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Support for NPR and the following message come from the estate of Joan B. Kroc, whose bequest serves as an enduring investment in the future of public radio and seeks to help NPR produce programming that meets the highest standards of public service in journalism and cultural expression. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. President Trump bashed the United Nations as ineffective during a nearly hour-long speech to world leaders today. During the UN General Assembly, he bragged about American business deals and warned that other countries were going to hell because of their immigration policies. What is the purpose of the United Nations? The UN has such tremendous potential. I've always said it. It has such tremendous, tremendous potential.

but it's not even coming close to living up to that potential. Trump is finding himself increasingly isolated at the U.N., where there is a growing push to recognize a Palestinian state. Most recently, by the U.K., France, and Canada, Trump said those efforts were a mistake. Ahead of the General Assembly, the U.S. Secret Service dismantled a massive hidden telecom network across the New York area.

Investigators say it was a SIM card farm, and it could have crippled cell towers, jammed 911 calls and flooded networks with chaos as world leaders arrived. The cash was packed with over 100,000 SIM cards. Iran's supreme leader has dismissed direct talks with the U.S. over his country's nuclear program, saying they would be a dead end. His comments come as Iranian officials meet with European leaders in a bid to avoid more sanctions over its nuclear program.

NPR's Jackie Northam reports. In a broad-ranging televised speech, Ayatollah al-Hamini said that it was not worth negotiating with the U.S., saying it had broken promises, killed senior Iranian officials and bombed Iran's nuclear facilities. Howmanis said Iran would not surrender to pressure about uranium enrichment, and that Iran neither wanted nor had nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, senior Iranian officials met with diplomats from the E3, Germany, France, and the UK, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, looking at options to prevent the reimposition of nuclear sanctions for violating the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal. Those sanctions are likely to resume this weekend. Jackie Northam,

NPR News. President Trump's warnings about Tylenol and autism has created confusion. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports, pediatricians are trying to help patients understand the evidence. There is no evidence that taking Tylenol while pregnant causes autism and children, which the FDA has acknowledged. Dr. Nicole Baldwin is a pediatrician whose as Tylenol has been shown to be safe and left untreated high fevers can cause complications for the mother and the fetus. We don't want parents to just tough it out. You know, we want moms to be treated. Some studies have pointed to a link between autism and Tylenol, but these correlations could be a fluke or coincidence. Baldwin says both shark bites and eating ice cream increase in summer, but that doesn't

mean that one causes the other. She says correlation is very different from proving that something causes harm. Alison Aubrey, NPR News. From Washington, this is NPR News. Camp Mystic, the girls' summer camp in Texas, where 27 people died in a flood in July, will reopen next year. That's according to the camp's owners. The U.S. Department of Education has canceled nine grants for college prep programs nationwide due to diversity, equity, and inclusion measures. It says don't line up with its priorities. Ideas, Public Media's Connor Morris has more. The federal gear-up grant pays for counselors and other programs to teach students how to apply

for college, write resumes, and more. Winter Mason, one of those counselors at a high school in Akron, says her work went far beyond that, though. Those students see you every day and they believed in you and you built that relationship with them. So it's just an amazing feeling to have, and we don't want that to be removed. Advocates say the canceled gear-up grants total almost $170 million and impact students at 220 schools across the U.S. Cleveland and Akron are two of the biggest, but grants were also canceled in New Hampshire, Indiana, and California. The Department of Education says the majority of gear-up grants are continuing.

For NPR News, I'm Connor Morris in Cleveland. Infection rates from drug-resistant bacteria are on the rise dramatically. Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say infections from the bacteria rose almost 70% between 2019 and 2023. It's likely many people are unrecognized carriers of the drug-resistant bacteria. Researchers say that could lead to community spread. Doctors worry that infections long-considered routine and easy to treat like urinary tract infections could become chronic problems. I'm Rylan Barton. This is NPR News from Washington.

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