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10 Things to Know for Tuesday

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

1. WHERE BERNIE SANDERS HOLDS CLEAR ADVANTAGE

By 48 percent to 39 percent, more Americans hold a favorable opinion of Sanders - the best net-positive rating in the presidential field, an AP poll finds.

2. DOZENS LINKED TO PARIS-BRUSSELS ATTACKS 'SUPERCELL'

Investigators connect more names to the list of hardened attackers, hangers-on and tacit supporters of the cell that killed 130 people in Paris and 32 in Brussels.

3. US REACHES $5B DEAL WITH GOLDMAN SACHS

The Justice Department announces the settlement over the sale of shaky mortgage-backed securities leading up to the 2008 financial crisis.

4. SOUTH CAROLINA COP ACCEPTS PLEA AGREEMENT

Under the deal, the white police officer who shot and killed a 68-year-old black driver after a chase is sentenced to probation.

5. US NAVY OFFICER ACCUSED OF ESPIONAGE

The officer with access to highly classified information allegedly passed military secrets to China or Taiwan, or both.

6. UN ENVOY URGES RESPECT FOR SYRIAN CEASE-FIRE

The plea comes amid stepped-up fighting around the city of Aleppo, Syria's largest, and elsewhere in the country.

7. WHAT'S THREATENING FREE SPEECH IN SOUTH KOREA

Amid elections, online comments or posts depicting a candidate in a negative light can be blocked over libel or privacy concerns.

8. HEALTH OFFICIALS PRESS FOR MORE MONEY TO COMBAT ZIKA

The more researchers learn about the virus, the scarier it appears, the U.S. officials say.

9. WHY SWEDEN WANTS TO BAN FOREIGN LOBSTERS

The discovery in Swedish waters of dozens of American lobsters - which possibly escaped after export to Europe - prompts worries that they could outcompete the smaller European variety for food.

10. 'UNTIL THEY THROW ME OUT OR THEY CARRY ME OUT IN A BOX'

That's what 90-year-old Elena Griffing says it will take to get her to leave the job she's held at a San Francisco hospital for 70 years.

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2014, file photo, a screen at a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange is juxtaposed with the Goldman Sachs booth. The Justice Department announced a $5 billion settlement with Goldman Sachs over the sale of mortgage-backed securities leading up to the 2008 financial crisis. The deal announced Monday, April 11, 2016, resolves state and federal probes into the sale of shoddy mortgages before the housing bubble and economic meltdown. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) The Associated Press
FILE - In this July 2007, file photo, a scientist holds a lobster underwater on Friendship Long Island, Maine. Reports from Sweden say American lobsters have appeared in their waters, threatening native stocks, and some are calling for a ban on imports. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) The Associated Press
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