NPR News: 03-07-2026 4PM EST

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Noir Rahm. Israel says it struck multiple sites throughout Iran overnight into this morning, targeting infrastructure used by Iran's revolutionary guard. Meanwhile, the Iranian President apologized for targeting Gulf countries with drones and missiles, but stopped short of pledging against future attacks on its neighbors. NPR's Kerry Khan reports. Israel's military says more than 80 fighter jets struck targets across Iran and the capital Tehran, including what it says was the revolutionary guard's main military university, which it claims stores war assets. In a televised address Saturday on state media, President Masood Pazishkyan said Iran would only attack its neighbors if, quote, an attack on Iran originates from those countries. A Gulf official speaking to NPR on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly said, quote, we will only believe it if we see it. Saturday morning alerts went off in multiple countries in the Gulf.

1:02Flights were delayed at the Dubai airport after the UAE said air defenses intercepted Iranian missiles and drones. Kerry Khan and NPR News tell Aviv. Questions are being raised about the cost of the war. The think tank, the Center for Strategic and International Studies estimates the first 100 hours of the war cost $3.7 billion, or nearly $900 million a day. The war in Iran is affecting energy markets. Ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is stalled. Prices are higher for oil, natural gas, and gasoline. NPR's Camila Domenoski has more. The global benchmark for crude closed for the weekend at a little under $93 a barrel that's up from 70 before the attack. And these higher crude prices have pushed up gasoline more than 14 percent, which is a bigger week on week jump than we saw after Russia invaded Ukraine. NPR's Camila Domenoski, seven big tech companies are pledging to keep energy costs down

2:04amid the AI data center boom. But critics say the agreement with the administration is non-binding. Hanna Murzbach from Mountain West News reports. Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, and XAI all took the rate payer protection pledge. They promised to pay for the energy infrastructure needed to power their data centers, to not pass on cost to households, a big concern for voters. Energy Justice Program Director at the Center for Biological Diversity, Gene Sue, says it's good the Trump administration is acknowledging the affordability problem. But there is no actual guarantee, no enforcement mechanism to actually make sure that big tech follows through on those promises. Sue says she wants to see rate payer protections mandated by law, along with limits on data center carbon emissions. For NPR News, I'm Hannah Murzbach and Jackson Wyoming. This is NPR News. Powerful storms including tornadoes hit the nation's midsection yesterday, leveling homes

3:06and bringing down power lines. Officials say four people died in Michigan and two people died in Oklahoma. The National Weather Service says the risk of severe weather continues today from Texas to the Great Lakes. The daylight saving time begins tomorrow. Most Americans set their clocks ahead one hour. This can mess with one sleep schedule temporarily. A new report suggests that teenagers may be facing a more permanent sleep problem. Our annual reports. Researchers analyzed a national survey of tens of thousands of American students, roughly three out of four adolescents across all demographics, reported insufficient sleep in 2023, up since 2007. Just less than eight hours per night. And the rise didn't appear to depend on certain risk behaviors like substance use or screen time. Tanner Murzbach is a psychiatrist at the University of Wisconsin. It really raises concern about what downstream effects that's having on teenagers mental health or ability to engage in school.

4:08To help, teens might try adopting a consistent sleep schedule, dimming the lights before bed and sleeping in a place that's cool, dark and quiet. For NPR News, I'm R.A. Daniel. At the Paralympics in Italy, a Santa Master is the most decorated American Winter Paralympian. One another gold medal today, her 20th. She won the Women's Sprint Sitting Discipline in Parabuyathlon. She'd overcome a series of setbacks this season, including surgery and a concussion. I'm Nora Rom, NPR News in Washington. Listen to this podcast sponsor-free on Amazon Music with a Prime Membership or any podcast step by subscribing to NPR News Now Plus at plus.npr.org. That's plus.npr.org.