10 Things to Know for Tuesday - 16 August 2016
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday:
1. HOW TRUMP WANTS TO SCREEN TERRORISTS
The Republican presidential nominee says he would impose "extreme vetting" on immigrants as a means of stopping Islamic State and other militants from entering the U.S.
The Louisiana National Guard transports people out of flood hit areas around Walker , La., Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. Although some flood waters have receded roads continue to be difficult to pass with private vehicles. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)
2. WHY MASSIVE FLOODS CAUGHT LOUISIANA OFF GUARD
Forecasters say there was little warning of the sheer intensity of the storm, which dumped over 2 feet of rain in 48 hours in some places.
3. CHARGES FILED IN NYC IMAM SLAYING
Police arrest and charge Oscar Morel, 35, with murder in the brazen daytime shooting deaths of an imam and his friend as they left a New York City mosque over the weekend.
4. MILWAUKEE UNREST FOLLOWS DECADES OF RACIAL TENSIONS
The city of 600,000, where violence has erupted after a police shooting, is the country's most segregated metropolitan area, a 2012 analysis of census data found.
5. BIDEN OFFERS HIMSELF AS CHARACTER WITNESS FOR CLINTON
Campaigning with the Democratic presidential candidate in Pennsylvania, the U.S. vice president singles out her foreign policy experience and passion for improving people's lives.
6. GUANTANAMO DETAINEES SENT TO UAE
The release of 12 Yemeni nationals and three Afghans comes amid a renewed push to cut the number of detainees held at the U.S. prison in Cuba.
7. WHAT MAY HAVE TRIGGERED REPORTS OF GUNSHOTS AT JFK
Travelers at New York's Kennedy Airport cheering and loudly celebrating Usain Bolt's Olympic 100-meter victory may have prompted the ultimately unfounded reports of gunfire there, police say.
8. VANDERBILT PAYS $1.2 MILLION TO REMOVE 'CONFEDERATE' FROM DORM NAME
The money will go to the United Daughters of the Confederacy, who helped to build Confederate Memorial Hall in Nashville, Tennessee, over 80 years ago.
9. ICONIC VEGAS LANDMARK WILL GO OUT WITH A BANG
The remains of the 61-year-old Riviera Hotel and Casino, which hosted Liberace, Dean Martin and countless other acts, is scheduled to be demolished in an overnight implosion.
10. JULY LABELED HOTTEST IN RECORDED HISTORY
The month was 1.51 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the 1950-1980 global average, a NASA chief climate scientist says.
Stefany Marili, a 33-year-old dance instructor, does abdominal exercises at an outside gym in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016. ¿Looking good helps your health,¿ said Marili, a 33-year-old Brazilian dance instructor. ¿If I don¿t exercise, I feel bad physically and emotionally.¿ (AP Photo/Peter Prengaman)
Carlos Orta, right, of Santa Cruz Calfire douses the smoldering remains of a home in Lower Lake, Calif., Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Josh Edelson)
