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10 Things to Know for Today

Posted March 21, 2017 7:00 am

By The Associated Press

FILE - This is a Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 file photo of Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness as he waves to the media while waiting to hear the results in the first count in the presidential election at Dublin Castle, Ireland. McGuinness, an IRA and Sinn Fein leader who became a minister of peacetime Northern Ireland, has died, according to UK media Tuesday, March 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison/File) The Associated Press

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. SUPREME COURT NOMINEE FACING DAYLONG QUESTIONING

Senate Democrats are determined to press Neil Gorsuch on everything from abortion and guns to his independence from Trump.

2. WHAT TRUMP IS AIMING TO DO

The U.S. president is trying to rally support for a revised version of the health care overhaul by taking his case directly to Capitol Hill.

3. US MOVES TO BOLSTER AIRLINE SECURITY

The temporary move would prohibit passengers on certain flights originating in eight other mainly Arab countries from packing most electronics in carry-on luggage, but regional airlines appear unaware.

4. IRISH REBEL TURNED POLITICIAN DIES

Martin McGuinness, the Irish Republican Army commander who led his underground paramilitary movement toward reconciliation with Britain, is dead at 66.

5. WHO IS SAYING 'SORRY'

Park Geun-hye, South Korea's ousted president, apologized to the people as she underwent questioning by prosecutors over a corruption scandal.

6. 'BREAD WAR' BREWING IN VENEZUELA

Caracas' socialist government is seizing bakeries in the latest effort to combat long food lines.

7. HOW ONE CITY IS TACKLING BLIGHT EPIDEMIC

In historic Memphis, an effort is underway to reclaim the landscape of abandoned houses and trash-strewn vacant lots.

8. HAMAS AIMS TO IMPROVE INTERNATIONAL IMAGE

The Islamic militant group drafts a new political program to project a more pragmatic image, hoping this will improve ties with Egypt and help it get off Western terrorism lists.

9. FOX NEWS CHANNEL PULLS NAPOLITANO FROM AIR

The cable news network had disavowed legal analyst Andrew Napolitano's on-air claim that British intelligence officials helped Obama spy on Trump.

10. 'IF YOU CAN PLAY, GO OUT THERE AND PLAY'

Injured Miami Heat star Chris Bosh tells AP he has a simple perspective when it comes to the rest-or-play debate that is prompting the NBA to enact changes.

Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch is surrounded by photographers as he arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 20, 2017, for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) The Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2017, file photo, the abandoned childhood home of singer Aretha Franklin sits behind a security fence in Memphis, Tenn. Recently, the Franklin birthplace and the surrounding neighborhoods have moved to the forefront of a large cleanup effort, as the city refuses to accept decay as a fact of life in the urban landscape. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File) The Associated Press

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