang runs down the upcoming deadlines. There are only weeks left before the window closes for registering to vote or updating your registration for the midterm general election in South Carolina. October 2nd is a state's in-person deadline, although eligible voters have a few more days to sign up online or to stop by a post-off as they get a mail-in application postmarked. For the U.S. version islands, in-person voter registration ends October 3rd, followed by the online deadline a day later. And in Alaska and Rhode Island, the last state of register is October 4th. Voting season for the general election is already underway in North Carolina, but new Hampshire is still set to hold one of this year's last state-wide primaries on Tuesday. Elisrael voters in that state can still sign up to vote on Tuesday's primary day at their polling place. Hansi Loh Wang and Pair News. Hawaii is once again in the path of a very angry storm system. The third and less than a month, Hurricane Lowell has moved North, putting Kauai in the

2:05crosshairs of its outer bands by tonight. Kauai's emergency management administrator, Pat Porter, explained why they are declaring a state of emergency. As of now, all of Kauai is under the area where we're going to have trouble storm force winds. But Nia was actually on the border there where they may have the 58 mile per hour destructive winds. Lowell is currently a category three hurricane. It may weaken, but could still send storm surges to the furthest most island in the archipelago. Labor Day weekend drivers are paying record high prices for gasoline. The average price of regular self-service, 414, a gallon across the nation. That's almost a dollar a gallon more than last year. Diesel is at an all-time high at 590 a gallon prices surged after the US and Israel attacked Iran at February. This is NPR News. Food giant company Campbell's is cutting costs and raising prices.

3:07The company's been dealing with more shoppers, switching toward cheaper generic store brands, plus rising cost of transportation and manufacturing. NPR's Alina Seljuk has details. Campbell's has been one of the food companies in pretty rough shape. Its sales dropped 8% in the latest quarter, especially on snacks. Its big brands include goldfish, kettle chips, Milano cookies and Snyder's pretzels. Shoppers have tightened their snacking budgets and they're not reaching for the name brands as often. Campbell's forecasting of a drop in sales for the full year sent its shares tumbling down. The company is cutting costs by closing two snack plants and laying off 13% of its salaried workers. It's also slashing the dividend it pays to shareholders and its raised prices up by 4% to 5% across nearly two-thirds of its products, hoping for a financial boost even if people buy fewer of Campbell's offerings. Alina Seljuk and NPR News. The French Harry's return to the UK with his wife and children has prompted King Charles

4:08to clarify the royal status of his second son. A letter released for the King today confirms that the Prince and wife, Megan, have not returned as quote, working royals and as such will not use the titles, his or her royal highness. A letter further clarifies that security issues were relevant are the responsibility of relevant police agencies and that any charity work undertaken by the two are considered private endeavors not official royal responsibilities. I'm Louise Skiivoni and P.R. News, Washington. You count on sunscreen to protect your skin, but that SPF rating on the bottle might not be exactly as advertised. So you could measure an SPF 50 at one lab and an SPF 30 at another. On the Sunday story, is it time to update sunscreen guidance? This is now to the Sunday story from the Up First Podcast on the NPR app.