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10 Things to Know for Today

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

1. CHINA’S ECONOMIC GROWTH WANES TO 25-YEAR LOW IN 2015

The world’s second-largest economy grew 6.9 percent in 2015, the government says, down from 7.3 percent in the previous year.

2. WHY U.S. CONGRESSMEN ARE IN GERMANY

They have traveled to the military medical center where three Americans, released by Iran as part of a prisoner swap, are being treated.