NPR News: 09-11-2026 10AM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. A bell told at ground zero this morning in New York City as the nation observes 25 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks. A moment of silence was held at 846, marking the time the first hijack plane struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center. NPR's Brian Mann is at the site where family members are gathering to honor their loved ones. People are reading out the names of those lost on 9-11. It's family members speaking incredible emotion here. There are no speeches. That's according to longstanding custom, but there is music. Yo-yo Ma is performing in the background to accompany them. And just a few moments ago, the Brooklyn Youth Chorus performed the star-spangled banner. At NPR's Brian Mann reporting from ground zero. This morning at the Pentagon, families read aloud the names of the 184 people

1:02who were killed when American Airlines flight 77 crashed into the building. Petty Officer Third Class, Melissa Rose Barnes, United States Navy. President Trump is marking the anniversary at the Pentagon and will address the families gathered there. In Western Pennsylvania, the 40 passengers and crew members aboard United Airlines flight 93 are being remembered. They're playing crashed into a field near Shang'sville after hijacker sees the cockpit. Investigators determined the flight had been headed toward the nation's capital. Stox opened sharply higher this morning on Wall Street after a report showing inflation remained elevated last month. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones industrial average jumped by about 576 points in early trading. Consumer prices in August were up 3.4 percent from a year ago, leaving the annual inflation rate unchanged from the month before.

2:03Crisis rose 4.10 percent between July and August, with a sharp jump in gasoline prices accounting for more than a third that monthly increase. Energy prices have continued to climb in September, with the average price of diesel fuel now topping $6 a gallon for the first time ever. Stripping out volatile food and energy prices, the core inflation rate for the last 12 months cooled slightly, but core inflation for the month of August accelerated. Investors were already betting the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates when policy makers meet next week. Investors think today's inflation report makes a rate hike even more likely. Scott Horsley in Pair News, Washington. California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed legislation aimed at protecting children online. One band's social media platforms from offering users under 16 addictive features such as auto play and personalized feeds. The measures are among the most extensive online protections for young people in the country. This is NPR. The AI company and Thropic issued a report on its efforts to disrupt threat actors trying to use its AI model Claude for malicious activity.

3:10NPR's John Ruich report that includes blocking research that could lead to the development of biological weapons. The kind of science knowledge that experts say makes advanced AI useful in developing cures for diseases could also potentially be used to develop bio weapons. And that risk is one of the big concerns that AI researchers and policymakers have about the technology. And Thropic noted five case studies, one involved researching how to make a mosquito-borne disease more transmissible. Another involved redesigning toxins for what Anthropic says was a national program. Anthropic says it's hard to know definitively if the cases were related to plans to build bio weapons, but it notes that it disrupted the activity and shared the information with the authorities and partners in the industry. And a note Anthropic is a financial supporter of NPR. John Ruich and PR News. Missouri's Republican-drong congressional map is blocked after a series of court rulings yesterday. Jason Rosenbaum from St. Louis Public Radio reports the decisions Mark is set back for Republicans in the battle for control of the US House.

4:13A federal judge in St. Louis had ordered that the Republican-read district plan had to be used while he considers a case on it. But the US Supreme Court blocked that yesterday with an unsigned order and no dissent. So that means the map Missouri Republicans passed at the behest of Trump is blocked while the case is considered. And there's not much time before the election to actually consider it. Jason Rosenbaum reporting. This is NPR News. 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.