10 Things

10 Things to Know Today

by The Associated Press

Durst arrested as doc ends with a shocker; suspect arrested in Ferguson police shootings; Netanyahu's future on the line and more national and international news for Monday, March 16, 2015.

1. ECCENTRIC HEIR ARRESTED ON MURDER WARRANT

In the finale of a documentary about his links to three killings, Robert Durst says, apparently to himself, that he "killed them all."

2. MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING 2 FERGUSON OFFICERS

Suspect Jeffrey Williams, 20, tells authorities he was firing at someone with whom he was in a dispute.

3. WHY NETANYAHU'S LEGACY IS ON THE LINE IN ISRAELI VOTE

As parliamentary elections near, the prime minister finds himself at a fateful crossroads: Make history by becoming one of the country's longest-serving leaders, or become history.

4. US, IRAN PRESS FOR NUCLEAR PACT

Two weeks out from a deadline for a framework accord, negotiators might settle for an announcement that they've made enough progress to justify further talks.

5. WHO LEADS THE WAY TO THE BIG DANCE

Kentucky earns top spot to start the NCAA basketball tournament, while UCLA, Texas, Duke, Villanova and Wisconsin also make the cut.

6. VANUATU PRESIDENT SAYS NATION MUST START ANEW AFTER CYCLONE

Baldwin Lonsdale tells The AP that six people were confirmed dead and 30 injured from a "monster" that destroyed or damaged 90 percent of the buildings in the capital.

7. TV REUNITES CAMBODIAN FAMILIES SCATTERED BY KHMER ROUGE

A reality show called "It's Not a Dream" transforms the darkest episode in the country's history into one of the modern world's rawest forms of entertainment.

8. WHERE MEXICO POT CONNOISSEURS FIND INSPIRATION

The country's smokers now either import high-potency gourmet weed from the U.S., or grow it in secret gardens that use techniques perfected abroad.

9. YOUNG ADULTS CONSUME MORE NEWS THAN ELDERS THINK

Mobile devices and social networking are keeping the millennial generation more engaged with the broader world than previously thought, a survey finds.

10. STARVING SEA LION PUPS STRANDING ON CALIFORNIA BEACHES

Scientists suspect that warmer waters push prime foods further north, forcing the mothers to abandon their babies for up to eight days at a time in search of sustenance.