{"id":25601,"date":"2016-02-19T10:12:07","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T16:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=25601"},"modified":"2016-02-19T10:10:58","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T16:10:58","slug":"10-things-to-know-for-today-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=25601","title":{"rendered":"10 Things to Know for Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday:<\/p>\n<p>1. WHY THE POPE AND DONALD TRUMP DISAGREE<\/p>\n<p>Francis says Trump is &#8220;not Christian&#8221; if he wants to address illegal immigration by building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The GOP candidate says it&#8217;s &#8220;disgraceful&#8221; for a religious leader to question someone&#8217;s faith.<\/p>\n<p>2. THE LATEST ON BERNIE&#8217;S BIG NEW HAMPSHIRE WIN<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Hillary Clinton has picked up endorsements from convention superdelegates, which dwarf Sanders&#8217; total.<\/p>\n<p>3. POPE WEIGHS IN ON ZIKA VIRUS<\/p>\n<p>He suggests women threatened with Zika could use artificial contraception, saying &#8220;avoiding pregnancy is not an absolute evil&#8221; in the face of the global health emergency.<\/p>\n<p>4. OBAMA&#8217;S PLANS TO VISIT CUBA DRAWS RESPONSE<\/p>\n<p>The announcement elicits hopeful cheers in Havana but equally emphatic condemnation from U.S. lawmakers and Republican presidential candidates.<\/p>\n<p>5. TURKEY RESPONDS TO SUICIDE BOMBING IN ANKARA<\/p>\n<p>Ankara blames Kurdish militant groups at home and in Syria for deadly attack and increases pressure on the U.S. to sever ties with the Syrian Kurdish militia that has been a key force against IS.<\/p>\n<p>6. HOW ONE STATE IS TRAILBLAZING A NATIONAL DEBATE OVER MINIMUM WAGE<\/p>\n<p>Oregon&#8217;s House of Representatives approves an unprecedented three-tiered system that sets different rates by region.<\/p>\n<p>7. AN OLD IDEA GETS NEW TRACTION<\/p>\n<p>The topic of limiting the service of Supreme Court justices is revived following the sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia.<\/p>\n<p>8. POPE COMMENTS ON BISHOP BEHAVIOR<\/p>\n<p>He says any bishop who moves a suspected pedophile priest from parish to parish should resign.<\/p>\n<p>9. BAYLOR REVEALS AN UNUSUAL APPROACH TO CAMPUS SEX ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS<\/p>\n<p>The university didn&#8217;t report a single instance in a four-year span, a finding that represents a sharp contrast to reports at other private schools in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>10. 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