NPR News: 09-08-2026 1PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Officials in New York City have settled two lawsuits linked to air quality risks after the 9-11 terror attacks 25 years ago. The city is also releasing documents withheld for decades by past mayors and PR's Brian Man with details. After the 9-11 attack, much of lower Manhattan was covered in thick dust. Mayor Zora Mamdani says past democratic and Republican city administrations conceal details of the toxic material in that debris. These are documents that show what the city knew about the toxic air around ground zero when they knew it and how they acted to limit liability. Comedian John Stewart campaigned for release of these documents during a press conference Stewart said acknowledging the devastating impact of toxic air after 9-11 is long overdue. We've lost three times as many people to 9-11 related illnesses as we did on 9-11. Three times as many almost 10,000 people. On Friday during a 9-11 ceremony, New York City will hold a moment of silence for those

1:04who've died from 9-11 related illnesses. Brian Man and PR News, New York. The United Kingdom, France and Canada say they're banning imports of goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. In a wider group of countries say they'll also take steps to mid-mountain concern over settlement expansion and violence. And PR's Lauren Faire has this from London. UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband says his government has concluded that settler terrorists are responsible for ethnic cleansing against Palestinians. So he says the UK is banning all goods, grown or manufactured in settlements, things like fruit and vegetables or wine. And it sanctioning companies that do business with those settlements or help construct them. So to those who finance or facilitate illegal settlements, let me say this, you will face the full force of UK sanctions. Israel says it's closing the British consulate in East Jerusalem in response. And Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, accused Miliband of Jew hate, even though

2:04his parents are Holocaust survivors. Lauren Faire and PR News London. US goods are now subject to retaliatory tariffs from Canada as if today about $20 billion is worth of American products are subject to levies up to 50%. In Toronto, reporter Peter Armstrong has more on the neighbors' elevated trade war. The two sides are not talking at this point. Trump is posting maps of North America covered in the US flag, memes of him fighting the Prime Minister and calling him governor. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was recently accused of making fun online of the appearance of a Canadian teenager, Army cadet and her instructor. Getting out of any conflict is hard. Trade wars are no different. Common ground is really needed and none of this makes finding that common ground any easier. That's Peter Armstrong speaking with NPRs up first. From Washington, this is NPR News. Florida authorities say five people were killed when their van, that's used to get

3:05cleaning crews to planes, was struck by an Amazon cargo jet that slid off the runway Sunday. Miami-Dade County Sheriff Rosie Cordero Stutt said today the people who died ranged in age from 47 to 75. Five other people were injured too critically. Federal investigators are examining what led to the incident including the lack of a system to slow or stop speeding jets. Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch says he is retiring after 38 years of service with the Smithsonian. In 2019, he became the first African American to lead the organization. Thebes got away with two Renoir paintings from a small museum on the French Riviera. Rebecca Rosman reports police say the suspects are still on the loose. Police describe the two suspects as, quote, well-equipped and well-informed. They say the thieves entered the museum early Tuesday by cutting through a fence with an electric knife. They ran off with four Renoir paintings but had to abandon two of them during their

4:06escape. Police arrived within five minutes after the museum's alarm system went off, but the suspects were already gone. The theft comes nearly a year after masked thieves broke into the Louvre Museum in Paris, taking off with crown jewels described as priceless, including an emerald and gold necklace Napoleon gave to his wife. That and a string of other recent heists in France have drawn scrutiny of security measures at museums across the country. Rebecca Rosman and PR News. I'm Lakshmi Singh and PR News in Washington. I haven't seen my son since 2012. This is Deborah Tice. The disappearance of her son Austin is one of the biggest missing person cases in the world. What do you want from me? Why should I have the mystery? I know that my son is somewhere alive. Welcome to Where is Austin Tice from MPR's Embedded and BBC Radio 4 on the MPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.