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Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines with Jesse Lent

Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines with Jesse Lent

Friday, September 11th

Israeli forces blow up a tunnel under the Ali Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon government officials say was nerve center of Hezbollah's Badr regional division, new doc NAZA features 24 Israeli military insiders who say AI identifies potential Hamas targets and bombs their homes and apartments often knowing that families are inside, Iran-aligned Houthis seize control of Yemen's port city of Mocha and advance down the Red Sea coast, Al Jazeera reports that the wars the US launched in response to 9/11 killed 176,000 people in Afghanistan and 315,000 in Iraq.

From the newsroom of WBAI 99.5FM in New York City, Pacifica Headlines provides a 5-minute rundown of the most important stories from around the world. Priority is given to subjects that may be underreported in mainstream news coverage.

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The Harlem Connection

Fri, Sep 11, 2026 - 10:00PM

Figure Out The Harlem Connection

Back of the Book

Sat, Sep 12, 2026 - 5:00AM

Stay Up Late or Get Up Early and Give Us a Listen

Everything Old is New Again - Again!

Sat, Sep 12, 2026 - 6:00AM

Michael Feinstein, Hannah Gill, Tanya Moberly & More

Animal Matters

Sun, Sep 13, 2026 - 9:00AM

Animal Matters: Pet Loss, Grief and Remembrance

Special

Sun, Sep 13, 2026 - 2:00PM

This Aint No Disco This IS CBGB #4: To Us It Was Oz

Everything Old is New Again

Sun, Sep 13, 2026 - 10:00PM

A Tribute to Maltby & Shire! Their Story Goes On!

Law and Disorder

Mon, Sep 14, 2026 - 11:00AM

Law and Disorder September 14, 2026

Naturalistic Support

Wed, Sep 16, 2026 - 2:00PM

Memory Part 3

Arts Express

Wed, Sep 16, 2026 - 9:00PM

COMING ATTRACTIONS

Everything Old is New Again - Again!

Sat, Sep 19, 2026 - 6:00AM

A Tribute to Maltby & Shire! Their Story Goes On!

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Local September 9th, 2026 Mamdani Releases Long Secret 9/11 WTC City Files by Bob Hennelly Local September 7th, 2026 Labor Day Special Plus 9/11 25 Years Later As Four Women Lived It by Jenna Flanagan & Bob Hennelly National September 4th, 2026 9/11 WTC Post Attack Body Count Soars-Vance Lies Again by Bob Hennelly National August 29th, 2026 Defend The Vote DC Rally Live Coverage by Bob Hennelly, Rebecca Myles, Paul DeRienzo, Carrie McDaid, Darius Osborne Global August 24th, 2026 West Bank Under Siege Plus Inside Trump's Deadly Deportation Machine by Jenna Flanagan and Jesse Lent Local August 22nd, 2026 Will Mt. Sinai Short Shrift The Poor? by Jenna Flanagan

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WBAI Finance Committee
Open to the public, Wednesday, September 16, 2026, 7:00 PM ET at Teleconference
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2026Talks - September 11, 2026

Trump promises money as the GOP is at risk of electoral disaster, TPS for Salvadorans gets an automatic extension – although the migrants remain uncertain, and George W Bush shares his memories of 9/11.

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