10 Things to Know for Today - 01 March 2017
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. TRUMP HERALDS 'NEW CHAPTER OF AMERICAN GREATNESS'
The president, addressing Congress for the first time, calls for overhauling the nation's health care system and significantly boosting military spending.
This photo provided by Tim Creedon shows his baseball and a hailstone that fell in the backyard of Creedon's home in Ottawa, Ill., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has activated the state's emergency operations center as local officials reported damage from tornados spawned by a late-winter storm system. (Tim Creedon via AP)
2. PRESIDENT SALUTES WIDOW OF SLAIN SEAL IN EMOTIONAL MOMENT
The widow of William "Ryan" Owens, who was killed in Yemen, is saluted by Trump and applauded by Congress.
3. REVISED TRAVEL ORDER SPARES IRAQ
Trump's new immigration order will remove Iraq from the list of countries whose citizens face a temporary U.S. travel ban, U.S. officials say.
4. SUSPECTS IN NORTH KOREAN'S KILLING CHARGED WITH MURDER
Prosecutors lodge formal charges against two young women accused of smearing VX nerve agent on Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader.
5. WHAT'S CAUSING MIGRANT CRISIS IN AFRICA
More than half a million refugees have fled South Sudan amid civil war and warnings of genocide.
6. 'SENSE OF HUMANITY DRIVES ME TO COME HERE'
A small group of former addicts is trying to help drug users in Afghanistan, a country where addiction rates are among the highest in the world.
7. WHERE TWISTERS ARE SPREADING HAVOC
Tornadoes in the upper Midwest and northern Arkansas kill at least two people as a spring-like storm system poses a risk to 45 million people.
8. BIG EASY CELEBRATES FAT TUESDAY
After a day of parades, blaring marching bands, elaborate costumes and crowds screaming for beads, another Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans is over.
9. HOW WALDORF IS REGAINING ITS WONDER
The word "grand" matched no hotel in the world better than New York's Waldorf Astoria - a bastion of gilded splendor now closing for massive renovations.
10. MUMPS THE WORD: FRESH OUTBREAK IN NHL
So far, players in Vancouver and Minnesota have fallen ill in the second such outbreak of the highly contagious disease in the league in a little over two years.
Taxis line up in front of the renowned Waldorf Astoria hotel, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in New York. The hotel, purchased by the Anbang Insurance Group, a Chinese company, is closing Wednesday for two to three years for renovation. Exact details of the renovation haven't been released, but its conversion into a hybrid of private residences and a smaller hotel follows a model set by another landmark New York City hotel, The Plaza. The exterior is protected by law as a New York City landmark, but some fans are still nervous about the future. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Water bottles belonging to Calgary Flames' players line the bench prior to NHL game action, in Calgary on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. The league is taking steps to avoid the transmission of mumps and asking player to use individual water bottles. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)
