NPR News: 09-11-2026 5PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, Unriland, Barton, flags and flowers in shades of red, white, and blue adorn memorials to the victims of the 9-11 terrorist attacks 25 years ago today. Governors across the country ordered flags to be flown at half-staff, and Pierre's bill chapel takes us to places where people paused and reflected. In Shang'sville, Pennsylvania, a bell told for each life lost when Flight 93 crashed nearby. With the Pentagon President Trump said the attacks brought Americans together. We were all New Yorkers that day, every one of us. We were all New Yorkers. And in New York, Vice President Vance joined four ex-presidents at the World Trade Center Memorial site to hear family speak the names of those who died. The speakers, brothers, daughters, grandchildren look back on what was lost, and they pledged never to forget. The New Yorkers' bill chapel in P.R. News. There was more fighting overnight between Russia and neighboring Ukraine with Russian drone

1:01and missiles against striking Ukraine's capital, Kiev. Yet as NPR's Charles Mainz reports from Moscow, Ukrainian attack drones continue to wreak havoc on Russia as well. For months, Ukraine has shown a capacity to strike deep in the Russian interior, part of a strategy designed to make Russians experience a war that has raged some four and a half years. Yet Ukraine's attack on two gas facilities in Siberia's Yamal and the Nets region, some 1,800 miles from the front line, is believed to be the deepest strike to date. Ukrainian drones also targeted another oil facility and logistics warehouse in the city of Saratov, and carried out strikes in the Volgagrad and Tula regions. Those attacks came just a day after Ukrainian drones set fire to the lone Caspian seaport in the Republic of Dagestan, and attacked the main beach promenade in Russia's resort city of Socchi, injuring more than 2,000 people. Charles Mainz in P.R. News. Moscow. Americans are getting financially squeezed as inflation wipes out any wage gains. People just aren't, people's page isn't keeping up with rising prices right now, and Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, says it's more than just the gas pump.

2:06It's not just gas and diesel. Yes, diesel prices are at a record high and gas prices are well above $4 again, but it's so much more, and that's what's really scary for the nation and for policymakers. Hotel prices, motor vehicle repair and servicing, restaurant costs, cars and trucks, these were all big price increases in August, and they're certainly not all tied to the war in Iran. Inflation is stayed stubbornly elevated more than five years after prices first sort as the economy emerged from the coronavirus pandemic. Diesel prices in the US have hit yet another record, soaring past $6 a gallon on average as the Iran war disrupts the world's flow of fuel. Major US stock index has rebounded today, clawing back much of their losses for the week. It's NPR. Tourism officials are asking visitors to steer clear of Kauai, one of Hawaii's most

3:06picturesque islands as it recovers from the latest tropical storm to hit the state. Power is still out for many intense wind and waves earlier this week from Hurricane Lowell, damaged oceanfront resorts and ripped apart roads, and long lines are backed up at Kauai's primary airport. Data Center anxiety has made its way into the housing market, NPR's Marissa J. Lang reports on how the giant tech hub next doors affecting home values. More than ever, large data centers are being built around neighborhoods, prompting real estate agents to ask, what should we tell clients? A new study from the National Association of Realtors, which analyzed nearly 1,500 data centers, found there really isn't a one-size-fits-all answer. Here's lead researcher Nadia Evangelu. This may be a national conversation, but the actual real estate impact is very concentrated in a relative like small number of local markets. In some regions, data centers seem to correlate with economic growth, in others, researchers saw rising energy costs and land use concerns.

4:10The group said it will continue to track markets as the data center footprint expands. Marissa J. Lang and PR News. For French fighter jets have embarked on a 40-day flight, the mission involves around 300 personnel and refueling and transport planes. The 25,000-mile journey will take the jets through the Arctic, tropics, and desert regions with nine stopovers across three continents. The exercise is meant to highlight France's commitment to international law and freedom of navigation. It's NPR. This week on Consider This, the researcher who just resigned from anthropic, why he believes AI is a threat to humanity. Very soon, these things are going to be so capable that if they decide to go rogue, it's not going to be good. Plus, his view of what guard rails could look like. This week on Consider This from NPR.