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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. Troops in Iran appears to be off the table for President Trump. During a meeting today with Japan's prime minister in the Oval Office, the president told reporters, no, I'm not putting troops anywhere. Adding, if I were, I certainly wouldn't tell you. Last week, reports set a marine expedentiary unit with 2,500 Marines and three amphibious assault ships are being sent to the region. The body of a missing University of Alabama student has been found in Spain. Police said a body found in the San Marostro area has been identified as James Paul Gracie. The 20-year-old student went missing Tuesday

1:01after a night out at a Barcelona Beach Front Club. Gracie had traveled to Barcelona to visit friends who were studying abroad. Wall Street is closing with stocks lower. It comes as investors keep their eye on rising oil prices as the war against Iran continues. Brent crude futures were down more than 1% at about $105 per barrel. President Trump continues to press US allies to protect the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has repeatedly attacked tankers in the vital waterway where about 20% of the world's oil passes through. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones industrial average lost 203 points to 46,021. The S&P 500 fell 18 points and the Nasdaq dropped 61 points. Cities and states across the nation are starting to distance themselves from the Cesar Chavez name. Wendy Swanson has more. A bombshell New York Times reports as 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

2:03Cesar Chavez day to farm workers day. In Arizona, Governor Katie Hobbs' office announced the state will not recognize Cesar Chavez day on March 31st. Dozens of US streets, schools, and parks bear his name. And the big upset so far in day one of the NCAA tournament is 12 seat high point beating five seed Wisconsin. I'm Chris Caragio. A new study says the heart benefits from GLP1 drugs begin to fade soon after patients stop taking the medication. Past studies have found that a major benefit of the medication is that it greatly reduces the risk of heart attacks. But now a large study in Missouri has found that heart attack risks begin to return as early as six months after stopping the drug. The study published yesterday said patients need to maintain treatment with GLP1 medications in order to continue seeing the heart benefits. If you're looking to get a little summer kiss on your skin, there's only one way to do it safely and today's the day. Pretend this explains. Today is National spray 10 day.

3:05Very popular since the 90s, but it was actually discovered in the 1860s when a researcher was trying to find a substitute for sugar. But instead found a chemical that can tan the skin. We've come a long way from the orange streaks of yesterday's tanners. But no before you glow, exfoliate before that makes it last longer and you sunblock after so you only look like you've been in the sun. I'm Brie Tennis. As Facebook battles TikTok and YouTube, they're offering three months of guaranteed payments to creators with big followings. Facebook's creator FastTrack program is offering $1,000 a month to Instagram accounts with at least 100,000 followers. They're making it even more lucrative for TikTok and YouTube. Those creators are being offered $3,000 a month if they have over 1 million followers. First cousins are still legally allowed to get married in Florida. It comes after lawmakers failed to pass a bill in the state senate that would have banned incestuous marriage for any purpose

4:05beginning July 1st. Florida is one of more than a dozen states where marrying your first cousin is legal. But most of the US is banned such marriages. State Congressman Dean Black told Florida's action news, Jax, that he expects another vote on the same issue sometime in the future. I'm Chris Caragio.