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6:34 PM on Sunday, March 15

Duke, Arizona, Michigan and Florida receive No. 1 seeds for men's March Madness. Miami (Ohio) makes the field

6:05 PM on Sunday, March 15

Duke, riding an 11-game winning streak, named the overall top seed for men's NCAA Tournament

6:01 PM on Sunday, March 15

The men’s March Madness bracket is set, and Duke, Arizona, Michigan and Florida have claimed the four No. 1 seeds in the tournament

5:53 PM on Sunday, March 15

The wait in Hollywood is over: The 98th Academy Awards are underway

5:45 PM on Sunday, March 15

The CEOs of the nation’s top airline companies are imploring Congress to restore funding to the Department of Homeland Security and embrace a bipartisan solution to pay federal aviation workers, including airport security officers, during a partial government shutdown

5:36 PM on Sunday, March 15

4:29 PM on Sunday, March 15

The Australian government says a fifth member of the Iranian women’s soccer team who accepted a refugee visa to stay in Australia has left the country

4:25 PM on Sunday, March 15

Australian Broadcasting Corp. reports 5th Iranian soccer team member gives up asylum in Australia

12:46 PM on Sunday, March 15

A powerful storm chain has brought blizzard conditions to the Upper Midwest, with dangerous winds elsewhere and the threat of severe storms heading east

12:19 PM on Sunday, March 15

Pixar’s “Hoppers” held onto its spot atop the box office, bringing in $28.5 million in its second weekend

12:08 PM on Sunday, March 15

Duke is the top overall seed in the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament, with Arizona, Michigan, and Florida also landing on the No. 1 line

11:47 AM on Sunday, March 15

Israel's military is claiming that the brother of a man who attacked a Michigan synagogue last week was a Hezbollah commander

4:02 AM on Sunday, March 15

Palestinian hospital officials say Israeli airstrikes hit a home and a police vehicle in central Gaza and killed at least 12 Palestinians, including two boys, a woman pregnant with twins and eight police officers

3:20 AM on Sunday, March 15

Kazakhstanis are voting Sunday in a referendum on a new constitution that would strengthen President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's hold on power

3:19 AM on Sunday, March 15

Ballots are being counted in the Republic of Congo after a presidential vote that keeps Denis Sassou N’Guesso on track for a fifth term

12:33 AM on Sunday, March 15

Governments are responding with caution after U.S. President Donald Trump asked countries including China and Britain to send warships to help protect vessels in the Strait of Hormuz off Iran

12:20 AM on Sunday, March 15

Gulf countries have reported new Iranian attacks as the war in the Middle East entered its third week

12:05 AM on Sunday, March 15

Thousands of spectators lined the streets of South Boston on Sunday for the city’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade, one of the largest celebrations of Irish heritage in the country

12:01 AM on Sunday, March 15

Two weeks into the war with Iran, President Donald Trump has increasingly been knocked back on his political heels

Sunday, March 15

Conan O’Brien launched the 98th Academy Awards with a “Sabotage”-scored sprint through the nominees, dressed as Amy Madigan’s character in “Weapons,” and a plea for what he called “that rarest of qualities today: optimism.”