| Good morning. It's Monday, March 18, and please don't use artificial intelligence to identify edible mushrooms — it could kill you. Now let's catch up from the weekend.  | Russian voters protested Vladimir Putin's reelection. |  People queue outside a polling station in St. Petersburg yesterday. (Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty Images) | |
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 | Donald Trump said some undocumented immigrants are "not people." | |
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 | A Boeing plane landed with a missing external panel. | |
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 | A dramatic volcanic eruption in Iceland forced evacuations. | - What happened? The Saturday night eruption turned the sky orange, opened a fissure and sent lava flowing toward a town. The popular Blue Lagoon spa was evacuated.
- The bigger picture: This was the fourth time the volcano has erupted in three months. Recent earthquake activity awakened the volcanic system for the first time in 800 years.
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 | Home prices are expected to drop following a Realtor settlement. | - What's happening? The National Association of Realtors agreed to settle litigation that accused the group of inflating real estate commissions, it was announced Friday.
- What it would mean: Listing prices would no longer come with steep commissions that are often automatically included. That could tempt more people to buy and sell.
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 | Selection Sunday set the stage for a potentially wild March Madness. | - For the men's NCAA tournament: Connecticut, Houston, Purdue and North Carolina are the No. 1 seeds. Conference basketball tournament upsets led to some snubs and surprises.
- For the women's tournament: South Carolina, Iowa, USC and Texas are the top seeds. The unbeaten Gamecocks could see Caitlin Clark's Hawkeyes in the final if both teams win out.
- Now fill out your bracket: Find the men's bracket here and the women's here. The first round starts Thursday. Looking to pick a winner? Chat with our sports team tomorrow.
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 | Companies are racing to bring back supersonic passenger flights. | - What's happening? Two decades after the Concorde's last flight, private companies are competing to revive supersonic travel. And NASA unveiled a supersonic plane in January.
- Will it happen? There are questions about affordability and climate impacts, but the companies say it's viable. One day, a New York to London flight could take 90 minutes.
Before you go … what to make this week: José Andrés's carrot fritters or these gruyere and country ham scones. And finally … test your news knowledge with The Post's daily quiz, On the Record. Click here to play. Or try our word game, Keyword. You're all caught up. See you tomorrow.  (Illustration by Katty Huertas/The Washington Post) | Do you know someone who would like this newsletter? Share it with them. Prefer push notifications? Download The Post's app to get one when The 7 publishes. |
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