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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. Five people were killed Sunday when an Amazon cargo plane overran a runway and hit several cars at Miami International airports. Total 10 that were involved, five fatalities, three that are in critical condition that were transported to the trauma center, and another two that were transported to a local hospital. Miami-Dade Fire Chief Ray Jadala says the crash caused a complex fire when engine compartments went up in flames. Both the pilot and co-pilot were trapped in the plane, but both were rest. by first responders. President Trump's envoys have stepped up efforts to end Russia's war against Ukraine,

NPR's Giannaica Kisis, reports from Kiev. Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and longtime friend Steve Whitkoff, have visited Moscow several times, including on Saturday. They arrived in Kiev on Sunday on a train called the Peace Express. Speaking to reporters outside the ornate presidential palace in Kiev, Kushner said Trump wants peace as soon as possible. possible. He responded to a reporter asking him if this could happen by winter. And I think if we can achieve that, it would 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 and that he had discussed a winter aid package with the U.S. and Europe. Joanna Kikisas and PR News, Kiev. Open AI, the maker of ChatGPT, says it's creating a framework for what it calls misalignment disclosures. That means making public incidents where artificial intelligence models do things that people don't want them to do. As NPR's John Ruich reports, this comes after news of a fresh incident of AI agents going rogue. Reuters reported that a swarm of open AI agents or AI programs took over a German language website and created a secret message board there, working together for weeks without the company knowing it.

It says this happened before the so-called hugging face incident where AI agents from OpenAI hacked into another company in July, triggering a tsunami of concern about human control over AI. In a statement posted online, OpenAI acknowledged the incident involving the German website but did not give details. It said its misalignment disclosure practices need to expand for this, quote, new phase of model capabilities. And it's working on a framework for when and how to.

to report when AI goes off script. John Roo at NPR News. Hurricane Lowell is heading toward Hawaii. At this hour, it's carrying sustained winds of 120 miles an hour. It's expected to skirt the archipelago, but forecasters say it may bring as much as 14 inches of rain in some areas. Four to eight inches of rain are expected on Hawaii's big island. Officials are concerned the rain and winds could cause flash flooding and landslides.

The National Hurricane Center has issued a tropical storm warning for two of the islands. You're listening to NPR News. A senior Iranian official says Tehran is planning to announce an exclusion zone outside the Strait of Hormuz. Iran says it will target vessels in the zone that they believe are trying to illegally transit through the strait. Few details of the zone released. The announcement came one day after U.S. forces attacked three Iranian oil tankers. Consumers with by now pay later debt may now find it harder to get relief from that debt, as NPR's Stephen Besaha reports.

These installment programs covered about $70 billion last year. Buy Now payleader lets consumers split payments on everything from furniture to close. The credit counseling company Money Management International says it's seeing more clients with Buy Now Pay Leader debt. Ted Rossman is the group's consumer finance analyst. He says these newer Buy Now Pay Leader companies are not as willing to offer debt relief. Like credit card lenders are often willing to work with us. We can negotiate something like an 8% rate over four or five years. The buy now pay later companies are often not willing to make the same accommodations.

Buy now pay later does have lower delinquency rates than credit cards. But Rossman worries with the growing debt those delinquencies could rise. Stephen Besaha and PR News. In Women's World Cup basketball action, the U.S. was shocked in Berlin Sunday. Facing a scrappy team from Italy, it took a few last-minute basketball. for the U.S. to pull out a 55 to 52 win. It was the lowest U.S. score in a game since 1967. Since 2006, the U.S. has won 32 straight World Cup games,

and only one other team has come within single digits of the Americans during that run. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News.