The Latest: 03/14/2026 05:59pm ET

0:00This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human. Run a business and not thinking about podcasting? Think again, more Americans listen to podcasts than add supported streaming music from Spotify and Pandora. And as the number one podcaster, iHeart's twice as large as the next two combined, learn how podcasting can help your business, call 844-844-iHeart. This is your 24-7 News Update, the latest views this hour in just four minutes. The Trump administration is reportedly rejecting efforts by Middle Eastern allies to discuss terms of a possible ceasefire with Iran. President Trump has vowed to finish the job in Iran as a new report from Reuters indicates the White House has dismissed calls to start any such negotiations. Iran has also rejected possible talks unless the US and Israel both end military strikes on the country. The FCC is threatening to pull several broadcaster licenses over inaccurate Iran bore reporting. FCC chairman Brendan Carr wrote on X today,

1:00broadcasters that are running hoaxes and news distractions have a chance to correct course before their license renewals come up. Carr linked to President Trump's truth social post in which the president singled out headlines about an Iranian strike on five air force refueling planes in Saudi Arabia. Trump called it an intentionally misleading headline and wrote the aircraft was of no further use. The president wrote four of the five said virtually no damage and said low life papers and media actually want us to lose the war. St. Patrick's Day festivities are in full swing in Chicago this weekend. Here's Lisa Carton. Thousands turned out Saturday morning for the annual tradition of dying the Chicago River a bright green. The windy city also holds four big parades the weekend before St. Patrick's Day. The Shamrock crawl has begun as well with street closures running until 6 p.m. at North Clark Street, West Eddie Street and North Seminary Avenue. The Chicago River walk will be closed until 6 a.m. Sunday. I'm Lisa Carton. Millions across the upper Midwest are bracing

2:02for a major snow storm. Both Minneapolis and St. Paul have declared snow emergencies with the twin cities expecting the heaviest snowfall of the season this weekend. Delta Airlines has issued a flight waiver for Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport with anywhere from one to two feet of snow possible. Forecasters say blizzard conditions are likely across much of Minnesota and Wisconsin through Sunday. I'm Rob Martyr. The price of gas spiked again overnight in California up another seven cents a gallon on average and the call to do something about it is growing. Here's Jason Nathanson as gas prices skyrocket in California. This is becoming an emergency for working families and I think we ought to act like it. San Jose Mayor Matt Mayhan is the latest politician on board with suspending the state's gas tax for some temporary relief. When a natural disaster hits, we jump into action to help people in need. He's also one of eight Democrats running for governor. Republicans in Sacramento are pushing legislation to suspend the state's gas tax for a year. I'm Jason Nathanson. Governor Gavin Newsom has come under fire

3:03from critics that he's never in California. Newsom has had a packed schedule of overseas trips and appearing on late night talk shows in what most predict is a run for presidents. The war in Iran is leading to tighter security at the Oscars. LAPD Chief Jim McDonald tells NBC for in Los Angeles extra security measures are in place for tomorrow night ceremony in Hollywood. Certain the everybody's concerned through the heightened issues across the globe, but we're very confident here. We use kind of rings of security. If you will, I won't go into detail about what we do but we have every precaution taken. There are no known threats to the show. The United States Postal Service has rolled out the new set of forever stamps. The Low Rider Forever Stamps. It features photos of five low-rider models each with its own name. The USPS said the stamps celebrate the low-rider car artistry

4:07and culture that is rooted in the working class Mexican-American Chicano communities. Paramount Plus is acquiring BET Plus content. The deal will go through at the beginning of June when more than 1,000 hours of BET Plus originals, movies and specials will migrate to the streamer. I'm Rob Martyr.