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A cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport on Sunday,
“killing at least five people, and injuring five others, three critically.”
NPR's Arzu Resvani reports that federal investigation is underway. >> They'll be looking at everything from possible mechanical failure to environmental variables to flight crew performance. >> I spoke with Peter Gold's last night, he's the former managing director of the NTSB. He's now a transportation safety consultant.
And he explained to me how this usually goes. >> Listen to the concrete voice recorder to make sure that the pilots were following the checklist, were aware of the extenduating circumstances. >> Another detail investigators will likely examine our thunderstorms and winds that were directly over the airport at the time of the crash.
NPR's Arzu Resvani reporting.
President Trump's on-bois have wrapped up talks in key, the aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. NPR's Joanna Kikis's reports, they met with the Ukrainian and Russian presidents this weekend to find a path forward. >> Trump's sudden-log Jared Kushner and longtime friend Steve Wittkov have visited Moscow several
times, including on Saturday. They arrived in cave on Sunday on a train called the Peace Express, speaking to reporters outside the ornate presidential palace in cave. Kushner said Trump wants peace as soon as possible. He responded to a reporter asking him if this could happen by winter.
“>> And I think if we can achieve that, it'd be an incredible thing.”
It doesn't mean that we will achieve it, but it's an effort that's very important to try. >> The Ukrainians, including President Volodymyr Zelensky, looked skeptical. Zelensky told reporters after the press conference that he expected the war to continue. Joanna Kikis's NPR news cave. >> The far-right alternative for Germany won the most votes in yesterday's regional election,
but as NPR's Esmin Nicholson reports, it's still unclear whether the party will have enough seats to govern. >> Speaking to public broadcasts at the FAAFD Federal Leader,
Alis Vidal said Chancellor Friedrich Merz is conservative Christian Democrats will never win another election.
>> We're seeing explosive growth here, she said, referring to the state of Saxony and Halt. We're going to see explosive growth across all of East Germany, and at the federal level too, she said. The AFD candidate responsible for that growth is always seeking one to form a salesman with a radical platform, promising mass deportations, the segregation of refugees children in schools, and closer relations with Russia and the MAGA movement in the US.
“While it's not yet clear whether the AFD can rule outright, Zeke Mont declared,”
we have written history, and thanked Friedrich Merz for being a very good campaigner for the AFD. For MPI News, I'm Esmin Nicholson in Berlin. >> This is NPR news. >> The average rate on a 30-year mortgage is now nearly 7% making home ownership more expensive. But as MPR Steven Besanhal reports, buyers who can afford higher rates or pay cash
may have an advantage in today's market. >> I'm mortgage rates tend to drive away home buyers. But Nerd Walts, housing expert Kate Wood, says that also means buyers that stay in the market can get more concessions from sellers. More willing to work with you because they aren't just, you know, swimming in offers
and taking their pick. >> She also recommends that home buyers shop around for a mortgage. >> When things are even like a little bit unstable or a little bit iffy, my goodness, please look at all the lenders because you are going to see a really good amount of dispersion. >> Wood warns buyers who wait that if and when rates do drop, a flood of pent-up competition
could make that home you're looking at cost tens of thousands of dollars more. Steven Besanhal and PR news. >> Hurricane Lowell is taking aim at Hawaii. The category 3 storm has maximum sustained winds of about 120 miles an hour as it moves north northeast toward the islands.
Pat Porter is the emergency management administrator for Hawaii. >> As of now, all of clay is under the area where we're going to have tropical storm force winds. But yeah, I was actually on the border there where they may have the 58 mile-prower destructive winds. >> Orcasters say the storm could bring heavy rain, flash flooding, mudslides, and dangerous surf as it passes west of the state.
This is NPR. >> This week on newsmakers, after more than a decade in comedy, I wasn't sure that we would get here. >> Robbie Hoffman is fearless. >> I had a small feeling.
I wasn't sure and fully herself. >> Hello. >> You can go ahead and flash. >> Well, I'm not home now. I'm doing something.
>> We plunge into comedy and success with Robbie Hoffman on NPR's newsmakers.
