NPR News: 09-11-2026 1PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. It's a 25th anniversary of 9-11, the attacks that claim nearly 3,000 lives in New York City, outside Washington, D.C., and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Past and jurors and crew members of Flight 93 prevented a planned terrorist attack on Washington D.C., everyone on board died, when the plane instead crashed in an empty field in Shanksville. NPR member station WPSU Sidney Roach reports from this morning's remembrance ceremony at the Flight 93 National Memorial. Family members read the names of those who died aboard Flight 93 on September 11, 2001. Patricia Kushe, my mother. Forty passengers and crew members were on board when Alcated Terrorists took control. The passengers and crew learned of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and fought back against the hijackers.

1:00The plane was headed for Washington D.C., but instead crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Everyone on board died. Katoosie Grand Colas and our unborn child. There are more events planned throughout the day in the weekend near the crash site. For NPR News, I'm Sidney Roach in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Iran says it will attend a regional meeting of the foreign ministers of countries in the Persian Gulf. The Iranian foreign ministry said that eight foreign ministers will be attending to discuss issues around the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has blockaded since the start of the war. More from NPR's Hadeel Al-Shalchi. The Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Bakhai announced that the meeting of foreign ministers will take place in Oman next week. He said the foreign ministers of Iran, Iraq, and other Arab states on the coast of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman will be attending. He said that the meeting will address negotiations Iran and Oman have been part of to reach an agreement to temporarily reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

2:01The Iranian blockade of the Strait has affected global oil supplies. U.S. diesel prices hit a new American high at an average of $6 a gallon this week. Hadeel Al-Shalchi and P.R. News is dumbled. In the U.S. The meeting in August was up 3.4 percent from a year ago. Here's NPR's Godhorsely. Inflation heated up in August after a slow down the month before, prices rose 4.10% between July and August, with higher gasoline prices accounting for more than a third of that overall job. Energy prices continue to climb in early September, with the average price of diesel fuel now topping $6 a gallon for the first time ever. The cost of airline tickets and used cars was also up last month. Stripping out volatile energy and food prices, so-called core inflation dipped to 2.4% in August, a slightly smaller annual increase than the previous month. Today's inflation report is the last big piece of economic news before next week's Federal Reserve meeting where policy makers will have to decide whether to raise interest rates. It's NPR.

3:02A federal court has ruled that the Energy Department overstepped its authority when it forced a coal-fired power plant in Michigan to keep operating longer than its scheduled retirement date last year. Energy Secretary Chris Wright had said the J.H. Campbell plant, which has been around for more than 60 years, needed to stay open to ensure reliable electricity in the region. Michigan, Illinois, and Minnesota, as well as environmental groups, legally sought to overturn that order. The dress worn by Princess Diana to a party hours after the then-prince Charles revealed he'd been unfaithful to her is going up for sale. The strapless gown quickly became one of Diana's most memorable looks and was dubbed her revenge dress, and appears Fatima Alkasab with details. On the same night, Prince Charles admitted his infidelity in a TV documentary. Princess Diana arrived at a party in London in a strapless fitted black gown, breaking

4:05royal protocol while sending her own sartorial message amid the scandal. The dress by Greek designer Christina Stambolian will tour around the world before going up for auction in New York this December, where it's expected to sell for up to $300,000. In a statement, Sotheby's auction house said the late princess understood instinctively that fashion could be a language in its own right. Fatima Alkasab, MPR News London. US stocks were higher with the Dow Jones industrial average up more than 1%. I'm Lakshmi Singh, MPR News. This week on the MPR Politics podcast, the Republican midterm convention was basically a two-night mega-informer show. He is told voters, I want you to pretend please that I'm on the ballot just come out and vote and show up for it. We break down President Trump's midterm strategy, including that $5,000 promise this week on the MPR Politics podcast.