10 Things to Know for Thursday - 12 March 2015
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday:
1. FERGUSON'S POLICE CHIEF RESIGNS
Thomas Jackson had resisted calls to step down over his handling of the shooting of Michael Brown and the sometimes-violent protests that followed.
Ferguson Mayor James Knowles III announces the resignation of police chief Thomas Jackson during a news conference Wednesday, March 11, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo. Jackson's resignation came a week after a scathing U.S. Justice Department report found the St. Louis suburb to have a profit-driven court system and widespread racial bias in the police force. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
2. FRESH EMBARRASSMENT FOR SECRET SERVICE
Two senior agents are accused of crashing a car into a White House security barrier, reportedly after a night of drinking.
3. WHAT'S TROUBLING ABOUT IRAN'S FIGHT AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE GROUP
Once the extremists are vanquished, the U.S. fears that Tehran-backed militias could undermine efforts to unify Iraq.
4. TEXAS RUNNING OUT OF EXECUTION DRUG
The injection of a condemned hit man leaves the state with enough pentobarbital to carry out only one more execution.
5. HOW ACTIVISTS AIM TO PUSH FOR KOREAN REUNIFICATION
Gloria Steinem and other prominent women intend to walk across the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea.
6. SIGNS POINT TO BAD WEATHER AS CAUSE OF BLACK HAWK CRASH IN FLORIDA
A second military helicopter, encountering the same heavy fog, turned back safely before the wreck that killed 11.
7. WHY US GOVERNMENT IS SUING DIRECTV
The nation's biggest satellite TV provider allegedly hid fees to trick consumers into buying its service.
8. LATEST TO BAN 'SELFIE STICKS': VERSAILLES PALACE, BRITAIN'S NATIONAL GALLERY
The devices are used to improve snapshots, but critics say they're an annoyance and potentially dangerous.
9. WRITER-DIRECTOR OF 'STILL ALICE' DIES AT 63
Richard Glatzer battled ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, while making the acclaimed film. For playing the leading role, Julianne Moore won a best actress Oscar.
10. NOW BATTING (AND MORE): WILL FERRELL
The comedian plans to play every position while appearing in five Arizona spring training games on Thursday.
Organizers of the effort called WomenCrossDMZ.org, including honorary co-chair Gloria Steinem, left, lead coordinator Christine Ahn, center, and filmmaker and philanthropist Abigail Disney, right, listen during a United Nations press conference announcing plans for a rare and risky women's walk across the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea to call for reunification, Wednesday, March 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2013 file photo, director Richard Glatzer poses at the premiere of the film "The Last of Robin Hood" at the Toronto International Film Festival at the Isabel Bader Theater in Toronto. Glatzer, who directed "Still Alice," a film that garnered actress Julianne Moore an Oscar for best actress last month, died Tuesday, March 10, in Los Angeles after a four-year battle with ALS. He was 63. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
