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"Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh.

Flags and flowers and shades of red, white, and blue, with dorm memorials to the victims

of the 9/11 terrorist attacks 25 years ago today.

And preparation governors across the U.S. had ordered flags be flown at half-staff. NPR Spill Chapel takes us to the places where people paused and reflected." In Shanksville, Pennsylvania, a bell-told for each life lost when Flight 93 crashed nearby. At the Pentagon, President Trump said the attacks brought Americans together. "We were all new yorkers that day, every one of us, we were all new yorkers."

And in New York, Vice President Vance joined four ex-presidents at the World Trade Center Memorial site to hear family speak the names of those who died. The speakers, brothers, daughters, grandchildren, look back on what was lost, and they pledged never to forget. Bill Chappell, impure news.

Vice President Vance did alongside other political leaders during a moment of silence at the ceremony, the display of national unity was a stark contrast from Vance's fierce

defense of traditional values when he had lined the Republican midterm convention in Dallas

last night. "To the radicals who wish to abolish my family and the thousands and millions of other families all across our country, we have a simple message for them, stay the hell away from our kids." Vance urged voters, even those who disagree with the Republican Party, to vote for the

GOP anyway in November. He did not mention the $5,000 cash dividends President Trump promised to every American adult that not before, if Republicans remain in control of Congress. But Trump did remind the crowd about that pledge as he took the stage again after Vance and closed out the event.

Data Center anxiety has made its way into the housing market as buyers and sellers wonder how the giant tech hub next door could affect home values, and PR's Marissa J. Lang took

a look at a new study that found impacts very from place to place.

More than ever, large data centers are being built around neighborhoods, prompting real estate agents to ask, "What should we tell clients?" A new study from the National Association of Realtors, which analyzed nearly 1,500 data centers, found there really isn't a one-size-fits-all answer. Here's lead researcher Nadia Evangelu.

"This may be a national conversation, but the actual real estate impact is very concentrated in a relatively small number of local markets." In some regions, data centers seem to correlate with economic growth. And others, researchers saw rising energy costs and land use concerns. The group said it will continue to track markets as the data center footprint expands,

Marissa J. Lang and PR news. "This is NPR." The Food and Drug Administration says a large-estever cyclist for outbreak in the U.S. is over. Today the FDA also announced that the removal of all recalled iceberg lettuce from Mexico

that was linked to the spread of the Parisic infection nearly 2 dozen states. And it's nearly 13,000 cases of the diarrhea causing illness. Shoppers may experience more a sticker shock at their local grocery store that's because of the record-high price of diesel fuel integral to the nationwide delivery network used to get goods to market every day.

The Ottawa Industry Club Triple A reports a national average for diesel fuel top $6 a gallon

for the first time today.

The San Francisco 49ers stunned Super Bowl favorites the LA Rams to win their season opener 27 to 7 Christina Cacolia reports from Melbourne on the 1st ever NFL regular season game to be played in Australia. And if El Jessie's flooded Melbourne and its sights around the city fans gathered to watch the All-American showdown.

It's Federation Square and Central Melbourne a sea of red erupted as the 49ers claim victory over the Rams. Both teams made their longest ever road trip to play before a soldout crowd of some 100,000 at the Melbourne Cricket Grand Stadium. It paid off for the 49ers who've been in Australia for a week to prepare and acclimatize.

The Rams arrived a day early opting to fly in and out to stay on Pacific time. That's Christina Cacolia reporting from Melbourne. I'm Lakshmi Singh and PR news. This is our glass. On this American life we tell stories about when things change like for this guy David whose

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