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Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday:
1. COMEY UNLOADS ON TRUMP
In a new book, the former FBI director blasts the president as "unethical" and "untethered to truth."
2. WHICH ISSUE PRESIDENT WANTS TO REVISIT
Trump asks trade officials to explore the possibility of the United States rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.
3. 'I DIDN'T CONSENT TO THIS'
Janice Dickinson, a former model and TV personality, gives jurors at Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial a harrowing account of being drugged and raped by the comic in 1982.
4. MIKE POMPEO VOWS TO BE TOUGH ON RUSSIA
The testimony by the secretary of state-designate appears aimed at quelling concerns before what is likely to be a narrow confirmation vote.
5. TRUMP GATHERING MORE INPUT ON SYRIA
The president puts off a final decision on possible military strikes against the Assad regime, wanting to consult further with allies.
6. STEEP PAY BOOST PROPOSED
After weeks of protests by teachers, Arizona's governor rolls out a plan promising a net 20 percent raise by 2020.
7. SWATH OF PUERTO RICO GOES DARK
Some 870,000 electricity customers across the island are left without power after a tree falls on a main transmission line.
8. WHAT COMES AS SOBERING NEWS
A study says adults should average no more than one alcoholic drink per day, meaning many countries' alcohol consumption guidelines may be far too loose.
9. NEW KARDASHIAN DEBUTS
Khloe Kardashian gives birth to a baby girl with Cleveland Cavaliers player Tristan Thompson.
10. FINALS COULD FEATURE FRESH FACES
Neither the Warriors nor the Cavaliers are shoo-ins to reach the NBA Finals for a fourth year in a row.
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