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10 Things to Know for Friday

Posted March 23, 2017 7:00 am

By The Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, file photo, a customer sets up his new iPhone 7 Plus, right, as he switches from the iPhone 6 at the Apple Store on Michigan Avenue during the release of the Apple iPhone 7 and the latest Apple Watches, in Chicago. New documents from WikiLeaks, posted Thursday, March 23, 2017, point to an apparent CIA program to hack Appleâs iPhones and Mac computers such that the exploits persist even after the devices are reset to factory conditions. Security experts say the exploits are plausible, but they are playing down the threat to typical users. The techniques typically require physical access to devices, something the CIA would only use for individuals it is targeting. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File) The Associated Press

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

1. WHITE HOUSE: TIME FOR TALK HAS PASSED

Abandoning negotiations, Trump demands a make-or-break vote on health care legislation in the House, threatening to leave "Obamacare" in place and move on to other issues if Friday's vote fails.

2. AUTHORITIES ID UK ATTACKER

The 52-year-old Briton who was shot dead during the rampage near Parliament had a long criminal record and once was investigated for extremism - but was not on a terror watch list.

3. WHO'S THREATENING FILIBUSTER

Senate Democrats vow to impede Judge Neil Gorsuch's path to the Supreme Court, setting up a political showdown.

4. SURPRISING TURN IN PROBE OF THREATS

Israeli police nab a 19-year-old hacker who they say is the main suspect in the wave of bomb threats against Jewish community centers in the U.S.

5. HOW MILITARY GAME IS CHANGING IN SYRIA

The deepening U.S. involvement against Islamic State militants in northern Syria indicates the Pentagon will likely send even more troops in coming weeks.

6. RAPE CASE FUELS IMMIGRATION TENSION

A Maryland high school is thrust into the national immigration debate after a student is allegedly raped there by two students who came to the country illegally.

7. AP SOURCES: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO APPROVE KEYSTONE PIPELINE

The approval on Friday will end years of delay for a project that has served as a flashpoint in the national debate about climate change.

8. a href='https://apnews.com/27937a8b66aa40978a5e8e34c99fd009/WikiLeaks:-CIA-hacked-Apple-devices-in-ways-users-can't-fix'NEW WIKILEAKS DOCUMENTS LIFT VEIL ON HACKING/a

The documents point to an apparent CIA program to hack Apple's iPhones and Mac computers using techniques that users couldn't disable by resetting their devices.

9. WHAT'S CAUSING HOT DEBATE AMONG SCIENTISTS

New research says more cancer-causing mutations are due to random chance than heredity or poor lifestyle choices.

10. HOYAS CUT TIES WITH 'JT3'

John Thompson III is fired as Georgetown's basketball coach after two consecutive losing seasons at the school his father led to a national championship.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, center, and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, arrive to attend the Meeting of the Ministers of the Global Coalition on the Defeat of ISIS, Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at the State Department in Washington. Top officials from the 68-nation coalition fighting the Islamic State group are looking to increase pressure on the group as U.S.-backed forces move closer to retaking Mosul. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) The Associated Press

FILE - In this March 9, 2013, file photo, former Georgetown coach John Thompson Jr., left, congratulates his son Georgetown head coach John Thompson III, right, after the Hoya's 61-39 win over Syracuse in an NCAA college basketball game in Washington. Georgetown has fired basketball coach John Thompson III on Thursday, March 23, 2017, after two consecutive losing seasons at the school his father led to a national championship. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File) The Associated Press

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