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A supporter holds U.S. and Cuban national flags before Republican 2016 candidate Marco Rubio participates in a campaign event in his childhood neighborhood of West Miami, Florida, March 14, 2016.(Photo: ERIK S. LESSER, EPA)
Florida, Ohio, three other states up for grabs in primaries
Tuesday marks a crucial day in the presidential race. Voters in five states — Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>head<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to the polls. On the Republican side, Ted Cruz hopes to become the undisputed alternative to front-runner Donald Trump, while Marco Rubio and John Kasich desperately need to prove their viability<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in their home states of Florida and Ohio, respectively. Both states<span style="color: Red;">*</span>are winner-take-all and carry<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a big haul of delegates.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>For the Democrats, Bernie Sanders hopes to repeat his performance in Michigan, where he scored an upset win over front-runner Hillary Clinton.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>USA TODAY will have live updates and analysis of the races, so follow along with our coverage.
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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are looking to the next big round of primaries Tuesday, when Florida and Ohio go to the polls, to solidify their leads. Meanwhile their rivals are looking at March 15 as their last best shot to stop them. (March 13) AP
Pope to declare Mother Teresa a saint
Pope Francis will sign the decree on Tuesday for the canonization of Mother Teresa and announce the date and venue for her sainthood ceremony, the Vatican said. The pope officially cleared the Albanian nun for sainthood on Dec. 17, recognizing the miraculous recovery of a Brazilian man with multiple brain abscesses through her intercession. She was beatified in 2003 after Pope St. John Paul II recognized the miraculous healing of an Indian woman.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Mother Teresa, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>dedicated her life to working for the poor.
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Pope Francis recognized a second miracle attributed to Mother Teresa which makes her eligible for canonization in the Catholic Church.
Syrian civil war, five years later
Tuesday marks the fifth anniversary of the brutal civil war in Syria. The conflict, which<span style="color: Red;">*</span>has killed nearly 500,000 people and created about 5 million refugees, began March 15, 2011, with protests<span style="color: Red;">*</span>against the government of President Bashar Assad. Violence escalated as Assad's troops moved to crush dissent, eventually exploding into a full-blown sectarian civil war. No final peace agreement is on the horizon, but in positive signs Monday, peace talks resumed and Russia announced it will end its airstrikes against insurgents and begin withdrawing troops.
A Syrian rebel fighter from the Islamist Failaq al-Rahman brigade mans a position on the front line against regime forces in the town of Arbin in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on Feb. 26, 2016.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: AMER_ALMOHIBANY, AFP/Getty Images)
Self-driving car evangelists head to Congress
Google Self-Driving Car project leader Chris Urmson, fresh off an appearance at tech confab South by Southwest, will be among executives appearing Tuesday at a Senate Commerce Committee Hearing on those trippy cars of our future. Execs from General Motors, Lyft and Delphi Automotive are also expected to weigh in as Congress looks to develop a national strategy for the new technology, which promises to disrupt insurance, infrastructure and employment as it evolves. (Find all our SXSW coverage here.)
Google's self-driving car chief, Chris Urmson, was on hand for test rides given to a dozen mayors at SXSW. Urmson will testify Tuesday on a Capitol Hill panel on the future of autonomous cars.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Marco della Cava, USA TODAY)
First-ever dissolving heart stent gets FDA review
The FDA meets<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Tuesday to review<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a first-of-a-kind heart stent that dissolves into the body after helping to clear fat-clogged arteries.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The Absorb stent, already sold in Europe, is made of a degradable material that’s designed to stay intact and release medicine for a year, then break down over the next two years. Its maker,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Abbott Laboratories, wants the FDA to approve<span style="color: Red;">*</span>its devices as<span style="color: Red;">*</span>an alternative to permanent, metal implants that have long been used to treat narrowing arteries that can lead to heart attack and death.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>A positive opinion from the panel, while not binding, would bring Absorb one step closer to the U.S. market.
This undated image provided by Abbott shows their experimental heart stent "Absorb."<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Weinberg-Clark Photography, AP)
And<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the essentials:
Weather:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Snow is forecast from Colorado to Utah northward,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>along with<span style="color: Red;">*</span>showers and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>thunderstorms in the Midwest.
Stocks:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>U.S. stock futures were lower Tuesday, as investors awaited this week’s Federal Reserve meeting.
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Contributing: Associated Press
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