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Live from NPR news, I'm Dale Wilman. Five people were killed when a cargo plane crashed at the Miami International Airport on Sunday. Ms. NPR's Peng Huang reports, local officials say the scene was chaotic. Just before 2 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, an Amazon cargo plane crashed as it tried to land at the busy Florida airport. Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero Stutz says it overran the runway. It came to rest at a field adjacent to the airport. At this time, we can confirm that we have at least five deceased individuals. and we have multiple individuals that were transported to local hospitals with unknown injuries.

Video posted on social media shows the Boeing 767 with its tail over the airport's fence and thick black smoke rising from the aircraft. Local officials said there was a fuel leak they were working to mitigate. It's unclear so far what caused the crash, though the National Transportation Safety Board says they're sending a team to the site and launching an investigation. The airport is open again, but passengers have been warned to expect long delays and cancellations. Ping Huang and PR News. White House envoys Steve Whitkoff and Jared Kushner were in Ukraine Sunday for talks aimed at ending Russia's war on that country. Russia invaded Ukraine more than four years ago. Kushner and Whitkoff held similar talks in Moscow on Saturday.

After those talks ended, Kushner said the discussions went well. There is a pathway. There is a dialogue. And it's a really hard problem. I mean, this is a war that started before, obviously, President. and Trump took office, but he sees the huge cost that it's having on the battlefield, on just every citizen in both countries. The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court again to clear the way for a U.S. Postal

Service plan that could restrict mail-in voting for the midterm election. As NPR's Hansi Lo Wong report, say ruling may come as soon as this Wednesday. This is the third emergency request the trouble administration has made at the Supreme Court for the president's attempt to limit mail and voting. This time the Supreme Court is set to weigh in on the legality of the U.S. Postal Services plan. Under that plan, USPS would refuse to deliver mail-in-balance to voters in states where election officials do not turn over voter lists to the mailing agency and do not have certain barcodes in their ballot envelopes. We should note USPS is a financial supporter of NPR. A federal judge in Boston has blocked those requirements twice.

After finding that USPS has no authority to impose them on states, any whistleblower report claims the postal services systems for enforcing those requirements have not been properly taken. tested and could derail mail in voting for the midterm general election, which is just getting started in North Carolina. On Zilawang, NPR News. People in Hawaii are preparing for more rain as Hurricane Lowell is about to pass near that archipelago. Forecasters say the category three storm could bring as much as 14 inches of rain to some areas. Officials are worried that the rain could cause flash flooding and landslides. Right now, Lowell has sustained winds of 120 miles an hour. This is NPR News. Ash from the erupting Crockato volcano in Indonesia has shut down six airports,

canceling international and domestic flights until at least Monday at noon. As Nina Rao reports, emergency officials are coordinating the response, even as the eruption of the volcano continues. The volcano has been firing thick ash into the atmosphere since late Friday. While no casualties have been reported, the ash is blanketing the capital, Jakarta, and neighboring provinces. Head of Indonesia's Disaster Management Agency, Suharyanto, says they are deploying aircraft to clear the air. Authorities are carrying out weather modification operations, he says.

If there is no cloud growth, they'll use a water-misting method to break down dangerous ash particles. Officials have also begun distributing masks and are urging residents in affected areas to stay indoors. For NPR News, I'm Naira Rao in Jakarta. In college football, Demand Williams Jr. threw for 268 yards and a touchdown Sunday as number 17 Washington survived offensive struggles in a 24 to 10 win over Washington State. Williams also scored on a five-yard keeper. It was the 118th meeting of the two teams. Washington won last year 59 to 24 and after a slow start, Notre Dame beat Wisconsin 41 to 13. U.S. Women's World Cup basketball team had a scare in Berlin Sunday when a strong team from Italy took a push the Americans until the, end, the U.S. 155 to 52. That's the lowest scoring game for the women in World Cup competition since 1967. Jackie Young scored 10 points to lead to Miersay. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News.