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10 Things to Know for Tuesday

Posted March 21, 2016 7:00 am

By The Associated Press

In this Friday, March 18, 2016 photo made available Monday March 21, an unidentified man believed to be connected to key suspect in the November 2015 Paris attacks Salah Abdeslam, is detained by police during a raid in the Molenbeek neighborhood of Brussels, Belgium. Abdeslam was arrested Friday March 18, in Molenbeek after a four-month manhunt, and investigators are known to be still hunting for other suspects on their wanted list. (AP Photo/Zouheir Ambar) The Associated Press

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

1. OBAMA NUDGES RAUL CASTRO OUT OF HIS COMFORT ZONE

The president, midway through his history-making trip to Cuba, succeeds in getting Cuba's leader to submit to questioning by reporters.

2. FBI MAY NOT NEED APPLE'S HELP TO UNLOCK IPHONE

Federal authorities say they may have found a way to unlock the phone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters - a development that could make Apple's forced cooperation unnecessary.

3. TRUMP HUDDLES WITH GOP LEADERS ON CAPITOL HILL

The closed-door session is designed to help persuade a skeptical Republican establishment to embrace his presidential bid.

4. HOW AUTHORITIES NABBED KEY SUSPECT IN PARIS ATTACKS

A keen-eyed witness spotted a pale, slender figure fleeing an apartment in Brussels a week ago - setting in motion a police dragnet that led to the capture of Salah Abdeslam.

5. JURORS HAND HULK HOGAN ANOTHER VICTORY

A Florida jury hits Gawker Media and its founder with $25 million in punitive damages for publishing a sex tape of Hogan - on top of $115 million the jury imposed earlier after the trial.

6. WHAT GREECE BELIEVES IS KEY TO STEMMING FLOW OF MIGRANTS

Greece's prime minister warns that the stream of refugees will continue unless smugglers on the Turkish coast are stopped.

7. EX-CONGOLESE LEADER CONVICTED FOR ATROCITIES COMMITTED BY HIS MILITIA

The judgment by the International Criminal Court is hailed as a landmark in the fight against impunity for sex crimes in conflict.

8. MILITANTS ATTACK EU MILITARY MISSION IN MALI

The assault on the luxury hotel where the mission is quartered underscores the jihadis' determination to keep striking at Western interests in the region.

9. TWITTER MARKS 10TH BIRTHDAY

The world's first tweet, sent by company co-founder Jack Dorsey on March 21, 2006, read "just setting up my twttr."

10. WHOSE CHANCES OF REACHING FINAL FOUR ARE TRENDING UP

Virginia has a favorable path through the Midwest Region since Michigan State lost to Middle Tennessee - the biggest upset of the NCAA Tournament so far.

Hulk Hogan, whose given name is Terry Bollea, leaves he court house after a jury returned its decision Monday, March 21, 2016, in St. Petersburg, Fla. A jury has hit Gawker Media with $15 million in punitive damages and its owner with $10 million, adding to the $115 million it awarded last week for publishing a sex video of Hogan. (AP Photo/Tamara Lush) The Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday Nov. 6, 2013, file photo, the Twitter logo appears on an updated phone post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Twitter, the social media site famous for its 140-character âtweetâ limit, turned 10 years old Monday, March 21, 2016, having evolved from what was originally billed as a âmicrobloggingâ site into one of the Internet's most influential means of communication. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) The Associated Press

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