Associated Press<\/p>\n
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:<\/p>\n
1. DIVIDED US REACTS TO NEW TRANSGENDER POLICY<\/p>\n
Conservatives praise the Trump administration’s rollback of public school bathroom requirements for transgender students, while transgender rights advocates vow to overcome a major setback.<\/p>\n
2. UNEASE HANGS OVER MEXICO DIPLOMACY<\/p>\n
Resentment over the proposed border wall and immigration crackdown in the U.S. threatens to sour a meeting between Mexico’s president and Trump’s chiefs of diplomacy and homeland security.<\/p>\n
3. IRAQIS ADVANCE IN FIGHT TO DRIVE MILITANTS FROM MOSUL<\/p>\n
Iraqi forces enter Mosul International Airport and take over the runway amid fierce clashes with Islamic State militants in the country’s second-largest city.<\/p>\n
4. WHERE PYONGYANG’S PR MACHINE SPUTTERS<\/p>\n
North Korea exerts total control over its message at home. Abroad, in cases like the Malaysia killing of leader Kim Jong Un’s half brother, not so much.<\/p>\n
5. SYRIA PEACE TALKS CONVENING<\/p>\n
Hanging over government and opposition envoys is whether the “Geneva IV” talks will be just another sequel to chronically fruitless negotiations.<\/p>\n
6. LOST HOPE: HOW FAR VENEZUELA HAS FALLEN<\/p>\n
The economy is so crippled that tens of thousands are going hungry or even starving and the average shopper spends 35 hours a month waiting in line, while the murder rate is among the highest in the world.<\/p>\n
7. OIL INDUSTRY AWAITS OPPORTUNITY IN FAR NORTH<\/p>\n
Petroleum drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was not a consideration under President Barack Obama but it’s getting renewed attention under the new administration.<\/p>\n
8. WHAT SCIENTISTS ARE BUZZING ABOUT<\/p>\n
Astronomers discover seven Earth-size planets orbiting a single nearby star – and these new worlds could hold life.<\/p>\n
9. ALL EYES ON BAO BAO AFTER 16-HOUR FLIGHT<\/p>\n
The panda, born at the National Zoo in Washington, starts settling into her new home in southwest China where she will eventually join a breeding program.<\/p>\n
10. WHY PROF IS KNOWN AS ‘FATHER OF THE SELFIE’<\/p>\n
Every day for three decades, long before they were called selfies, Boston College’s Karl Baden snapped a photo of himself to document the aging process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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