NPR News: 03-07-2026 6PM EST

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is continuing to spread into the wider region, with alerts going off in several countries around the Gulf, including Dubai, where flights were delayed after air defenses intercepted Iranian missiles and drones. Meanwhile, the dignified transfer of the six U.S. service members who were killed in Kuwait last Sunday took place at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware this afternoon. And Trump, Vice President Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Heggseth were there, earlier Trump called them heroes. He spoke before the transfer at an event with Latin American leaders in Florida, where he called on those leaders to use their militaries to stop drug trafficking and transnational

1:03gangs. Meanwhile, those explosions continue to sound across Iran's capital, Tehran, with parts of the city covered in thick, black smoke from the attacks. As NPR's Ruth Shulag reports, fears are also mounting for the safety of the thousands of detainees held in a notorious regime prison there. Shalina Saddolahi says her brother, Alia Saddolahi, was detained about a month ago from his home and taken to Iran's evin prison, notorious for its brutal treatment of inmates. Alia Saddolahi is an internationally recognized poet, and over 100 authors, including Margaret Atwood, have penned a joint letter calling for his release. Shalina Saddolahi, who lives in exile in Germany, says her brother was due to be released on bail the day the U.S. and Israeli bombardment began. They haven't heard from him since. Her sources inside Iran have told her that he and other prisoners have been moved first to an intelligence complex and then an army base. All places she fears are likely targets of U.S. and Israeli strikes.

2:04Ruth Shulag, MPON, used Turkey near the border with Iran. The war in Iran is also affecting energy markets, ship traffic, through the straight of Hormuz, is stalled. Prices are higher for oil, natural gas and gasoline. The average price of gasoline has risen above $3 for the first time since early December. Triple A's is the average cost of a gallon of gas nationwide is now $3.41. That's up about $0.43 from a week ago, and diesel and jet fuel prices are also higher. Impires Camila Domenoski has more. A 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. And Pires Camila Domenoski, you're listening to NPR News. Meta is facing a class action lawsuit for false advertising over its artificial intelligence

3:08glasses. And Pires Bobby Allen reports, the suit claims Meta has misled consumers about the product's privacy protections. Meta has promised users of its Ray-Ban Meta glasses that what's being recorded is not viewable by the company, but a Swedish newspaper investigation found that subcontractors for Meta were able to watch footage taken with the glasses of intimate material, including bathroom visits and sexual encounters. Now a new lawsuit alleges that Meta failed to disclose how the glasses can be used as a secret surveillance tool with footage being sent to AI data collection centers. Meta says whatever is recorded is intended to stay on a user's device, but that occasionally the smart glasses can share footage with contractors. The lawsuit says contractors have at times viewed credit card numbers, nudity, and identifiable faces. Bobby Allen and Pires News. The Los Angeles City Council has voted unanimously to designate the so-called Brady Bunch House in the San Fernando Valley as a historic cultural monument.

4:11The vote grants landmark protections to the house that was used for the exterior shots of the very popular TV sitcom that ran from 1969 to 1974. But the interior scenes they were shot on a soundstage with sets that bore no resemblance to the property that became a photo op magnet for Brady Bunch fans. The landmark status protects the home built in 1959 from demolition or major renovations. I'm Janine Herbstin, P.R. News in Washington. Listen to this podcast sponsor-free on Amazon Music with a Prime Membership or any podcast app by subscribing to NPR News Now Plus at plus.npr.org. That's plus.npr.org.