NPR News: 09-08-2026 6PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton, Israeli officials are expressing anger over the United Kingdom sanctions on exports from settlements in the Occupied West Bank. Israel ordered the closure of its longtime allies consulate in Jerusalem. The UK says the sanctions are in response to what it calls terrorist settlers ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. And Pierce Kerry con reports. Israel's foreign minister had strong words for the UK sanctions on export produced in illegal settlements in Israel's Occupied West Bank. Gideon Saar called the statements by the UK's foreign secretary in support of the measures quote outrageous lies morally distorted and anti-Semitic. He vowed retaliation. Whoever acts against Israel, Israel will act against them. And they will lose their influence and relevance in this region. Measures against Israel will not go unanswered. The R also said the UK's action will hurt tens of thousands of Palestinian workers employed

1:02in Israeli settlements. France announced it too will impose sanctions. Kerry con NPR News Tel Aviv. New York City has settled two lawsuits linked to the air quality risks after the 9-11 terror attacks 25 years ago. The city is also releasing documents with held for decades by past mayors. NPR's Brian Mann reports. After the 9-11 attack, much of lower Manhattan was covered in thick dust. Mayor Zora Mamdani says past democratic and republican city administrations concealed 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

2:04who died from 9-11 related illnesses. Brian Mann and PR News New York. Authorities say all five people who were killed in Sunday's Amazon cargo plane crash in Miami were inside a cleaning crew van. NPR's Joel Rose reports. The Miami-Dade County Sheriff says all five of the people who died in the crash at Miami International Airport were in a van that carried cleaning crews to and from planes. According to the sheriff, the deceased range in age from 47 to 75. Two people remain in critical condition and the third is in stable condition. The Amazon cargo jet crashed as it tried to land on Sunday afternoon, overrunning its runway by roughly 1,300 feet. It slammed into the van while still on airport property investigators say. Then smashed through offense and onto a local street where it also destroyed an SUV. The National Transportation Safety Board is leading the investigation. Joel Rose and PR News, Washington. This is NPR. The Supreme Court has rejected Missouri's push to use a congressional map backed by President

3:06Trump in the November election. The court turned down an emergency appeal from Missouri Republican officials. They had hoped the new districts could help them gain a seat and hold onto their slim U.S. House majority in the midterms. Missouri's new districts were used in the August primaries, but the state Supreme Court ruled last week that Missouri must revert to districts adopted after the last census. A controversial decision by college football officials spoiled Western Michigan's upset of rival Michigan over the weekend. And PR's Becky Sullivan reports the college sports conference and includes Western Michigan has filed a rare appeal to try and overturn the result. Western Michigan seems to have pulled off the first big upset of the season when a Hail Mary attempt by Michigan was called incomplete after the game clock on the TV broadcast appeared to hit zero. Then officials determined through the use of replay feeds that were not shown on TV, that in fact there was still one second left for Michigan to try again. On the second attempt, Michigan scored a touchdown that put them ahead 13-12 for the win. Now the Mid-American conference has asked both the NCAA and the college football playoff

4:10to recognize Western Michigan as quote the actual winner of the game. The conference argues that established replay protocol was not followed and that officials should have referenced the game clock shown on TV. Becky Sullivan in PR News. American Airlines is honoring the memory of Dolly Parton by re-numbering one of its flights between Dallas Fort Worth and Nashville. The flight will be re-numbered 925, a play on her song 925. This is NPR News. Under your life, kid, our team answers your listener questions with time tested advice from past episodes. But we don't always agree. Opposite. No. That's not what we thought. What if he's the one? Oh my god. What? Listen to the latest juicy episode of Dear Life, Kid on the Life, Kid podcast in the NPR app, or wherever you get your podcasts.