• On today's episode: The latest on the breakdown of peace in the Middle East as Israeli airstrikes kill more than 400 in Gaza; Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump will meet today; two astronauts stuck on the International Space Station are finally heading home; storm cleanup continues in the South and Midwest; and a professor is deported to Lebenon.
• FDA staff return to crowded offices, broken equipment and missing chairs.
• From France comes a call for Trump's America to return Lady Liberty. Here's why it won't happen.
• Trump warns Iran it will face 'consequences' of further attacks from Yemen's Houthi rebels.
• Detained Columbia University student disputes government's 'bedbugs' claim in court papers.
• Judge questions Trump administration on whether it ignored order to turn around deportation flights.
• Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants even as a judge orders their removals be stopped.
• 'Danish Viking blood is boiling.' Danes boycott US goods with fervor as others in Europe do so too.
• Semisonic objects to White House using their song 'Closing Time' 'You missed the point.'
• Star Irish fighter Conor McGregor has visited the White House on St. Patrick's Day.
• St. Patrick's Day brings boisterous parades and celebrations to New York and other cities.
• Arkansas city boasts world's shortest St. Patrick's Day parade at 98 feet.
• Stock market today: Wall Street rises again.
• US shoppers increased spending tepidly last month as anxiety over the economy rises.
• Conan O’Brien will return as Oscars host in 2026.
• Rory McIlroy becomes a multi-time winner at TPC Sawgrass, the 76ers shut down another star for the rest of the season, the Bengals give their star wideout a record extension and the Dodgers will be without one of their top players when the MLB season opens overseas on Tuesday.

—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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