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10 Things to Know for Wednesday

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

1. BILLIONAIRE DONALD TRUMP'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN APPEARS TO BE FLAT BROKE

Fundraising reports also show he's used about $6 million in campaign money to pay his own companies, relatives.

2. WHO JOINED CAMERON IN URGING BRITONS TO VOTE TO STAY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Pop icons David and Victoria Beckham used social media to voice their support for remaining in the bloc.

3. CLINTON WARNS THAT TRUMP'S 'RECKLESS' APPROACH WOULD PLUNGE ECONOMY INTO RECESSION

The presumptive Democratic nominee sought to define Trump as little more than a con man, whose ignorance and ego would tank the global economy.

4. NORTH KOREA FIRES 2 SUSPECTED MUSUDAN MIDRANGE MISSILES BUT AT LEAST ONE FAILS

The show of persistence worries Washington and its allies, Tokyo and Seoul, because the missile's potential range could target much of Asia and the Pacific, including U.S. military bases there.

5. FULLER PICTURE EMERGES OF MAN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO ATTACK TRUMP

The British man was unemployed and had been treated in the past for obsessive compulsive disorder and anorexia, authorities and others say.

6. SOME RUSSIANS TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES COULD COMPETE UNDER THEIR OWN FLAG

IOC President Thomas Bach said if any Russians are deemed eligible by the IAAF, they would compete under the Russian flag.

7. RESCUE PLANE LANDS AT SOUTH POLE TO EVACUATE A SICK WORKER

The plane's crew will wait for at least 10 hours before refueling and returning to Rothera - if weather conditions are favorable.

8. WHAT JURORS IN THE LED ZEPPELIN COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT TRIAL GOT TO HEAR

Original recordings of Led Zeppelin working through the song that became the epic "Stairway to Heaven" were played.

9. WHERE LAWMAKERS PASSED A NOVEL REQUIREMENT FOR FREE TAMPONS

New York City legislators approved a measure to require free tampons and sanitary pads in public schools, homeless shelters and jail.

10. SURGING WILDFIRES FORCE HUNDREDS OF NEW EVACUATIONS ACROSS WEST

Firefighters worked to beat back a pair of huge adjacent blazes looming over suburban Los Angeles.

In this photo provided by the Courtesy British Antarctic Survey, Rothera, the British Antarctic Survey station is seen from the air. A daring South Pole medical rescue is underway. An airplane left a British base in Antarctica Tuesday, June 21, 2016, for the 1,500-mile trip to evacuate a sick person from the U.S. station. Athena Dinar, spokeswoman for the British Antarctic Survey, said one of two twin otter planes began the trip Tuesday, while the other is still at the Rothera station on the Antarctic Peninsula just in case. (British Antarctic Survey via AP) The Associated Press
The main stage is set, during the national EU referendum debate, with anti-Europe advocates left and pro-Europe, left to right, Boris Johnson, Gisela Stuart, Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom, debate moderator David Dimbleby, Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady at Wembley Arena during a national live TV debate, The Great Debate, discussing issues surrounding the upcoming EU Referendum, in London, Tuesday June 21, 2016. The national referendum on Thursday June 23, will dictate if Britain will leave the European Union, or remain part of the bloc. (Stefan Rousseau / Pool via AP) The Associated Press
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