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24/7 News: The LatestThe Latest: 03/09/2026 11:59am 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. Operation Epic Fury has entered its second week in Iran. Seven U.S. service members have been killed since the start of the operation. It's unclear at this time when the mission may wind down. Saturday President Trump attended the dignified transfer of six soldiers killed in Kuwait. And drivers are paying more at the gas pump.

AAA reports the national average for a gallon of regular is now $3.47 cents. That's up to cents from yesterday 48 cents from a week ago. Oil has been driven up past $100 a barrel as the conflict in Iran creates uncertainty in global markets. And stocks are falling sharply on Wall Street. The Dow Jones dropped more than 800 points in early trading today. The S&P 500 and the NASDAQ also fell more than 1%. On rising concerns about the economic impact of the U.S. conflict with Iran. An incident outside the home of New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani's being investigated as an act of ISIS-inspired terrorism. New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tish said two IEDs were recovered during protest Saturday. Another was found in a vehicle park nearby yesterday. Using a robot, the NYPD's bomb squad was able to find another possible suspicious device and materials inside the car consistent with the first two. Two Pennsylvania men are under arrest in connection with the devices. On Saturday, there was an anti-Islam protest and counter protest taking place outside, Gracie Mansion.

Live Nation and the Department of Justice have reached a settlement in their antitrust case. It follows a week of testimony that threatened to break up between Live Nation and Ticketmaster. The companies have been accused of creating an illegal monopoly when they merged in 2010 inflating concert ticket prices and crushing their competition. Almost half of American adults use sleep trackers, but one expert says they're not totally accurate. Sleep specialist Samuel Gura-Vitch with the Cleveland Clinic says sleep trackers monitor movement and type of movement and will estimate if you're sleeping or not, but the numbers could be wrong. He says to truly know how you're sleeping and if you have a sleep disorder, a sleep study is needed. I'm Chris Caragio. The 61st annual Selma Alabama Bridge crossing Jubilee took place over the weekend. The bloody Sunday event marks the day in 1965 when Alabama State troopers attacked peaceful protesters as they were attempting to cross the Edmund Pettis Bridge for the right to vote. This year's celebration paid special tribute to the late Reverend Jesse Jackson, who passed away last month at the age of 84. Speaking in Selma, his youngest son, Yusef Jackson, praised his father for his leading role in the civil rights movement and said, we have come far, but much work remains.

The U.S. quietly made the transition to daylight saving time early yesterday, clocks moved ahead one hour at 2 a.m. local time across much of the nation except in Arizona and Hawaii. Meanwhile, the Sunshine Protection Act, which would make daylight saving time permanent nationwide, was reintroduced in Congress this month after having stalled in the House of Representatives last year. Today is National Nap Day, an expert say you should take one. Pretend us with more. The day after the switch to daylight saving time is the most sleep deprived day of the year. We've lost an hour of sleep and according to the sleep foundation, channeling your inner cat and taking a nap is good. It improves alertness, cognitive performance, boost memory, and puts you in a much better mood. All good things. But sleep experts say it actually takes four days of solid slumber to fully catch up on that one hour of miss sleep. I'm Bree Tennis. A woman is facing charges after allegedly firing multiple shots in a singer Rihanna's Beverly Hills area home.

The incident happened yesterday afternoon. TMZ reports nearly a dozen shots were fired at the residents and that Rihanna was inside the residents at the time. There were no reports of injuries. Police say the gunshots came from a vehicle that was later tracked down. A 30-year-old woman was taken into custody. And in Music History News on this date back in 1987, you too released the album The Joshua Tree. I'm Chris Caragio.

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