The Latest: 03/15/2026 08:59pm ET

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1:05His comments come after President Trump posted today that the UK, China, France, and other countries should send warships to the narrow straight near Iran to make sure oil tankers can get through. Meanwhile, President Trump says Iran is ready to negotiate a ceasefire, but he's not ready to make a deal. Trump said that's because the terms aren't good enough yet. He made the comments in a weekend interview with NBC News. The US and Israel launched a joint military operation against Iran two weeks ago. Amy Madigan is officially an Academy Award winner. Everybody's asking me, I'm impressed with all this wealth. It's been 40 years. And, you know, what's different about this time? This is different. It's got this little gold guy. She took home an Oscar for actress and a supporting role earlier tonight during the 98th Academy Awards. Madigan won for her role in the film, Weapons. This is her second Oscar nomination and first win. Centres is the most nominated film in Oscar history with 16, including for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor.

2:07One battle after another follows with 13 nominations. Teni Hamlin took home the checkered flag at the Penzoil 400. The driver of the number 11 car held off Chase Elliott by about a half a second to earn the NASCAR Cup Series victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. William Byron, Christopher Bell, and Ty Gibbs rounded out the top five finishers. The field heads to Classic Darlington Raceway next Sunday for the good year 400. In China, 19-year-old Italian, Kimi Antonelli won his first Formula One race of his career. In second, his Mercedes teammate, George Russell. I'm Rob Barter. The State Department is offering a $10 million reward for information on Iranian leaders as the conflict in the Middle East continues. The Department via its rewards for justice division says it's seeking information on the key leaders of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. And its component branches. The notice on the reward lists new Iranian Supreme Leader, Mosh Taba Homani, the son of former Supreme Leader Ali Homani. In his first public message since being appointed, Homani warned that he would avenge the blood of those who were killed during the strikes.

3:12The price of an ad-free prime video subscription is going up. More from Lisa Carton. Amazon announced Friday upgrading to the ad-free tier will cost $4.99 per month starting April 10th on top of the cost for an Amazon Prime subscription. The ad-free tier will be rebranded as Prime Video Ultra. It will allow users to stream on as many as five devices at the same time. Other perks include up to 100 downloads to watch offline, as well as access 4K, UHD quality streaming. I'm Lisa Carton. March Madness is officially here. The NCAA Tournament released its 68 team bracket today. Duke is the top overall seed in the tourney and will represent the East region. Arizona is number one in the West. Michigan sits atop the Midwest and Florida is the final one seed in the South. Miami of Ohio slipped into the tournament despite suffering its first loss of the season in the Mac quarter finals. The SMU on Wednesday in a first four matchup while Lehigh battles Prairie View and the other win and in contest.

4:15A pair of games kicks off the first four on Tuesday when NC State battles Texas and Howard squares off against UMBC. Cameron Young is celebrating his second career victory on tour after the players championship at TPC Sawgrass. Young finished atop the leaderboard by one stroke at 13 under par. Matt Fitzpatrick finished second at 12 under. Zander Schoffley rounded out the top three at 11 under par. I'm Rob Martier.