10 Things to Know for Today

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday:

1. TRUMP’S FOES CONCEDE THEY’RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME

The election calendar suggests that if the New York billionaire’s rivals don’t slow him by mid-March, they may not ever.

2. WARRING SIDES SIGN ON TO SYRIAN CEASE-FIRE

The Syrian government and the main umbrella for opposition and rebel groups accept the proposed U.S.-Russian cease-fire – albeit with conditions.

3. GOP UPS ANTE IN PARTISAN STRUGGLE

Majority Leader McConnell rules out any action this year in the Republican-led Senate on whoever Obama nominates to fill the Supreme Court vacancy.

4. DETAILS EMERGE ON SCALIA’S SUDDEN DEATH

A doctor says the justice suffered from coronary artery disease, obesity and diabetes, among other ailments that probably contributed to his unexpected demise.

5. WHICH FALLBACK STANCE OBAMA MIGHT TAKE ON GUANTANAMO

The president has not ruled out the possibility of again trying to close the prison through executive action.

6. FIDEL AND RAUL CASTRO’S OLDER BROTHER DIES AT 91

Ramon Castro preferred tending crops and livestock to the political life embraced by his younger siblings.

7. WHERE SEVERE WEATHER IS TURNING DEADLY

Suspected tornadoes rip through the Deep South, killing at least three people.

8. US SCRUTINIZING POSSIBLE ZIKA CASES

The 14 cases all involve men who visited areas with Zika outreaks, and who may have infected their female sex partners, who had not traveled to those areas.

9. WHAT CAN LEAD TO OSCAR NOMINATIONS

Among other things, how a movie is released – at a prominent film festival, for instance – can pay big dividends at awards time.

10. HILTON HOTELS APOLOGIZES TO KYRIE IRVING

The mea culpa comes after the Cavaliers guard says he was bitten by bed bugs during a weekend stay in Oklahoma City.

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