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1. 5 takeaways from an Oscars night that spread the love

   It's thrilling to see the Academy recognize a weird, funny, scary performance like Amy Madigan's in Weapons. Here's what NPR critic Linda Holmes thought of the awards.

2. 'One Battle After Another' takes best picture. Here's the full list of Oscar winners

   Michael B. Jordan and Jessie Buckley won best actor and best actress. Paul Thomas Anderson received best director. Cassandra Kulukundis won the Academy's first ever casting award.

3. Selection Sunday: Duke No. 1 overall in men's tournament, UConn women get top seed

   Duke will be the top overall seed in the men's NCAA basketball tournament. In the women's, the top-ranked UConn Huskies are undefeated and hope to repeat as champions for the first time in a decade.

4. Snow and wind batter parts of US, with threat of thunderstorms and tornadoes

   A broad and erratic patchwork of severe weather rumbled across much of the U.S. on Sunday, dumping heavy snow in the Upper Midwest while damaging high winds swept across the Plains.

5. How the U.S. is using AI in the war in Iran

   NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Lauren Kahn of Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology about the role of artificial intelligence in war.

6. Texas's state animals, armadillos, are making North Carolina their home

   Armadillos are making North Carolina their home. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with wildlife biologist Colleen Olfenbuttel about how Texas' state mammal has gotten a foothold in the Tar Heel State.

7. Israeli soldiers fire on family car in occupied West Bank, killing 4

   Israeli soldiers fired on a car carrying a family in the northern West Bank, killing four people including two children, the Palestinian Authority's Health Ministry said.

8. 'We never asked for a ceasefire,' says Iran's foreign minister, as war keeps raging

   Israel announced a barrage of new strikes on western Iran on Sunday, while Iran's foreign minister said the country has not asked for a ceasefire as President Trump had claimed.

9. Why the Chicago Bears could be moving to Indiana

   While Illinois is trying to keep the team in Chicago's suburbs, Indiana lawmakers are offering a plan to finance a new stadium
   
   

10. Pentagon tightens controls over Stars and Stripes after calling it "woke"

    The new rules for the independent military newspaper are the Defense Department's latest effort to put extraordinary restrictions on journalists covering the agency.