NPR News: 03-14-2026 7PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herfst. You and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is in Lebanon today, calling on the war on Iran and in the Middle East to end saying diplomatic avenues are available. Stop the fighting, stop the bombing. There is no military solution, only diplomacy, dialogue and full implementation of the UN Charter and Security Council resolutions. He's in Beirut, visiting shelters in the wounded. He says the people of Lebanon didn't choose this war, they were dragged into it. Meanwhile, the head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanam, Gabriasis, is condemning the deaths of several health workers in southern Lebanon as the war widens. Fourteen health care workers have been killed in the last 24 hours. The WHO says there have been 27 attacks on health care in Lebanon since March 2nd. Resulting in 30 deaths and 35 injuries.

1:00Officials say the intensification of conflict in Lebanon and the broader Middle East increases the likelihood of casualties among health care workers. The White House is investigating the possibility of imposing tariffs on goods from 60 economies. It's the second time the administration this week said it would look at new tariffs under a statute that's meant to combat unfair trading practices. In Pierce Daniel Kurtzleben has more. The 60 economies will be investigated specifically related to forced labor. Not necessarily the practice itself, but to what degree those foreign governments import goods produced with forced labor. Major trading partners including China, the EU, and Mexico are on the investigation list. Earlier this week, the administration announced investigations into those countries and others in relation to other trading practices. The White House is exploring these new tariffs after the Supreme Court last month found many of Trump's tariffs to be unconstitutional. The investigations can take months to complete. The U.S. trade representative will hold hearings on these new investigations in a month

2:01and a half. Daniel Kurtzleben and PR News. Stocks on Wall Street fell this week as the war in Iran continues to rattle energy markets. If your Scott Horsley reports, investors also got new readings on inflation this week. Crude oil traffic in the Strait of Hormuz remains at a near-standstill two weeks after the U.S. and Israel launched their war in Iran. As pushed oil prices to around $100 a barrel, retail gasoline prices have also jumped sharply. If pumped prices remain high, shoppers may have to cut back elsewhere. The wartime spike in energy prices was not reflected in February's cost to living index, which came out on Wednesday. It showed prices up by a relatively modest 2.4 percent over the last year. Given the jump in gas prices, however, the March inflation rate is likely to look worse. For the week, the NASDAQ lost 1.25 percent, the S&P 500 index fell 1.6 percent, and the Dow Jones industrial average dropped 2 percent. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington. You're listening to NPR News.

3:01The 46th annual Golden Razzberries, or Razzie Awards, have announced their choice for worst film of the year. NPR's Bob Mondello has details on this Oscar weekend tradition. The tongue-planted firmly in cheek, the Golden Razzberries announced something of a sweep, awarding five razzies to a social media-slash surveillance camera version of the invaders for Mars story, War of the World. Can you tell yet what their comprise does? No, sir. I've never seen anything like this. This War of the Worlds, which earned a four out of a hundred on Rotten Tomatoes, took worst picture, worst remake ripoff, worst screenplay, worst director, and worst actor, for its rapper star, Ice Cube. In years past, the razzies have mocked prestige films and blockbusters from Mommy Dearest to the final Twilight movie, but this year they're punching down. In July, Amazon released War of the Worlds direct to video, Bob Mondello, NPR News.

4:01A major winter storm is set to quickly strengthen over the great lakes tomorrow, with heavy snow, strong winds, and lizard conditions in some places. The National Weather Service is forecasting the possibility of severe thunderstorms in the mid-Atlantic next week, as a strong cold front passes through. This is a heat wave intensifies in the west next week, Los Angeles hit 90 in recent days, but by Monday, cities in the southwest could see highs in the triple digits, meanwhile the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii are getting heavy rain. I'm Janine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington. This is our glass of this American life. Do you know our show? Okay, we'll be the way I'm going to tell you about it. We make stories that hopefully pull you into the beginning with funny moments and feelings and people in surprising situations, and then you just want to find out what is going to happen and cannot stop listening. That's right, I'm talking about stories that make you miss appointments. This American life, wherever you get your podcasts.