{"id":30970,"date":"2017-02-08T08:55:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T14:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=30970"},"modified":"2017-02-08T09:02:26","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T15:02:26","slug":"10-things-to-know-for-today-169","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=30970","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. TRUMP TRAVEL BAN COURT DECISION EXPECTED THIS WEEK<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear which way the three judges of the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will rule, though legal experts say the states appear to have the edge.<\/p>\n<p>2. WHO WAS REBUKED AND SILENCED IN THE SENATE<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Elizabeth Warren is forbidden from speaking again on Sen. Sessions&#8217; nomination as attorney general after running afoul of the chamber&#8217;s arcane rules by reading a three-decade-old letter from Dr. Martin Luther King&#8217;s widow.<\/p>\n<p>3. CALL FOR ACTION AGAINST CORRUPTION IN VENEZUELA<\/p>\n<p>In a letter partly prompted by an AP investigation, a group of U.S. lawmakers urges Trump to step up pressure on Venezuela&#8217;s government for corruption and human rights abuses.<\/p>\n<p>4. ARMY NOD FOR DAKOTA ACCESS PROJECT LOOMS<\/p>\n<p>The Standing Rock Sioux, who fear a leak from the pipeline would pollute tribal water supplies, are vowing to fight the development in court.<\/p>\n<p>5. &#8220;THE PLACE STARTED SHAKING, KIND OF TWISTING&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Storm injures about 40 people and causes heavy damage in southeastern Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p>6. &#8220;SHE GAVE ME A DEATH SENTENCE&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of patients from a now-closed clinic in Ohio say its director lied and tricked them into thinking they had Alzheimer&#8217;s disease when they really didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>7. AN ELECTION THREATENED BY VIOLENCE, CORRUPTION<\/p>\n<p>Somalia&#8217;s historic presidential election comes after years of warlord-led conflict and al-Shabab attacks, along with famine, that has left this country of about 12 million people largely shattered.<\/p>\n<p>8. 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