Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. <a target=”—blank” href=”https://apnews.com/0a4d7954c8d34c3291cb93c995789913″>EVANGELIST BILLY GRAHAM DIES AT 99</a>
Graham, the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, died at his home in North Carolina.
2. <a target=”—blank” href=”https://apnews.com/2496f4ddd508407a995c0164c2dd3004/Florida-shooting-survivors-in-capital,-demand-action-on-guns”>SURVIVORS URGE STRICTER GUN LAWS</a>
Students who survived the Florida school shooting prepare to flood the state capital, pushing to ban the assault-style rifle used to kill 17 people.
3. <a target=”—blank” href=”https://apnews.com/d47e747a703646e889589fc8360227bf/New-strikes-kill-10-in-rebel-held-suburbs-of-Syrian-capital”>FRESH BLOODSHED IN DAMASCUS</a>
New airstrikes and shelling on the besieged, rebel-held suburbs of the Syrian capital kill at least 10 people, a rescue organization and a monitoring group say.
4. <a target=”—blank” href=”https://apnews.com/2a3800f3126b44d18640b229048a9428/Migrant-deported-by-Israel-back-to-Africa-recounts-ordeal”>’IF YOU DON’T LEAVE, YOU ARE GOING TO JAIL'</a>
Twenty-nine-year-old Yohannes Tesfagabr, one of tens of thousands of African migrants Israel has targeted for deportation, recounts his journey to the AP.
5. <a target=”—blank” href=”https://apnews.com/23f1afa3eee54befbef80af5333b4199/Israeli-media:-Netanyahu-confidant-to-testify-against-him”>WHOSE LEGAL EXPOSURE IS WIDENING</a>
Israeli media report that one of Benjamin Netanyahu’s closest confidants has turned state witness and will incriminate the prime minister in corruption allegations.
6. <a target=”—blank” href=”https://apnews.com/f8a0218d772140d68bfd3609de96910d/Vonn-3rd-in-last-Olympic-DH;-her-pal-Goggia-of-Italy-wins”>LINDSEY VONN DENIED PODIUM’S TOP SPOT</a>
The 33-year-old American skier earns bronze in the last Olympic downhill of her career.
7. <a target=”—blank” href=”https://apnews.com/928e00e7669c40f4bea7632db280b7f8/Colorado-congressman-booed-as-people-demand-action-on-guns”>LAWMAKER BESET BY GRUMBLING, JEERS</a>
A Denver-area congressman whose district was the site of the Aurora movie theater shooting in 2012 is booed at a town hall as people call for action after the Florida school shooting.
8. <a target=”—blank” href=”https://apnews.com/dbd431349d034afeae83e5d69d7991df/In-South-Korea%27s-Olympic-hills,-traces-of-the-North-abound”>WHAT’S BITTER REMINDER OF KOREAN DIVIDE</a>
A former seaside villa for North Korea’s ruling Kim family is among North Korea-linked sites in South Korea’s Olympic province that are drawing curious visitors.
9. <a target=”—blank” href=”https://apnews.com/f34d102a308d47889e32f21cb9ddcedc/Lebanon-gets-tough-on-the-press-ahead-of-elections”>IN LEBANON, FREE SPEECH UNDER SIEGE</a>
A string of court cases and judicial investigations against Lebanese media figures is testing the country’s reputation as a forum for ideas in a region blanketed by censorship and threats to the press.
10. <a target=”—blank” href=”https://apnews.com/20061470c29f4e7e81a626d346600c98/Massachusetts-students-lead-US-in-Advanced-Placement-exams”>WHO’S GOT ACADEMIC BRAGGING RIGHTS</a>
Students in Massachusetts scored the best in the nation on last year’s Advanced Placement exams.