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Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. WHO IS DENYING FUNDS TO CLINICS THAT DISCUSS ABORTION
The Trump administration is resurrecting a Reagan-era rule that would ban federally funded family planning clinics from discussing abortion with women.
2. WHITE HOUSE THREATENS FIRINGS AFTER LEAKED MCCAIN REMARK
A West Wing aide's morbid remark about gravely ill Sen. John McCain leads to a push to fire those responsible for leaking the story.
3. ASH FALLS NEAR ERUPTING HAWAII VOLCANO
A volcano on Hawaii's Big Island spews a steely gray plume of ash into the sky that began raining down on a nearby town.
4. THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS END WORK IN PUERTO RICO
The Army Corps of Engineers is ending its work in Puerto Rico despite fears the island's government won't be able to restore power to more than 16,000 people after Hurricane Maria.
5. KIM CRAFTS CAREFUL MESSAGE AHEAD OF TRUMP SUMMIT
In a country where there is no Twitter but lots of fake news, North Koreans are getting a very different take on what got Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump to the negotiating table.
6. WHICH PRINCE WILL WALK MEGHAN MARKLE DOWN THE AISLE
Prince Charles will walk Meghan Markle down the aisle at the royal wedding — stepping in after the father of the bride fell ill.
7. WHAT MUELLER HAS SAID ABOUT THE RUSSIAN PROBE
Unlike President Donald Trump, Robert Mueller hasn't uttered one word in public about his Russia investigation in the year since he was appointed special counsel.
8. UNKNOWN CIVIL RIGHTS PIONEER IS GETTING RECOGNITION
After being arrested 60 years ago for entering the white part of a racially segregated bus station in Virginia, Bruce Boynton started a chain reaction that helped kill Jim Crow laws in the South.
9. EMPTY STOMACHS DRIVE VENEZUELA SOLDIERS TO DESERT
With Venezuela's deepening economic crisis of food shortages and rising prices, analysts say thousands of soldiers are asking for honorable discharges or deserting their posts.
10. LIGHTNING BEAT CAPITALS TO EVEN SERIES
Alex Killorn scores the tiebreaker with about 8 minutes left and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 36 saves, as the Tampa Bay Lightning edge the Washington Capitals 4-2.
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