NPR News: 09-07-2025 4AM EDT

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What are the latest Russian attacks in Ukraine and their civilian impact?

Dua Halisa Kautel 0:01
Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Duahlisa Kautau. Another night of record record Russian attacks across Ukraine, and in the capital officials say at least two people were killed, including an infant. The number of dead could jump as an apartment building was hit hard by a Russian drone. And for the first time since the full scale war started, a government building was hit near Maidan or Independent Square. It is nearly it is nearly National Hispanic Heritage Month. And despite fears of immigration raids in Chicago, locals gathered for an annual parade.

How did Chicago’s Hispanic Heritage Parade unfold amid immigration raid fears?

Dua Halisa Kautel 0:37
Adriana Cardona Mikod from Member Station WBE Z said once the main floats began to roll out, people began to march and cheer.
Unknown 0:46
There was noticeable police presence, elected officials, and mostly citizens with immigrant roots who came out in support and to criticize the president's threats.
Dua Halisa Kautel 0:57
Adriana Cardona Mongi God of Member Station WBE Z. The US Military Academy at West Point's Alumni Association has scrapped an official award celebration for Tom Hanks,
Chloe Veltman 1:09
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Dua Halisa Kautel 1:09
Pierce Chloe Veltman
Chloe Veltman 1:11
reports. A US official who says he's not authorized to speak publicly confirmed the news, which was first reported in the Washington Post. The official told MPR Hanks will still get the prestigious Sylvanus Thayer Award and did not state why the formalities had been abandoned.

Why was Tom Hanks’ Sylvanus Thayer Award ceremony at West Point cancelled?

Chloe Veltman 1:26
However, the Washington Post attributed the decision to an internal email it had obtained from Mark Beger, president and CEO of the West Point Association of Graduates, in which Beger stated the Army needed to focus on its core mission of quote, preparing cadets to lead, fight, and win. A statement from the Alumni Association announced the award in June. Praising Hanks for his support of veterans such as his role as a national spokesperson for the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC. Chloe Veltman, NPR News.
Dua Halisa Kautel 1:55
The twenty twenty-one season of a podcast called Queen of the Con follows a woman who claimed to be an Irish heiress and scammed the podcast narrator out of nearly one hundred thousand dollars in Los Angeles. Now the same woman has been convicted of similar crimes in Northern Ireland, and Perlorne Freyer reports.
Dr Ann Jones 2:15
Marianne Smith, who sometimes went by mayor when she lived in LA, is not Irish. She's actually American, though she's been convicted of swindling four people in Northern Ireland out of more than $155,000 while working as a mortgage advisor.

What is the legacy of Hall of Fame goalie Ken Dryden after his passing?

Dr Ann Jones 2:30
After a four-day trial, a jury took just 20 minutes to convict her. On three counts of theft and three more of fraud by abuse of position. This is after a previous conviction. Conviction for similar crimes in the United States. One of her American victims, Jonathan Walton, wrote a book about her and also made a podcast called Queen of the Khan, the Irish Heiress. Last year, Smith was extradited to the United Kingdom and is now in jail awaiting sentencing next month. Lauren Freyer, NPR News, London.
Dua Halisa Kautel 3:01
One of Canada's hockey greats has died. Ken Dryden was seventy eight. Dan Karpinchuk reports the Hall of Fame Goalie had been battling counselor.
Dan Karpenchuk 3:12
Ken Dryden was a crucial member of the Montreal Canadiens 1970s era, and in the 1972 summit series between Canada and the former Soviet Union, considered a monumental moment in hockey history, Dryden shared the goaltending duties helping Canada defeat the Soviets four games to three. He helped the Canadiens win the Stanley Cup in 1973, and then for three more consecutive years. Dryden retired at 31, became an offer.

How is South Korea responding to the detention of its nationals in the United States?

Dan Karpenchuk 3:37
author than a hockey executive. In two thousand and four he turned his hand to politics, winning a seat in Parliament for the Liberals. Tributes are pouring in for Dryden, including from Prime Minister Mark Carney, who says, few Canadians have given more or stood taller for our country. For NPR News, I'm Dan Karpinchuk in Toronto.
Dua Halisa Kautel 3:55
South Korea's president is looking to solve the detention of nearly five hundred Korean nationals following an immigration raid. At a Hyundite manufacturing plant near Savannah, Georgia. President E. J. Myung said the rights and interest of South Korean nationals and the business operations of South Korean companies investing in the US must not be infringed upon.

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