On today's episode:

• Israel says it has killed two of Iran's leading figures.
• Island-wide blackout hits Cuba as it struggles with deepening energy crisis.
• Some flight cancellations and delays continue after US storms dump snow in the Midwest and head east.
• A Utah woman who wrote a book on grief after husband's death found guilty of murdering him.
• The Iran war is making a bad U.S. farming economy even more challenging.
• Judge blocks US government from slimming down vaccine recommendations.
• Supreme Court to hear arguments over push to end legal protections for migrants from Haiti, Syria.
• E. coli linked to cheddar cheese made with raw milk sickens 7 in the US.
• White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has breast cancer but will keep working through treatment.
• Israel steps up campaign in Lebanon, as Iran keeps stranglehold on shipping.
• TSA workers demand to be paid.
• Storms cancel more US flights as TSA remains under pressure from partial government shutdown.
• Severe storms pummel parts of US with snow and high winds and raise tornado threat.
• 3,800 workers are on strike at one of the largest meatpacking plants in the US.
• New York man freed after 20 years in prison for robbery he didn't commit.
• Ex-funeral home owner sentenced to 18 years in prison after giving families fake ashes.
• US stocks climb to their best day since the Iran war began after oil prices ease.
• Key Oscar moments Paul Thomas Anderson and Amy Madigan wins, outstanding songs and sad goodbyes.
• March Madness wagering set to tip off with the games just 2 months after federal gambling charges.
• MVP candidates shine as Lakers and Celtics earn victories, a four-time NBA title-winning coach notches a milestone, a top March Madness star is arrested before the tournament, Team USA has its opponent for the World Baseball Classic final, an MLB player is suspended and a notable NFL QB is traded. 
• WADA is weighing a rule to bar Trump and US officials from major events. Can it really do that.
• NBA owners will work on expansion again next week with Vegas and Seattle the targets, AP sources say.
• Afghanistan says 400 people killed in Pakistan strike on Kabul hospital.
• Suspected suicide bombers target Nigeria’s Maiduguri city, killing 23 people and injuring over 100.
• Why France is bolstering military presence in the Middle East, as Macron prepares for postwar talks.
• EU weighs action to keep Strait of Hormuz open.

—The Associated Press

About this program

Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate.

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