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24/7 News: The LatestThe Latest: 02/28/2026 08:59pm ET. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human One ice coffee? 99 cents please. For real? No way. One ice coffee? 99 cents please. For real? No way. What a deal! Your new morning groove. Ice coffee from McDonald's any size for just 99 cents to 11 a.m. Price and participation may vary. Cannot be combined with any other offer. This is your 24-7 news update. The latest views this hour in just four minutes. President Trump and Israeli officials have said that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Homani was killed when precision strikes leveled his compound in Tehran. Iran is condemning the recent strikes as a blatant act of regression. During an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Iranian representative Amir Saeed Iravani

said the recent joint strikes on the country violated Iran's sovereignty, the UN Charter, and international law. It is a war crime against humanity. Homani had ruled over the country since 1989. US ambassador to the UN, Mike Walts says overnight strikes on Iran were meant to ensure the Iranian regime could not threaten the world with a nuclear weapon. It's a war crime against humanity. It's a war crime against humanity. It's a war crime against humanity. It's a war crime against humanity. It's a war crime against humanity. It's a war crime against humanity. It's a war crime against humanity. It appears the attack by US and Israeli forces have dealt a severe blow to the Iranian regime's leadership and strategic infrastructure. Iranian state media claims the leadership remains intact. However, satellite imagery confirms the near total destruction of the Ministry of Intelligence and the Ministry of Defense as well as Iran's command and control capabilities. The search for the mother of today's show host Savannah Guthrie is in its fourth week.

84-year-old Nancy Guthrie when missing from her Arizona home on February 1st and police believe she was abducted. Earlier this week, Savannah Guthrie offered a $1 million reward for information related to finding her mother and police have reportedly received thousands of calls. It is off to a killer start at the box office. Hello. Hello, Sibri. Did you miss me? The seventh installment in the popular slasher franchise has made $28.8 million so far. It's expected to bring in between $40 million and $50 million in its first weekend in theaters. I'm Rob Barter. A man is behind bars on suspicion of poisoning a couple with bug spray in California. Timothy Bradbury is accused of spraying raid bug spray on his roommates' food at their home in Santa Clarita north of Los Angeles. He was arrested on Tuesday

after the alleged victims showed surveillance footage to L.A. County Sheriff's Deputies. It appears to show Bradbury in the act of using the bug spray while wearing a gas mask. The alleged targets say that after a two-hour standoff at the home he shared with the couple. The Kentucky Meat Shower Festival is making its return this weekend. The event celebrates this year being the 150th anniversary of the Kentucky Meat Shower, which took place on March 3, 1876. It happened near Olympia, in Bath County, when chunks of red meat mysteriously fell from the sky, the cause of which has never been explained. The event is taking place in Owingsville. Southern California is closing out February with a heatwave and record temperatures. Downtown Los Angeles, parts of Orange County, even Big Bear,

broke records on Friday. Brian Hurley, with the National Weather Service on the areas experiencing record-high temperatures in Memphis. Hello. Hello, Sydney. Did you miss me? The seventh installment in the popular Slasher franchise has made $28.8 million so far. The film is now looking to bring in around $60 million in its first weekend, which would be a franchise record. It features the return of dev Campbell's Sydney Prescott, and is the first since Melissa Barra I'm Rob Martyr.

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