NPR News: 09-11-2026 9PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The country is reflecting on nearly 3,000 lives lost on 9-11 a quarter century ago, and for the thousands of people who've died since 2001 from illnesses related to the attacks. At ground zero this morning, a moment of silence was held for all of these lives. And Steve Castanbaum also tells us that during the reading of the victim's names, one speaker broke from tradition. Michael S. Bach. The victim's families were joined by dozens of current and former elected officials who sat in silence as the names were read aloud. Political speeches are banned from the ceremony. But Terry Strata, National Chair of 9-11 Families United, strayed from the script after honoring her husband, Tom Strata. But how can it be 25 years? And still, we have no justice for the role that Saudi Arabia played in your murder. The 9-11 Commission and other investigations cleared the Saudi government of any role in

1:00the attacks. But several Saudi citizens with ties to the government were found to have provided support to the terrorists. Strata called on President Trump to hold those people accountable. For NPR News, I'm Steve Castanbaum in New York. Anthropics says it has blocked efforts to use its AI models for cyber attacks, surveillance and research that could have led to biological weapons. This AI models grow more powerful, elaborate cyber attacks no longer require sophisticated skills, and even lone individuals can create attacks that would not have been possible even a year ago. The company says its researchers blocked threatening actors from spyware vendors to state-sponsored spreaders of propaganda. The CDC says today the record cyclosporiasis outbreak is over. The parasite that causes it is seasonal. This year's largest ever outbreak began in May and was mostly linked to iceberg lettuce grown in Mexico, and PR's Rachel Carlson has more. Nearly 20,000 people in the U.S. were hit by the diarrhea causing illness this summer.

2:02The agency still has a backlog of thousands of possible cases to confirm. Two people in Michigan died after becoming sick with the disease. Over half of all confirmed cases were linked to lettuce from tailor farms, sold at Taco Bells and in some grocery stores. But the CDC said Friday that all affected lettuce from this source, which was recalled in July, has been taken off shelves and removed from restaurants. So you can feel a little safer eating the salads you've been avoiding. The Food and Drug Administration is still investigating the outbreak, which was concentrated in Michigan, Ohio, and Illinois. Rachel Carlson and PR News. A senior British defense official says more than half a million Russian troops have been killed in Ukraine since Moscow's full scale invasion in February 2022. The dead are part of one and a half million Russian casualties, according to the UK's Defense Staff. Moscow's army is struggling to make headway on the battlefield. We're listening to NPR News from Washington. Tourism officials are asking visitors to steer clear of Kauai, one of Hawaii's most picturesque

3:06islands. 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 ocean front resorts and ripped apart roads. As long lines are backed up at Kauai's primary airport. A new study in JAMA Network Open finds that laws requiring age restrictions on social media apps aren't effective, NPR's or re-to-chattergy reports. Researchers looked at nearly 40 published studies on the effectiveness of various social media-related legislations across the world and the United States. In the US, two-thirds of 11 and 12-year-olds use social media despite a minimum age requirement of 13. Study author Dr. Jason Nagata is a pediatrician at the University of California San Francisco. He says age verification is crucial to protecting miners from the harms of social media. There's a lot of other strategies are really dependent on the fact that we can identify underage or minor users. He says social media companies are already using sophisticated algorithms for targeted content,

4:10and they could also use them for age verification of miners. Retro-tattergy 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, the 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. This is NPR News. This is Irot Glass. On this American life, we tell stories about when things change. Like for this guy David, whose entire life took a sharp, unexpected, and very unpleasant term. And it did take me a while to realize that it's basically because the monkey pressed the button. That's right, because the monkey pressed the button. Rising stories every week, wherever you get your podcasts.