NPR News: 09-11-2026 9AM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. The National Anthem opened this morning's ceremony at Ground Zero in New York City as the nation marks 25 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks. A moment of silence was held at 846 the time that the first hijacked plane struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center in 2001. A bell told afterward as families gathered to read the names of their loved ones who died there that day. Memorial ceremonies are also being held at the Pentagon and in Western Pennsylvania. In Changsville crowds are gathering to remember the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93. The plane crashed into a field after hijackers seized the cockpit and those aboard fought back. Inflation remained stubbornly high last

1:00month, fueled in part by rising gasoline prices. NPR Scott Horsley reports the cost of living in August was up 3.4% from a year ago. 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 continued 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 was 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. Scott Horsley and Pierre News, Washington. President Trump wrapped up a two-day midterm convention in Dallas, Texas last night. NPR's Tamer Keith reports this convention may be Trump's last

2:03as a dominant political figure. President Trump has long exaggerated the size of his crowds and the convention was no different. Everybody said, you have a midterm convention it's going to be a disaster. No, but look at that the highest rafter, no empty seats. But there were empty seats, thousands of them, the entire 300 level of the arena, and as Trump rift on, he looked up and appeared to see what everyone in the room could see. I shouldn't have looked up there. No, but look at this arena, that big arena. The convention ended with red, white, blue, and gold balloons raining down from the ceiling. A tenor sang phantom of the operas, Trump swayed on stage with his eyes closed. Tamer Keith and Pierre News Dallas. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The Trump administration is considering sweeping changes to the once-a-decade

3:04census that could exclude millions of immigrants from the official count. The Census Bureau says the proposals would leave out people without permanent legal status and sharply reduce the collection of racial and ethnic information. Census figures help determine each date's representation in Congress and the electoral college, while racial data is used to track discrimination and disparities in areas such as income, housing, and public safety. Researchers say they found the most detailed feather from the age of dinosaurs inside a chunk of fossilized feces. NPR's Ari Daniel explains. The discovery was made in the rocky badlands of Montana. The feather, alongside other feathers into a couple bone pieces, likely came from an aquatic swimming bird living some 66 million years ago. This bird was one of many that went extinct alongside the dinosaurs, says Jingmei Okona, of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. Only one group of birds survives when the

4:10asteroid impact happens. The group that gave rise to modern birds, but what allowed them to make it through the ensuing drop in global temperature? Perhaps they were better insulated, says Okona, based on her study of the newly found fossilized feathers. Other researchers dispute there's enough evidence. Ari Daniel, NPR News. Stokes across Asia close lower today on Wall Street, Dal Futures are up nearly 500 points. This is NPR News in Washington. 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 guardrails could look like this week on Consider This from NPR.