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Tuesday, March 24, 2026
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Good Morning! On this day in 1944, 76 Allied prisoners escaped a Nazi POW camp located about 100 miles southeast of Berlin by crawling out through a secret tunnel they had laboriously dug over nearly a year. The feat was later immortalized in the iconic World War II movie The Great Escape.
Is this the wildest March weather you’ve ever seen, or are we just getting started? Everyone’s talking about the weather this month, and for good reason. Arizona just shattered the all-time U.S. March heat record while the Midwest dug out from feet of snow, and Hawaii got slammed with hurricane-force winds. Tune in to today’s exclusive Flyover Podcast Extra Story, where host Ayla Brown breaks down what’s happening and what’s coming next. Watch it here.
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 Trump Delays Strikes on Iran
President Trump on Monday postponed military strikes against Iran’s power plants and energy infrastructure for five days, hours before his 48-hour ultimatum to reopen the Strait of Hormuz was set to expire.
Trump said special envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff held discussions Sunday evening with a “top person” on the Iranian side, producing what he called “major points of agreement,” including that Tehran would never have a nuclear weapon.
Stocks rallied on the news, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumping 631 points on Monday.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry denied that any talks took place, calling Trump’s announcement an effort to lower energy prices and buy time for military plans.
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Crash at LaGuardia Airport Kills 2, Injures Dozens
An Air Canada regional jet collided with a Port Authority fire truck while landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport late Sunday night, killing both pilots and injuring dozens of passengers and crew.
The Bombardier CRJ-900, arriving from Montreal with 72 passengers and four crew, struck the vehicle on Runway 4 around 11:45 p.m. Here’s a video of the crash.
The impact severed the cockpit and flipped the fire truck onto its side. A flight attendant was ejected while still strapped to her seat and found alive more than 300 feet from the wreckage.
The fire truck had been cleared by air traffic control to cross the runway while responding to a separate United Airlines flight reporting an odor. Audio recordings captured a controller telling the truck to stop at least 10 times before impact. About 20 minutes later, the controller said, “I messed up.”
One of the pilots was identified as Antoine Forest, 30, of Quebec, who began flight training at 16. The NTSB launched an investigation, and the airport reopened one runway Monday afternoon with over 500 flights canceled.
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Surf Coach Rescues Drowning Father, Daughter
A California father reunited Saturday with the surf coach who saved his life and his 6-year-old daughter’s after both were caught in a rip current at Oceanside Harbor on March 15.
Lucas Taub was coaching from a jetty during a surfing contest when he spotted the girl being pulled out by waves. Her father, Chris Greene, swam out, but both began struggling.
A bystander video shows Taub kicking off his shoes, diving in fully clothed, and swimming the pair back to shore. Watch it here.
Greene, a father of four who grew up surfing in the area, said he didn’t think he would make it. He called Taub “the voice of an angel.”
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The following stories are featured exclusively on The Flyover Podcast—a daily show that gives you the most important headlines in under 15 minutes. Clicking the links will take you directly to these stories:
➤ What’s going on with the chaotic March weather? (Hear What)
➤ The United States’ largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, has left the Mideast and is headed to Greece for repairs. (Hear Episode)
➤ President Trump has placed a statue of the explorer Christopher Columbus near the White House. (Listen Now)
  
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➤ The Supreme Court is weighing a lawsuit brought by the Republican National Committee to bar states from counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day, a ruling that could affect voting rules in 30 states before the midterms. (More)
➤ Sens. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and John Curtis, R-Utah, introduced a bipartisan bill to ban prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket from offering sports bets. (More)
➤ Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, proposed splitting ICE and Customs and Border Protection funding from the rest of Homeland Security to address the growing security logjams at U.S. airports. (More)
➤ House Oversight Committee Democrats launched a new inquiry into Corey Lewandowski, outgoing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s top aide, over allegations he sought personal payments from government contractors. (More)
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➤ The Seattle Seahawks signed wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba to a four-year, $168.6 million contract extension that makes him the highest-paid wide receiver in NFL history on a per-year basis. (More)
➤ Atlético Madrid soccer player Antoine Griezmann has signed a Major League Soccer deal with Orlando City. He’s expected to keep playing in Europe through the end of the season, then come to Florida in July. (More)
➤ Kansas basketball coach Bill Self was noncommittal on whether he’d return to coaching the Jayhawks after losing to St. John’s in the NCAA tournament. He cited his health, not on-court factors, as the reason he might step away. (More)
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➤ The Field of 64 has been whittled down to just 16 teams following this weekend’s action. (See Bracket)
➤ Syracuse hired Siena’s Gerry McNamara to become their next basketball coach. McNamara, who played for the Orange in the 2000s, nearly coached Siena to an upset against Duke last week. (More)
➤ The women’s tournament continued yesterday with matchups between South Carolina and USC, UConn playing Syracuse, and UCLA against Oklahoma State. (See Scores)
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 Daily Market Report 03/23/2026
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NASDAQ
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations |
21,946.76 |
1.38%
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SPX
S&P 500 |
6,581.00 |
1.15%
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DJI
Dow Jones Industrial Average |
46,208.47 |
1.38%
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BTC
Bitcoin |
$70,630.93 |
4.11%
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GOLD
Per Ounce |
$4,408.20 |
-3.55%
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SILVER
Per Ounce |
$69.20 |
-0.23%
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OIL
West Texas Intermediate Crude |
$88.73 |
-9.75%
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PAYP
PayPal Holdings Inc. |
$24.17 |
+21.46%
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Bitcoin, gold, silver, and oil are traded 24 hours a day.
➤ Big Stock Move: PayPal stock jumped 21% on Monday on news that the Venmo mobile payment service will connect to PayPal’s global network. (More)
➤ Oil prices tumbled Monday after President Trump announced “productive conversations” with Iran, with Brent crude falling more than 11% to $99.94 after topping $112 on Friday. (More)
➤ DoorDash is offering its drivers temporary fuel bonuses and 10% gas cash back as the average national price of gas hits $3.96 per gallon, up 35% in a month. (More)
➤ United Airlines is cutting about 5% of flights after jet fuel prices more than doubled, the first major U.S. carrier to slash flights over the Iran war’s energy shock. (More)
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➤ A massive study of more than 50,000 dogs revealed clues about aging and dementia that could help extend healthier lives for both pets and people, with one drug already showing promise in slowing cognitive decline. (See Study)
➤ Astronomers are protesting SpaceX’s plan to launch one million AI data center satellites, along with a startup’s proposal for 50,000 giant orbiting mirrors, warning the projects would destroy the night sky. (More)
➤ Archaeologists in the Golan Heights have uncovered a 2,100-year-old sling bullet inscribed with the Greek phrase “ΜΑΘΟΥ,” meaning “Learn your lesson!” (See Bullet)
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Travel Tuesday is brought to you by:
➤ Seven real-world destinations, from Scotland’s Fairy Glen to Germany’s Neuschwanstein Castle, look like they were pulled straight from fantasy novels. (See Destinations)
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➤ A Midtown Manhattan steakhouse is serving a $1,000 hot cocoa cocktail topped with 24-karat gold leaf and made with two spirits that cost up to $700 per pour. (See Cocktail)
➤ A tiny Texas town called Bug Tussle, population 15, has lost more than 70 road signs to thieves who apparently can’t resist the name. (See Details)
➤ Americans aged 65 to 74 hold a median net worth of about $410,000, more than double what the same age group had four decades ago, a new analysis found. (More)
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 Daily Quote
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“We were dealing with an emergency earlier. I messed up.”
— LaGuardia Airport air traffic controller who gave permission to a fire truck to travel into an active runway, leading to a fatal collision between the truck and an Air Canada flight.
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