{"id":27985,"date":"2016-08-15T07:36:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T12:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27985"},"modified":"2016-08-15T07:40:49","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T12:40:49","slug":"10-things-to-know-for-today-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27985","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. HOW TRUMP WOULD APPROACH GEOPOLITICS<\/p>\n<p>The Republican candidate will declare an end to nation building if elected president, replacing it with what aides described as &#8220;foreign policy realism&#8221; focused on destroying the Islamic State group.<\/p>\n<p>2. ISLAMIC STATE GROUP GETS KNOW-NOTHING RECRUITS, REJOICES<\/p>\n<p>Imams spend days indoctrinating them in its ultraviolent religious interpretations, according to leaked documents obtained by the AP, interviews and court testimony.<\/p>\n<p>3. GLOBAL WARMING A POLARIZING ISSUE<\/p>\n<p>Democrats (and scientists) have become more convinced that global warming is a real, man-made threat. Republicans and Tea Party activists are more convinced that it&#8217;s made up.<\/p>\n<p>4. MILWAUKEE AVOIDS MORE PROPERTY DESTRUCTION<\/p>\n<p>Police say one person is shot at a protest and officers use an armored vehicle to retrieve the injured victim during a second night of unrest over the police shooting of a black man.<\/p>\n<p>5. RESCUES, EVACUATIONS RISE WITH LOUISIANA FLOODWATERS<\/p>\n<p>More than 20,000 people are rescued from their homes &#8211; and 10,000 in shelters &#8211; as rain-swollen rivers flood their banks and wreak havoc across southern Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p>6. TRULY A &#8216;LIGHTNING BOLT&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Usain Bolt becomes the first sprinter to win three straight Olympic 100-meter titles, blowing down the straightaway in 9.81 seconds for his seventh overall Olympic gold at the Rio Games.<\/p>\n<p>7. WHAT GROUPS ARE PRESSING OBAMA FOR<\/p>\n<p>Environmental groups, lawmakers, and tribes are asking the U.S. president to use his executive powers on an array of national monument proposals around the country.<\/p>\n<p>8. WILDFIRE SPREADS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA<\/p>\n<p>A blaze destroys at least 10 homes and forces 4,000 of people to flee their homes as flames jump a road and move into Lower Lake, a town located miles away from a devastating wildfire nearly a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>9. 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