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10 Things to Know for Today

Mike Miller, an air conditioning repairman, watches as a crane lifts a broken unit from a rooftop in Phoenix Monday, June 19, 2017. Repairmen are constantly on call in the summer, as temperatures in the Phoenix metro area rise to nearly 120 degrees. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)
Mike Miller, an air conditioning repairman, watches as a crane lifts a broken unit from a rooftop in Phoenix Monday, June 19, 2017. Repairmen are constantly on call in the summer, as temperatures in the Phoenix metro area rise to nearly 120 degrees. (AP Photo/Angie Wang) Mike Miller, an air conditioning repairman, watches as a crane lifts a broken unit from a rooftop in Phoenix Monday, June 19, 2017. Repairmen are constantly on call in the summer, as temperatures in the Phoenix metro area rise to nearly 120 degrees. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)

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

1. NORTH KOREA’S DETENTION OF COMATOSE US STUDENT PUZZLING

There is logic behind Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions, but it’s far more difficult to make sense of its imprisonment of Otto Warmbier as he lay in a coma, and has now died back in Ohio.

2. HOW AMERICANS FEEL ABOUT CLIMATE MOVE

A new AP poll finds that less than a third support Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris accord, with just 18 percent agreeing with his claim that it’ll help the U.S. economy.