{"id":27789,"date":"2016-07-25T08:11:24","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T13:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27789"},"modified":"2016-07-25T08:11:57","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T13:11:57","slug":"10-things-to-know-for-today-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27789","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 today:<\/p>\n<p>1. AUTHORITIES: 17 SHOT, 2 KILLED AT FLORIDA NIGHTCLUB<\/p>\n<p>A captain with the Fort Myers Police Department tells WINK-TV as many as 17 people have been shot at Club Blu. Authorities say three people have been taken into custody and that there are two active crime scenes.<\/p>\n<p>2. GERMAN ATTACKER SLATED TO BE DEPORTED<\/p>\n<p>The failed asylum-seeker from Syria who blew himself up and wounded 12 people after being turned away from an open-air music festival in southern Germany was to be deported to Bulgaria, a German official says.<\/p>\n<p>3. DEMOCRATS SEEK DISPLAY OF UNITY DESPITE LEADERSHIP SHUFFLE<\/p>\n<p>Democrats open their national convention in Philadelphia eager to show off a forward-looking party united behind Hillary Clinton but face lingering bitterness among supporters of Bernie Sanders and the resignation of Debbie Wasserman Schultz as party chair.<\/p>\n<p>4. HUGE PROTESTS, HIGH TEMPS EXPECTED IN PHILLY<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic convention gets underway in Philadelphia with much bigger demonstrations than the GOP edition and much higher temperatures, as the region copes with a heat wave.<\/p>\n<p>5. &#8216;GLASS CEILING&#8217; CLOSER, BUT WOMEN STILL LAG IN POLITICS<\/p>\n<p>Clinton may be closer than ever to shattering what she called &#8220;the highest, hardest glass ceiling,&#8221; but women in the U.S. remain significantly underrepresented at all levels of elected office.<\/p>\n<p>6. BOGUS WANDS EXPOSED AFTER CATOSTROPIC IRAQ BOMBINGS<\/p>\n<p>The government halts the use of fake wands soldiers were using at Baghdad&#8217;s many checkpoints after a massive suicide bombing killed almost 300 people earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>7. &#8216;LESS GENDERED&#8217; KIDS CLOTHING GENRE GROWING<\/p>\n<p>And with that, some big retailers are making small changes, while some frustrated parents have started their own companies.<\/p>\n<p>8. PHILIPPINE LEADER DECLARES CEASEFIRE WITH COMMUNIST REBELS<\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo Duterte asks the Maoist rebels to end decades of deadly violence and foster the resumption of peace talks.<\/p>\n<p>9. &#8216;POKEMON GO&#8217; PLAYERS STUMBLE ON HIDDEN HISTORY<\/p>\n<p>Historical markers have long dotted the landscape, often barely noticed by passers-by &#8211; until they became treasure-filled stops this month on the &#8220;Pokemon Go&#8221; trail.<\/p>\n<p>10. DURANT READY FOR WARM WELCOME IN OAKLAND<\/p>\n<p>Even in a jersey with &#8220;USA&#8221; on the chest, Kevin Durant got some boos from fans in Los Angeles for an exhibition blowout of China. That&#8217;s expected to change the next night in Oakland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. 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