National & International News from NPR

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Singer Celine Dion performs during the opening concert of her 'Celine Dion Paris 2026' residency at the Plenitude Arena in Nanterre, outside Paris, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026.

Aurelien Morissard

Education and Community Culture

Celine Dion returns to the stage after battling rare illness

Chandelis Duster

The Canadian singer opened up her 16-show residency in Paris at the Plenitude Arena. The entire series is sold out.

Julia Demaree Nikhinson

Public Safety and Social Justice

Alien Terrorist Removal Court deports legal US resident to Afghanistan in first-ever case

Ava Berger

Retired rugby star Gareth Thomas, who is HIV positive, came to Rio de Janeiro's famed Ipanema Beach to participate in a campaign called "Tackle HIV."

Ian Cheibub for NPR

Health and Sports

'People are still afraid of those three letters': Fighting the stigma of HIV

David Cox

People pause as they stand at the memorial during a ceremony commemorating the 25th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center at the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum on September 11, 2026 in New York City.

Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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OPINION: 25 years on, a nation still mourns

Scott Simon

Taya Hailstone has been in remission from Hodgkin lymphoma for five years, but the cancer's lasting damage to her organs and nerves can make basic tasks hard. Even so, Montana's health department decided Hailstone is no longer eligible for low-cost disability health coverage through Medicaid.

Kyla Hailstone

Health and Sports

A cancer survivor hoped to work — then she lost her Medicaid disability coverage

Katheryn Houghton

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Julia Demaree Nikhinson

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AP

Trump meets Ireland's leaders before heading to his golf club in Doonbeg

The Associated Press

President Trump held talks in Dublin with Irish President Catherine Connolly and Ireland's Prime Minister Micheál Martin during a weekend visit centered on a major golf tournament.
Yazeed Abu Khdeir

The secret quest to preserve Palestinian writer Raja Shehadeh's diaries

Daniel Estrin

Leading Palestinian writer Raja Shehadeh has documented Israel's occupation of the West Bank since day one. Fearing the occupation might consume his archive, he secretly moved it to Scotland
Karl Mondon

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Anthropic and OpenAI CEOs call for AI development to slow down, OpenAI to delay IPO

Huo Jingnan

Dario Amodei and Sam Altman are the latest to urge caution amid fears the industry is racing too fast to build powerful AI while safety measures lag.
Jim Urquhart

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Reuters

Neighbor turned on neighbor after Charlie Kirk's killing. Is the divide here to stay?

Odette Yousef

The assassination of far right activist Charlie Kirk opened the floodgates of neighbor-on-neighbor doxing. A year later, the damage to political discourse in the U.S. remains.

From All Things Considered

Officials investigate a Prime Air cargo plane at Miami International Airport after it overran the runway at Miami International Airport in Miami, Fla., on Sept. 6, 2026. An Amazon cargo plane overshot a runway as it landed in Miami, crashing into vehicles and catching fire, officials said.

Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

Miami crash raises concerns about the jet's operator, and why it's flying for Amazon

Joel Rose

The cargo plane crash in Miami is raising concerns about the safety culture at 21 Air, one of the carriers that fly for Amazon. Former pilots were sounding alarms even before Sunday's accident.

Indian Foreign Ministry via AP

Indian Foreign Ministry

BRICS leaders meet in India as wars and US tensions test the bloc

The Associated Press

Yemen's Houthi rebels march during a mobilization campaign in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo)

STR

Yemen's Houthis capture a Red Sea island in threat to shipping

The Associated Press

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How shofars became the spiritual soundtrack of Rosh Hashanah

Deena Prichep

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sunset Friday. For many Jews around the world, a highlight of the holiday will be hearing the shofar: an animal's horn blown like a trumpet.
Vahid Salemi

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Amid war and sanctions, many Iranians are losing their jobs and struggling to get by

Hadeel Al-Shalchi

Many Iranians lost their jobs because of the war and the U.S. blockade. Now some are even losing their backup jobs as sanctions tighten.
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In photos: Remembering the Sept. 11 attacks, 25 years later

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Around the U.S., ceremonies commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11th terror attacks in New York and at the Pentagon.
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Congresswoman who helped create 9/11 health fund says she has a 9/11-related illness

Former New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney was instrumental in the creation of the World Trade Center Health Program and September 11 Victim Compensation Fund. She says she is now suffering from the "World Trade Center cough."