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10 Things To Know For Friday

Here’s your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.

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FILE – In this Monday, March 13, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump listens during a meeting on healthcare in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow host of “The Rachel Maddow Show” was at the center of the political media Tuesday, March 14, 2017, with a story on Trump’s tax returns propelled by social media. The White House pushed back even before the release of the documents Tuesday night, saying that publishing the information was illegal.

1. TRUMP DEMANDS VOTE ON HEALTH CARE OVERHAUL

GOP House leaders seemed to be calculating that at crunch time, they could coax enough dissidents to pass the bill that aims to repeal and replace Obamacare.

2. UK POLICE ARREST 2 MORE IN LONDON TERROR ATTACK

Nine people are currently in custody in connection with the Westminster attack that killed 4.

3. SENIOR US OFFICIALS: TRUMP SET TO APPROVE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE

Advocates say the pipeline will improve U.S. energy security and create jobs, while opponents contend the jobs will be minimal and short-lived, and the project threatens the environment.

4. FACTS OFTEN FOLLOW FICTION FOR TRUMP

The president has developed a pattern of making an outrageous claim, then wait until something emerges that can be spun as vindication.

5. WHY 9/11 SAUDI ARABIA LAWSUITS GAIN MOMENTUM

Congress overrode then-President Obama’s veto last fall and approved a law that allows a civil case to go forward that seeks to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for the Sept. 11 attacks.

6. HONG KONG IS POISED TO CHOOSE NEW LEADER

Members of a committee dominated by Beijing-favored elites will cast their ballots in the first such vote since 2014’s huge pro-democracy protests.

7. WHY BLACK LIVES MATTER GROUPS BAND TOGETHER WITH WAGE ACTIVISTS

The organizations are joining forces to push for $15-an-hour minimum wage.

8. S. KOREA RAISES SUNKEN FERRY

More than 300 people — most of whom were students on a high school trip — died when the vessel sank on April 16, 2014.

9. CAR STOLEN IN S. CALIF. WITH 2 TODDLERS INSIDE

The boys were in their babysitters’ car when she stepped out for an errand and someone stole it.

10. WHERE’S THE NEXT NCAA CINDERELLA

No. 11 seed Xavier and No. 7 South Carolina emerge as the latest underdogs in the basketball tourney.