Log in

10 Things to Know for Today

Posted 4/17/18

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

1. DEFENDING TRUMP HARDLY A DREAM JOB

Lawyers who have been asked to help represent the …

You must be a member to read this story.

Join our family of readers for as little as $5 per month and support local, unbiased journalism.


Already have an account? Log in to continue.

Current print subscribers can create a free account by clicking here

Otherwise, follow the link below to join.

To Our Valued Readers –

Visitors to our website will be limited to five stories per month unless they opt to subscribe. The five stories do not include our exclusive content written by our journalists.

For $6.99, less than 20 cents a day, digital subscribers will receive unlimited access to YourValley.net, including exclusive content from our newsroom and access to our Daily Independent e-edition.

Our commitment to balanced, fair reporting and local coverage provides insight and perspective not found anywhere else.

Your financial commitment will help to preserve the kind of honest journalism produced by our reporters and editors. We trust you agree that independent journalism is an essential component of our democracy. Please click here to subscribe.

Sincerely,
Charlene Bisson, Publisher, Independent Newsmedia

Please log in to continue

Log in
I am anchor

10 Things to Know for Today

Posted
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. DEFENDING TRUMP HARDLY A DREAM JOB Lawyers who have been asked to help represent the president have spurned the assignment at least partly out of concerns he wouldn't pay his bills and doesn't listen to legal advice. 2. STRAINED BACKDROP OVER TRUMP-ABE MEETING The U.S. president's planned meeting with Kim Jong Un and Trump's push for new tariffs is creating unease ahead of a Florida visit from Japan's leader. 3. WHAT SET OFF SYRIAN AIR DEFENSE Underscoring the chaotic dynamic of multiple actors in the war, state TV says it was a false alarm and not an outside aggression and incoming airstrikes. 4. CUBA'S PRESUMPTIVE NEXT LEADER NOT TIPPING HAND Miguel Diaz-Canel has largely stayed out of the limelight and not given Cubans a clear picture of what to expect from his leadership. 5. STARBUCKS FACES IMAGE CRISIS AFTER ARREST OF 2 BLACK MEN The episode at one of its stores in Philadelphia highlights the risks involved for large corporations that tie their brands so closely to social messaging. 6. ISRAELI DOCUMENTARY EXPOSES RAW WOUNDS A new series on the problematic integration of Middle Eastern Jews by Israel's European founders in the 1950s reopens old wounds of an ethnic divide within Judaism. 7. WHERE THE PUSH FOR LEGALIZED POT IS HEADING Utah and Oklahoma, two of the most conservative states in the country, further underscoring how quickly feelings about marijuana are changing in America. 8. SCIENTISTS USE MODEL IN LAND LOSS FIGHT A massive replica of the lower Mississippi River will help experts study the river and how sediment can be used from it to fight coastal erosion. 9. ABC MAKES UNUSUAL DECISION TO RELEASE ALL OF COMEY INTERVIEW The network released a full transcript of its nearly five-hour talk with the former FBI director, including all the material that was not included in the broadcast. 10. VINTAGE PERFORMANCE BY D-WADE LIFTS HEAT Dwyane Wade turns back the clock by scoring 28 points to spoil the 76ers' 17-game winning streak and lead Miami to a 113-103 Game 2 win over Philadelphia.


Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Share with others