NPR News: 09-07-2026 6AM EDT

0:00This message comes from Angie. Angie has been helping homeowners find skilled pros to get their home projects done well for over 30 years. For everything, from minor repairs to major remodels, find reviews, pricing, and booking at Angie.com or on the Angie app. Live from NPR News and Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. A cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport on Sunday, killing at least five people and injuring five others, three critically. NPR's Arzu Resvani reports that federal investigation is underway. They'll be looking at everything from possible mechanical failure to environmental variables to flight crew performance. I spoke with Peter Golds last night. He's the former managing director of the NTSB. He's now a transportation safety consultant. And he explained to me how this usually goes. Listen to the cockpit voice recorder to make sure that the pilots were following the

1:01checklist were aware of the extenuating circumstances. Another detail investigators will likely examine our thunderstorms and winds that were directly over the airport at the time of the crash. NPR's Arzu Resvani reporting. President Trump's on-boys had wrapped up talks in Keeve, aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. NPR's Joanna Kekis' reports they met with the Ukrainian and Russian presidents this weekend to find a path forward. Trump's sudden-law Jared Kushner and longtime friend Steve Whitcoff have visited Moscow several times, including on Saturday. They arrived in Keeve on Sunday on a train called the Peace Express. Speaking to reporters outside the ornate presidential palace in Keeve, Kushner said Trump wants peace as soon as possible. He responded to a reporter asking him if this could happen by winter. And I think if we can achieve that it'd be an incredible thing. It doesn't mean that we will achieve it, but it's an effort that's very important to try.

2:03The Ukrainians, including President Volodymyr Zelensky, looked skeptical. Zelensky told reporters after the press conference that he expected the war to continue. Joanna Kekis' NPR news Keeve. A far-right alternative for Germany won the most votes in yesterday's regional election, but as NPR's Esmeen Nicholson reports, it's still unclear whether the party will have enough seats to govern. Speaking to public broadcasters at the FAAFD Federal leader Ali Svidal said Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative Christian Democrats will never win another election. We're seeing explosive growth here, she said, referring to the state of Saxony and Halt. We're going to see explosive growth across all of East Germany and at the Federal level too, she said. The AFD candidate responsible for that growth is Orich Ziegmann, de former salesman with a radical platform promising mass deportations, the segregation of refugee children in schools, and closer relations with Russia and the Maga movement in the US. While it's not yet clear whether the AFD can rule outright, Ziegmann declared we have written

3:07history and thanked Friedrich Merz for being a very good campaigner for the AFD. For NPR News, I'm Esmeen Nicholson in Berlin. This is NPR News. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage is now nearly 7 percent, making home ownership more expensive. But as NPR's, even the Sahab reports, buyers who can afford higher rates or pay cash may have an advantage in today's market. Hi mortgage rates tend to drive away home buyers. But NPR's housing expert Kate Wood says that also means buyers that stay in the market can get more concessions from sellers. They're more willing to work with you because they aren't just, you know, swimming in offers and taking their pick. She also recommends that home buyers shop around for a mortgage. When things are even like a little bit unstable or a little bit iffy, my goodness, like please, look at all the lenders because you are going to see a really good amount of dispersion. Wood warns buyers who wait that if and when rates do drop, a flood of pent-up competition

4:11could make that home you're looking at cost tens of thousands of dollars more. Stephen Bissaha in NPR News. Eric Kane Lowell is taking aim at Hawaii. The category three storm has maximum sustain winds of about 120 miles an hour as it moves north northeast toward the islands. Pat Porter is the emergency management administrator for Kauai. 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, destructive winds. Forecasters say the storm could bring heavy rain, flash flooding, mudslides and dangerous surf as it passes west of the state. This is NPR.