NPR News: 09-07-2026 6PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. Israel has intensified attacks in southern Lebanon, despite a U.S. brokered ceasefire aimed at ending fighting with the militant group has been law. Lebanon says at least 18 people have been killed since yesterday, including two paramedics, as NPR's Jaina Raff reports. Lebanese state media, Lebanon's health ministry says Israel bombed a residential building in the town of Kaffir 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 his bologna in recent attacks since out 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 bolognators were operating inside. Lebanon's president condemned the hospital attack as a dangerous escalation.

1:02Jaina Raff, NPR News, Beirut. The first set of voter registration deadlines for the midterm election is coming up in parts of the country, as imp here is Hansi Loh Wang for reports. 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 post-marked. 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. Ellsville voters in that state can still sign up to vote on Tuesday's primary day at their polling place. Hansi Loh Wang and Beirut News. A century ago, labor unions fought for eight hour days and 40 hour work weeks. Today, they find themselves confronting AI.

2:05As imp here's Andrea Schu reports, for a movement made up of all kinds of workers, it's complicated. With 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 trade people 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 soared. Andrea Schu and Beirut News. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. High school and college seniors across the country say they're struggling with their mental health.

3:06That's according to a new poll of over 1000 high school and college seniors by the research firm College Pulse. At his NPR's Ritu Chatterjee reports, more high school seniors report feeling stressed and anxious compared to seniors in college. 67% of high school students set to go to college in the fall of 2027 say they are feeling stressed compared to only 59% of college seniors who say the same. More than half of high school seniors say they feel emotionally exhausted and overwhelmed. Nearly 38% say they are lonely. Both groups of survey respondents say their use of artificial intelligence tools has increased over the past year. A quarter of the teen respondents say they use AI to discuss relationship or emotional issues. Twice as many as college seniors who do the same. The survey also revealed uncertainty about the future and distrusted institutions in the federal government and big tech companies to act in their best interest. Ritu Chatterjee and Pair News.

4:08As Trey talks between the U.S. and Canada stall Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products start tomorrow absent last minute negotiations. This after President Trump imposed an additional 50% tariffs on some $20 billion worth of Canadian products. He says the tariffs will target U.S. sectors including steel, dairy, agricultural equipment, and paper. Trump last week signed an executive order to rename part of Lake Ontario as like America. You're listening to NPR News. This is Tanya Mosley, co-host of Fresh Air and the questions are only the half of it. Listen to Fresh Air on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.