NPR News: 09-29-2026 10AM EDT
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How are oil prices and interest rates affecting markets and travel costs?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. Stocks opened mixed this morning as oil prices inched lower. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped about 75 points in early trading.
Oil prices have backed off their recent peaks but remain elevated as a result of the U.S. war with Iran. AAA says retail gasoline prices dipped 2 cents a gallon overnight to an average of $4.46 a gallon. Diesel prices are averaging just under $6.44 a gallon. Higher jet fuel prices are driving up the cost of airline tickets, just as many people are booking flights for upcoming holiday travel. The cost of airline tickets in August was up more than 23 percent from a year ago. Australia's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate today for the fourth time this year. In the U.S., investors are betting the Federal Reserve will raise rates in October for the second time in as many months. Scott Horsley, MPR News, Washington.
What happened when Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian village of Jalud?
A mob of Israeli settlers stormed into a Palestinian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank overnight. The group attacked a Palestinian family after an Israeli court had ordered they be allowed to return home. NPR's Kat Lonsdorf reports.
More than 100 violent Israeli settlers attacked the village of Jalud, setting fire to buildings and vehicles and throwing stones, according to the Israeli military. The attack happened as Israeli security forces were attempting to escort a Palestinian family back to their home. That family had been forced to leave their home about two months ago due to continuous harassment by Israeli settlers, according to an Israeli court order. Instead, Israeli settlers set fire to the home and the family fled again. Two of the settlers were arrested and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the attack. Netanyahu recently downplayed such violence in a speech at the U.N. The U.N. has tracked about 200 settler attacks per month in 2026.
How much are candidates spending on Texas’s high-stakes Senate race?
Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Tel Aviv. The
U.S. Senate contest in Texas between Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico is set to shatter campaign advertising records. From Houston Public Media, Andrew Schneider reports it's unclear how much of a difference the
ad blitz will make. An analysis from advertising intelligence firm Ad Impact shows that as of mid-September, Talarico and groups supporting him had spent more than $53 million across all media, while Paxton and ProPaxton SuperPAC spent nearly twice that. Erica Franklin Fowler of Wesleyan University says advertising matters chiefly at the margins of a close contest.
It's not going to take a candidate who is not otherwise a good candidate and take them from somewhere of like 30 percent support over a victory line. It's really in the, you know, fraction up to a couple percentage points that advertising can move or benefit a particular candidate.
Most polls either show the two candidates statistically tied or Talarico with a slim lead. I'm Andrew Schneider in Houston.
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Why did OpenAI withhold its latest AI model after safety tests?
Big tech company OpenAI says it won't release its latest artificial intelligence model. The company says that's because it failed to meet internal testing standards. A UK government monitor says during its own tests, the AI model acted maliciously on its own, conducting simulated cyber attacks. The UK monitor says this was a simulation and no real-world harm happened.
What does North Korea’s suspected landmine blast mean for South Korea?
South Korea's military says North Korean landmines are likely what caused last week's explosion in the demilitarized zone. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports from Seoul three South Korean soldiers were injured.
The South's Joint Chiefs of Staff says their preliminary investigation looked at forensic evidence, including traces of TNT, the blast crater, and the three soldiers' injuries, all of which were consistent with North Korean landmines. The Joint Chiefs said that if a final investigation confirms that a North Korean mine caused the blast, that would constitute an attack on the South, and that they would hold Pyongyang accountable without saying exactly how.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
How are oil prices and interest rates affecting markets and travel costs?
0:00–0:53
2
What happened when Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian village of Jalud?
0:53–1:50
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How much are candidates spending on Texas’s high-stakes Senate race?
1:50–3:00
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Why did OpenAI withhold its latest AI model after safety tests?
3:00–3:26
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What does North Korea’s suspected landmine blast mean for South Korea?
3:26–4:25
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Who was Dennis Haskins, the actor best known for Saved by the Bell?
4:25–5:01