{"id":27520,"date":"2016-06-29T08:11:54","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T13:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27520"},"modified":"2016-06-29T08:12:28","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T13:12:28","slug":"10-things-to-know-for-today-32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27520","title":{"rendered":"10 THINGS TO KNOW FOR TODAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ASSOCIATED PRESS<\/p>\n<p>Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:<\/p>\n<p>1. ISLAMIC STATE GROUP BLAMED FOR TURKISH AIRPORT ATTACK<\/p>\n<p>Suicide attackers kill dozens and wound more than 140 at Istanbul&#8217;s busy Ataturk Airport, the latest in a series of bombings to strike Turkey in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>2. DIVISION, CONFUSION AS EU RETHINKS FUTURE WITHOUT BRITAIN<\/p>\n<p>European Union leaders meeting in Brussels will talk about Europe without the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, Britain&#8217;s Conservative Party will reveal the candidates for a new leader to replace David Cameron.<\/p>\n<p>3. WHAT NORTH AMERICAN LEADERS ARE CONFRONTING<\/p>\n<p>The leaders of Canada, the United States and Mexico are facing a rising tide of economic protectionism and nationalism as they meet in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>4. TRUMP SLOGAN HAS DEEP HISTORY<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;America First&#8221; harkens back to the isolationist America First Committee, a group remembered for trying to keep the U.S. out of World War II, anti-Semitism and praise for Hitler&#8217;s economic policies.<\/p>\n<p>5. WHY JORDAN MAY HAVE HOMEGROWN EXTREMISM PROBLEM<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of suspected backers of IS are facing a crackdown by the kingdom under toughened anti-terror laws that punish even liking or sharing extremists&#8217; material on social media.<\/p>\n<p>6. RECORDS: CITY LAWYERS WEAK LINK IN POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY<\/p>\n<p>An AP review of hundreds of court records suggests city attorneys from Baltimore to Spokane, Washington, may have hidden or delayed disclosing evidence in police-misconduct cases.<\/p>\n<p>7. CLOCK TICKING, BUT TWEAKS IN PLAY FOR LGBT LAW<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina&#8217;s Republican legislators say the provision which directs transgender people to use public restrooms that correspond with the sex on their birth certificates will not be revised.<\/p>\n<p>8. WELCOME TO &#8216;PYONGHATTAN&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>North Korean soldier-builders are hard at work on an ambitious cluster of high-rises intended to show the world Kim Jong Un can&#8217;t be stopped with sanctions and pressure.<\/p>\n<p>9. 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