NPR News: 09-08-2026 3AM EDT

0:00Live from MPR News, I'm Giles Snyder, National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Hammondi says one part of the investigation into Sunday's deadly crash of a cargo plane at Miami International Airport will be on a safety measure called EMAs, a system of lightweight, crushable material designed to stop planes that overshoot runways. Those are excellent questions. The questions are on EMAs and whether that would have helped prevent this tragedy and should the EMAs be everywhere at every airport that will be a key part of our investigation. The NTSB says the plane's flight recorders have been recovered and that investigators are focusing on whether the plane touchdown too late to stop safely five people were killed. A privacy group has filed the latest lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's efforts to compile lists of adult U.S. citizens in each state. MPR's Hansi Lohan reports on the effort that stems from a key part of an order by President Trump that a

1:02federal judge found to be likely unconstitutional. Part of President Trump's order that's attempting to restrict mail-in voting calls for U.S. citizenship and immigration services and the Social Security Administration to compile lists of people who the federal government decides are adult U.S. citizens eligible of vote in each state. Those lists were supposed to be available to state officials by September 4th. According to court filings and two lawsuits led by the Electronic Privacy Information Center and Democratic groups, the Trump administration has pushed back that deadline indefinitely. A federal judge had blocked this project in June after finding the federal agencies have no authority to maintain voter lists or control federal elections, which the Constitution says are left to the states and Congress. Last month the Supreme Court paused that judge's ruling after finding it was too early for courts to weigh in. Hansi Lohan and Piaar News. It was a Trump warning that he made prohibit Canadian jet manufacturer Bombardier from selling in the U.S. unless a company builds its jets in the U.S. he posted to social media Monday as Canada imposed retaliatory tariffs. The Ebola outbreak still spreading across the Democratic Republic of Congo, but

2:06there are signs of improvement in some areas as impurities Jonathan Lambert reports. The City of Mungwalu was one of the first places to report Ebola cases in May. The mining town in Northeastern DRC soon became overwhelmed, but in recent weeks cases have been on the decline there. Balakonday, a public health specialist with IFRC, credits that in part to engaging the community in the response. When he first came to Mungwalu, people were distrustful. For them, it's not acceptable to talk about Ebola. Ebola is not true, etc. But health officials started engaging with key community members, like priests and taxi drivers, to get the message out that Ebola is serious. Over time, he says those efforts resulted in more people seeking treatment or isolating if they were sick. Elsewhere, though, the virus is still out of control. Jonathan Lambert and PR News. This is NPR. Plights to and from Indonesia's Capitol have resumed the transportation ministers as the main airport in Jakarta and at least for others reopened

3:10early today after they were forced to close for two days because of volcanic ash from out a knock car cut out. However, the agency that monitors volcanic activity says fresh eruptions today could again disrupt flights. Trump administration says it is restarting work on a barrier to keep invasive car from reaching the great lakes after abruptly halting construction. When client filter of member station WDET reports. The invasive carb can grow several feet long and eat their way through ecosystems, devastating tourism and boating industries. The fish have edged ever closer to Lake Michigan and after some delays, President Trump sent federal funding to help create a barrier at a choke point in Illinois. But Trump issued an unexplained work stoppage order in late July. He has had a contentious relationship with Democratic Illinois governor, JB Pritzker. But the barrier work is reportedly resuming after a call to Trump from Michigan governor, Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat who was also a critic of the president during the pandemic.

4:13But as since had a more cordial relationship. For NPR News, I'm Quinn Klein-Filter in Detroit. The major financial markets in Asia losing ground, Japan's benchmark in the UK gave up early gains and is now down more than 1.5 percent. US futures are mixed after the markets were closed for the Labor Day holiday oil prices rising, Brent Crude trading above $98 a barrel. This is NPR News.