The Latest: 03/19/2026 02:00pm ET

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1:01Speaking of that AAA, says the national average for a gallon of regular jumped overnight to $3.88 in California, where prices are the highest in the country. Drivers are paying $561 a gallon on average. Senator Mark Wayne Mullen is one step closer to becoming the next head of Homeland Security. The Senate Homeland Committee advanced his nomination with an 8-7 vote today. Homeland's nomination is now heading to the full Senate, where he'll need a simple majority to be confirmed. Cities and states across the country are starting to distance themselves from the Cesar Chavez name. A bombshell New York Times report says the late civil rights icon and leader of the United Farm Workers Union sexually assaulted several women decades ago. His birthday is a state holiday in California, and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says she's changing Cesar Chavez' date of farm workers' day. Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs office announced the state will not recognize Cesar Chavez Day on March 31st, dozens of U.S. streets, schools, and parks bear his name. A University of Alabama student is missing in Spain.

2:02Authorities in Barcelona are conducting aquatic and drone searches for James Paul Gracie, with his fraternity brother, Kevin McClay, saying he's remaining hopeful. I'd tell him to keep fighting, that we're not going to give up, we're going to keep looking for him, and we're waiting for him to come to a safe. The 20-year-old went missing Tuesday after a night out at a Barcelona beach front club during a visit to friends studying abroad. According to local reports, the aquatic and drone search for Gracie was launched this morning. After police found his wallet floating in the water near some of Roastro Beach, investigators are reportedly looking into people he interacted with, speaking with witnesses and assessing cameras from the area where Gracie was the night he disappeared. I'm Chris Carasio. NASA says the meteor that exploded over North East Ohio on Tuesday was actually a small asteroid that weighed about seven tons. Videos of the asteroid showed a huge fireball streaking across the morning sky as it broke up over Medina County, causing a sonic boom that could be heard as far away as Pennsylvania and New York. NASA says the asteroid was traveling about 45,000 miles an hour before it started splitting

3:06up. The late actor, Val Kilmer, has been resurrected by AI to star in the film as deep as the grave. Kilmer was first cast in 2020 as father Vinten Stack, a Catholic priest and Native American spiritualist, but was unable to make it to the set due to his battle with throat cancer, which he eventually passed away from in 2025. The film's writer and director, Kurt Voorhees, used a state-of-the-art, generative AI with the cooperation of the late actor's estate and family to bring Kilmer into the film for he says the actor's family kept saying how important they thought the movie was and that he wanted to be a part of it. Billy Idol is heading to Las Vegas for the hot in the city residency, more from Mark Mayfield. The singer has announced a brief run of shows that are set to take place in the late summer. Fans can catch idle at the front end blue for five shows between August 28th and September

4:075th. Honolulu is landing at the bottom of U.S. obesity rankings, according to a study by Wallet Hub, the city's ranked 100th out of 100 cities overall amongst the most overweight and obese cities in the country. The study compared 100 of the most populated U.S. metro areas across 19 indicators tied to weight and health, including physical inactivity, access to healthy food, and percentage of diabetic adults. Little Rock Arkansas, McKellen, Texas, and Memphis, Tennessee were at the top of the list. I'm Chris Karazio.