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10 things to know for Thursday

In this October 2016 photo provided by ARC Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, a scientist measures coral mortality following bleaching on the northern Great Barrier Reef, Austrlia. Reducing pollution and curbing overfishing won't prevent the severe bleaching that is killing coral at catastrophic rates, according to a study of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. In the end, researchers said, the only way to save the world’s coral from heat-induced bleaching is with a war on global warming. (Tane Sinclair-Taylor/ARC Center of Excellence via AP)
In this October 2016 photo provided by ARC Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, a scientist measures coral mortality following bleaching on the northern Great Barrier Reef, Austrlia. Reducing pollution and curbing overfishing won't prevent the severe bleaching that is killing coral at catastrophic rates, according to a study of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. In the end, researchers said, the only way to save the world’s coral from heat-induced bleaching is with a war on global warming. (Tane Sinclair-Taylor/ARC Center of Excellence via AP) In this October 2016 photo provided by ARC Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, a scientist measures coral mortality following bleaching on the northern Great Barrier Reef, Austrlia. Reducing pollution and curbing overfishing won't prevent the severe bleaching that is killing coral at catastrophic rates, according to a study of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. In the end, researchers said, the only way to save the world’s coral from heat-induced bleaching is with a war on global warming. (Tane Sinclair-Taylor/ARC Center of Excellence via AP)

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday:

1. TRUMP’S REVISED TRAVEL BAN PUT ON HOLD

President Trump calls decision by a federal judge in Hawaii an ‘unprecedented judicial overreach.’

2. DUTCH LEADER HOLDS OFF ANTI-ISLAM CHALLENGER IN ELECTIONS

Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s party claimed a dominating victory over the party of Geert Wilders in parliamentary elections seen as test for far-right populism in Europe.