NPR News: 09-11-2026 8PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, on Ryland Barton, ceremonies around the U.S. marked the 25th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks today. NPR'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. At 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. Bill Chapel in Piair News. The inflation accelerated in the U.S. last month as gas prices spiked and the wake of renewed fighting in the Middle East had their long chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union

1:01says people's earnings aren't keeping up with prices. The latest August inflation report delivered more bad news. Inflation is running at 3.4 percent in the past year and wage gains are only 3.1 percent. The wages are growing at the most sluggish pace in five years. And unfortunately, it doesn't look like this picture is going to change with the war in Iran, no end in sight to the war, with the trade war escalating with Canada, with the ongoing AI boom and ship demand. There are just a lot of price pressures in the economy. A federal judge has temporarily paused the Trump administration's use of a question on civil service job applications. The essay question asked job seekers how they would advance President Trump's executive orders and P.R. Andrea Shoe reports. The question asked applicants to identify one or two of President Trump's executive orders or policy initiatives that are significant to them and explain how they'd help implement

2:02them if hired. According to the lawsuit, it showed up in some 70,000 postings, including for nonpartisan roles like wildland firefighters, air traffic controllers and accountants. Several unions sued the block the government from asking the question, calling it an unlawful loyalty test. US District Judge George O'Toole issued a stay temporarily halting the government's use of the question, but he stopped short of ordering that agencies not use the answers they've already collected in making hiring decisions. Andrea Shoe and P.R. News. These health officials have declared the largest cyclospora food poisoning outbreak in the country's history over. The FDA says that all recalled iceberg lettuce linked to the outbreak is off the market. It affected 21 states with Michigan hit hardest. Cyclospora spreads seasonally, nearly 20,000 cases were reported this year. The parasite spreads through human feces, but the exact contamination source remains unclear. It's NPR. The House is expected to take up a Russia sanctions package next week.

3:05Its passage is uncertain, despite the overwhelming support it received in the Senate. The bill is named after the late South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who worked for more than a year to get it enacted. Key House Democrats are worried that the measure dramatically expands President Trump's terror authority, and he would use that new power to go after US allies. A famous dress, worn by the late Princess Diana is going up for sale. The strapless gown was dubbed her revenge dress. Shortly after Prince Charles revealed he'd been unfaithful as NPR's Fatima Al-Kassab reports. 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 royal 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.

4:08Fatima Al-Kassab MPI News London. Africa's electric motorcycle imports from China surged nearly 60 percent in the first after 2026, led by Morocco, Egypt and Algeria. The increase highlights the continent's transition to electric vehicles, two wheelers account for a large share of vehicles on African roads and are heavily used commercially, switching to electric from gasoline and diesel engines could cut fuel consumption and urban air pollution. I'm Ryleen Barton, you're listening to NPR News from Washington. This message comes from the Center for US Voters Abroad Foundation. All US citizens abroad may request an absentee ballot to vote in the 2026 election. Visit registerabroad.com to get started.