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More than a dozen states are set to open COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to all adults this week. The expansion that begins Monday has some health officials worried about whether it will create expectations they can’t possibly meet until vaccines supplies catch up to demand. Meanwhile, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said during a White House briefing that she had a feeling of “impending doom” about a potential fourth wave of coronavirus infections after cases in the U.S. rose 10% over the last week. She pleaded with Americans not to relax preventative practices such as social distancing measures and mask-wearing.

Tara VanDerveer rooted for Oregon to reach the Elite Eight. She is all about supporting the Pac-12 after all. Her Stanford Cardinal instead will face the Louisville Cardinals, who used a late surge to defeat the Ducks. The overall top-seeded Cardinal will face No. 2 seed Louisville for a place in the Final Four. Yes, it’s Cardinal vs. Cardinals. And both teams are determined to return to the Final Four and take care of unfinished business. Louisville eliminated Stanford in the 2018 Sweet Sixteen with an 86-59 victory before going on to lose in the national semifinals to Mississippi State. Then, a year later, the Cardinals fell to Connecticut in the Elite Eight.

Federal prosecutors say a man charged with storming the U.S. Capitol was wearing a T-shirt commemorating the day of the riots when law enforcement officers arrested him at his Dallas home. In a court filing Monday, prosecutors say Garret Miller’s shirt had a photograph of former President Donald Trump and said “Take America Back” and “I Was There, Washington D.C., January 6, 2021." They're urging a judge to keep Miller jailed while he awaits trial on charges stemming from the Jan. 6 riots in the nation’s capital. Miller’s attorney is seeking his client’s release from custody, saying he has expressed regret for his actions.

Martin Truex Jr. has won his first career Truck Series race with a dominating run on the dirt at Bristol Motor Speedway. It was only the third career Truck Series start of Truex's career and first in 15 years. Truex was one of seven Cup drivers entered in the Truck Series race to gain experience for the main event. It was a Monday doubleheader because flooding at the race track postponed the first Cup race on dirt since 1970 by a day. 

Texas coach Vic Schaefer knows the disappointment of coming close to more milestones in his career only to be derailed by South Carolina and coach Dawn Staley. Schaefer will have to battle through the Gamecocks once again if he hopes to keep the Longhorns' stunning women's NCAA Tournament run going when the teams meet Tuesday night in the Hemisfair Region for a spot in the Final Four. The Longhorns have ousted third-seed UCLA and second-seed Maryland to advance. But the former Mississippi State coach is 0-4 against Staley in SEC Tournament title games and lost to her team in the 2017 national championship final. 

Laurie Metcalf is just as amused by her character Jackie on “The Conners” (and before that, “Roseanne,") as viewers. She says when she first landed the role in 1988, she came from theater and had no TV experience. The character, with her varying career ventures, strong opinions, meddling and failed relationships keeps her entertained. Metcalf is content with Jackie being “the weirdo B storyline” in an episode, because she's good in small doses. “The Conners” just wrapped its third season and the cast is waiting to learn whether they will be renewed for a fourth. Metcalf is getting ready to head to New York to film a movie co-starring and directed by Ray Romano. 

The Biden administration is extending a federal moratorium on evictions of tenants who've fallen behind on rent during the coronavirus pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday moved to continue the pandemic-related protection, which had been scheduled to expire on Wednesday. The moratorium is extended through the end of June. The moratorium initially was put in place last year. It provides protection for renters out of concern that having families lose their homes and move into shelters or share crowded conditions with relatives or friends during the pandemic would further spread the virus. In February, President Joe Biden extended a ban on housing foreclosures to June 30.

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky is making an impassioned plea to Americans not to let their guard down in the fight against COVID-19. She warned on Monday of a potential “fourth wave” of the virus. She's speaking of a “recurring feeling ... of impending doom.” During a White House briefing, Walensky grew emotional as she reflected on her experience treating COVID-19 patients who are alone at the end of their lives. Walensky spoke hours before President Joe Biden was to address the nation on the vaccination effort. She spoke of hope but added, "Right now, I’m scared.” 

Final Four appearances are up for grabs Tuesday as the NCAA Tournament holds its remaining regional finals in the men's and women's divisions. The men's regional finals have unbeaten Gonzaga facing Southern California and UCLA taking on Michigan. UCLA is seeking to become the first team to go from the First Four to the Final Four since VCU in 2011. The women's regional final matchups have Stanford battling Louisville and South Carolina meeting Texas.

A graphic novel for children that was a spin-off of the wildly popular “Captain Underpants” series is being pulled from library and book store shelves after its publisher said it “perpetuates passive racism.” The book under scrutiny is 2010′s “The Adventures of Ook and Gluk” by Dav Pilkey, who has apologized, saying it “contains harmful racial stereotypes” and is “wrong and harmful to my Asian readers.” The book follows about a pair of friends who travel from 500,001 B.C. to 2222, where they meet a martial arts instructor who teaches them kung fu and they learn principles found in Chinese philosophy.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The European Union’s home affairs commissioner on Monday stressed the need for solidarity among the bloc’s member states in tackling migration, and called on Turkey to resume accepting the return of people whose asylum applications are…

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has blamed her country's difficulties during the coronavirus pandemic — from the slow vaccine rollout to the back-and-forth over lockdown rules — partly on “a tendency toward perfectionism” and called for greater flexibility…

A new strategy for women's soccer in Europe says independent teams should have a place beside storied names from men’s soccer that are fueling rapid development. Clubs such as Fortuna Hjørring and Glasgow City don't have men’s teams and are currently a fixture in the UEFA Women’s Champions League. The competition figures to get only tougher for the independents after Juventus and Real Madrid bought into women’s soccer in recent years. Creating new women's clubs is one of six key goals in a strategy published Monday by the European Club Association. 

Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 4-10: April 4: Actor Craig T. Nelson is 77. Actor Christine Lahti (“Chicago Hope”) is 71. Singer Steve Gatlin of the Gatlin Brothers is 70. Actor Mary-Margaret Humes (“Dawson’s Creek,” ″History of the…

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary has vaccinated more of its population than any other country in the European Union, according to figures from an EU agency, but it continues to be one of the world's worst in the number of…

HONG KONG (AP) — Decisions in Hong Kong not to display a politically sensitive photograph in a museum exhibition and not broadcast the annual Academy Awards for the first time in decades have prompted concerns that Beijing’s crackdown on dissent…

BEIJING (AP) — China stepped up pressure Monday on foreign shoe and clothing brands to reject reports of abuses in Xinjiang, telling companies that are targeted by Beijing for boycotts to look more closely and pointing to a statement by…