{"id":28156,"date":"2016-08-24T07:57:37","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T12:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=28156"},"modified":"2017-01-09T12:02:01","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T18:02:01","slug":"10-things-to-know-for-today-67","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=28156","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. MAGNITUDE 6 QUAKE KILLS AT LEAST 37 IN CENTRAL ITALY<\/p>\n<p>The hardest-hit towns are Amatrice and Accumoli, some 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of Rome. The toll is expected to rise as crews reach homes in more remote hamlets.<\/p>\n<p>2. TURKEY SAYS OPERATION LAUNCHED TO FREE IS-HELD SYRIAN TOWN<\/p>\n<p>As many as 20 tanks reportedly cross into Syria in a bid to liberate Jarablus, following the Turkish foreign minister&#8217;s pledge of &#8220;every kind&#8221; of support for operations against the extremist group along a 100-kilometer (62-mile) stretch of Syria&#8217;s frontier.<\/p>\n<p>3. WHY SOME QUESTION TRUMP&#8217;S OUTREACH TO AFRICAN-AMERICANS<\/p>\n<p>Many black voters dismiss the GOP nominee&#8217;s overtures as another racially charged pitch from a campaign aimed exclusively at whites.<\/p>\n<p>4. WHO IS GETTING NOSTALGIC ABOUT MITT ROMNEY<\/p>\n<p>Horrified by the prospect of Trump in the White House, Democrats change their tune about the former Massachusetts governor, whom they now describe as principled and competent.<\/p>\n<p>5. RAPED BY ISLAMIC STATE GROUP, YAZIDI WOMEN RECOVER IN GERMANY<\/p>\n<p>After escaping the clutches of the extremists, Yasmin, a 17-year-old girl, was so traumatized that she poured gasoline on herself and set it alight. She&#8217;s one of 1,100 former IS captives, who Germany has brought in for help.<\/p>\n<p>6. WHAT&#8217;S LATEST SOURCE OF FRICTION BETWEEN TWO KOREAS<\/p>\n<p>South Korea&#8217;s military says North Korea has fired a missile from a submarine off its east coast into the sea.<\/p>\n<p>7. TURKEY TARGETS FETHULLAH GULEN-INSPIRED PROJECTS AROUND WORLD<\/p>\n<p>Ankara launches an international campaign to shut schools and foundations linked to the Muslim preacher it blames for an attempted coup last month.<\/p>\n<p>8. 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