NPR News: 09-07-2026 4AM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. In Miami, Aaron Road Traffic on Labor Day Sunday was interrupted by an Amazon cargo plane crash that killed at least five people and left several more injured. Kavan Antonio Hadara has more from Miami. Prime air flight 7598 from San Juan, overshadow runway at Miami International Airport and hit several vehicles on an axis road near the airport. Miami data officials confirmed at least five dead and five more were injured. Fire chief Raja Dallas said rescue vehicles were on site within 30 seconds of the incident. The airplane did strike a couple of vehicles that required a couple of victims that were actually trapped in the vehicles. So a complex extrication with our technical rescue teams started to occur. The airport has reopened after a ground stop, but operations will be affected at least till Monday. The FAA and NTSB are both conducting an investigation. For NPR News, I'm Kavan Antonio Hadari in Miami.

1:00With just two months until the midterms, the war with Iran is weighing on voters, as NPR's Tamra Keith reports. That's a problem for the president and his party. NPR has been following about a dozen swing voters in swing states as part of a long-term reporting project called swing shift. Colleen in Pittsburgh says she still doesn't understand why President Trump wanted to go to war with Iran. I just feel like we're in places we shouldn't be, we're messing with people we shouldn't be messing with, we're arguing and fighting over, I don't even know what. John in Philadelphia says maybe Trump shouldn't have promised to lower prices. I felt like he was headed that way, but obviously this stuff in the Middle East is a mess. NPR has agreed not to use their full names so they can speak freely about politics. Tamra Keith and NPR News. There was renewed fighting in Iran this weekend with the U.S. destroying three Iranian ships. The markets have reacted to the attacks with diesel prices hitting a record high. David Goldwyn served his energy on void during the Obama administration.

2:00He says higher diesel prices means a problem for the national economy. You use diesel for transportation. 75% of transportation is diesel in the United States, so you're talking about trucks, you're talking about agricultural combines, you're talking about every package that Amazon delivers to your door and all the food which shows up in your grocery store. So as the price of diesel goes up and jet fuel also for air travel, everything that gets moved around the country and virtually everything in agriculture costs more. Gas prices in the U.S. have also hit a record high for Labor Day weekend averaging $4.14 a gallon. It's nearly a dollar more than last year. Stocks in South Korea and Taiwan started the week on a positive note Monday. The cost be reached its highest level since late August while Taiwan's benchmark gauge rolls almost 1.9%. The growth was driven in part by a healthy appetite for AI-related equities. You're listening to NPR News.

3:01Indonesia's a NAC crocodile erupted this weekend sending volcanic ash into the air. No casualties have been reported, but the eruption caused flight cancellations such a card as an international airport. Authorities are warning people to stay at least two miles from the crater. The volcano sits in the Sun District between the islands of Java and Sumatra. It's a destination for more adventurous tourists who often climb on the volcano. Spending on security at Synagogues and other Jewish institutions has reached a record high that's according to a new study from the Jewish Federation of North America. NPR's Jason DeRose says the data is being released as the high holy days begin later this week. The report Jewish Group spent just over $1 billion on security in 2025. That's up more than 33% from the previous year. The study finds that on average an individual Jewish institution now spends roughly $225,000 on security measures from guards and shadowproof glass to cameras and alarm systems. The Jewish Federation of North America says the increased spending is a measure of

4:04how much more dangerous life has become. The most recent FBI statistics show that anti-Jewish incidents account for nearly two-thirds of all religiously motivated hate crimes in the U.S. Jason DeRose NPR News In college football despite a sputtering offense for much of the game, number 17 Washington beat Washington State Sunday, 24 to 10. Demand Williams Jr. threw for 268 yards in a touchdown in the win. He also scored on a five-yard keeper. Kaden Pinnick made his debut for the Cougars throwing for 142 yards and scoring on an 11-yard keeper in the fourth quarter. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News.