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10 Things to Know for Today

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, walks towards the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, walks towards the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, walks towards the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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

1. GOP WAVES WHITE FLAG ON HEALTH CARE REFORM

The latest Republican effort to repeal and replace “Obamacare” is all but dead in the Senate when two more GOP senators announced their opposition to the bill.

2. WHY US, BRITISH VOLUNTEERS ARE ON FRONT LINES AGAINST IS

They joined the U.S.-allied militias in Syria for different reasons – some motivated by testimonies of survivors of the unimaginable brutality that the extremists flaunted.