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Also: The Cassini spacecraft completes its first 'dive' past Saturn's rings; there's been an explosion near the airport in Damascus, Syria; and senators attend a White House briefing on North Korea.

Also: China launches the first aircraft carrier it has built; prosecutors review the death of a Milwaukee inmate who died in jail of dehydration; and baby humpback whales "whisper" to their mothers.

Also: A cyber security firm alleges Russia tried to hack a French presidential candidate's campaign; Hollywood writers authorize a strike; and people in Phoenix can try self-driving cars.

Also: Defense Secretary James Mattis has arrived for a visit in Afghanistan; North Korea has reportedly detained a U.S. citizen; and police stop a 12-year-old boy trying to drive across Australia.

Also: Defense Secretary Mattis warns Syria against using chemical weapons again; Tesla is recalling thousands of cars for a potential brake problem; and musician Cuba Gooding Sr. dies.

Also: President Trump will visit Asia in November; an astronaut and a cosmonaut blast off toward the International Space Station; and a drive-through marijuana shop opens in Colorado.

Also: Fresno police allege yesterday's slaying of three people was a hate crime; former president George H.W. Bush is hospitalized for pneumonia; and a relatively large asteroid will zoom by Earth.

Also: Cutthroat trout are endangered by climate change; the U.N. says a "staggering" number of people are fleeing Mosul, Iraq; and Sweden now has a Museum of Failure to highlight commercial flops.

Also: Japan plans for a potential Korean crisis, including the possibility of refugees; why the deadline for filing tax returns is April 18th this year; and April the giraffe's new baby is a boy!

Also: With tension high, Vice President Pence prepares to visit South Korea; Syria is moving thousands of people out of villages; and Topeka firefighters rescue a cat (and its owner) out of a tree.

Also: President Trump changes his mind and won't label China a currency manipulator; a suspect is arrested in the murder of a U.S. Border Patrol agent; and Lansing reverses its sanctuary city vote.

Also: President Trump lifts a government hiring freeze; ex-Iranian president Ahmadinejad says he's running again; and Germany investigates possible militant links to bombings near a soccer team bus.

Also: Witnesses describe the school shooting in San Bernardino; North Korea criticizes U.S. military actions; and Chinese express anger online over an Asian man's unwilling removal from a plane.

Also: Egypt declares an emergency after yesterday's suicide bombings; Alabama lawmakers open impeachment hearings against Gov. Robert Bentley; and the Great Barrier Reef is dangerously bleaching.

Also: The Senate is expected to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court today; South Africans march to protest President Zuma; and Hyundai and Kia are recalling more than a million vehicles.

Also: A hearing into Baltimore police practices will proceed; hundreds of migrants are rescued in the Mediterranean; and former astronaut John Glenn will be buried in Arlington Cemetery today.

Also: Russia blames Syrian rebels for a deadly chemical attack; Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley talks all night to oppose Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch; and what kind of gift do you give the Pope?

Also: The White House cuts funding for a U.N. family planning program; a digging machine makes progress in Seattle; and Coca Cola puts shareholder Warren Buffet's face on some cans in China.

Also: Trump says U.S. could go it alone to stop North Korea's nuclear program; a Senate committee will vote on Neil Gorsuch's Supreme Court nomination; and Doris Day is older than she thought.

Also: President Trump will sign new executive orders on trade; Tillerson attends a NATO summit in Brussels; and what pro baseball players do when a swarm of bees flies onto the field.