10 Things to Know for Monday – 18 September 2017

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

1. PROTESTERS RALLY IN ST. LOUIS ON THIRD DAY OF DEMONSTRATIONS

Several hundred protesters march in downtown St. Louis near the city’s police headquarters and later through the St. Louis University campus over the acquittal of a white former police officer charged in the shooting death of a black suspect.

A man yells at police in riot gear just before a crowd turned violent Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, in University City, Mo. Earlier, protesters marched peacefully in response to a not guilty verdict in the trial of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

2. POLICE SAY 2 LOUISIANA KILLINGS LIKELY RACIALLY MOTIVATED

A suspect – a 23-year-old white man – is in custody in the slayings of two black men in Baton Rouge last week.

3. WHO MOCKED NORTH KOREA’S LEADER

Trump mocked Kim Jong Un as “Rocket Man” while White House advisers say the isolated nation would face destruction unless it shelves its weapons programs and bellicose threats.

4. TOP U.S. DIPLOMAT SAYS CLOSING THE EMBASSY IN CUBA ‘UNDER REVIEW’

Rex Tillerson says the Trump administration is considering closing down the U.S. Embassy in Havana following unexplained incidents affecting the health of American diplomats.

5. UK SUBWAY BOMB INVESTIGATION ADVANCES

British police make progress in their pursuit of suspects and evidence connected to the bomb that partially exploded on a packed London subway, leading officials to lower the country’s threat level.

6. ‘VEEP’ WINS BEST COMEDY SERIES EMMY

It’s the third win in a row for the HBO series, which stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a fictional U.S. politician who ascends to and later loses the presidency.

7. MARS RESEARCH CREW EMERGES AFTER 8 MONTHS OF ISOLATION

Six NASA-backed research subjects who have been cooped up in a Mars-like habitat in Hawaii since January were part of a study designed to better understand the psychological impacts a long-term space mission would have on astronauts.

8. DISABILITY BACKLOG TOPS 1 MILLION

More than a million Americans await a hearing to see whether they qualify for disability benefits from Social Security, with the average wait nearly two years – longer than some of them will live.

9. ACID ATTACK ON 4 US STUDENTS NOT SEEN AS ACT OF TERROR

Four U.S. college students were attacked with acid at a train station in France, but French authorities so far do not think extremist views motivated the 41-year-old woman who was arrested as the alleged assailant.

10. WHICH COLLEGE MOVED UP THE AP POLL

Clemson moved up to No. 2 in the AP college football poll, leapfrogging Oklahoma and closing in on Alabama after beating a team ranked in the Top 15 for the second straight week.

Kenneth Gleason is shown in an undated booking photo provided by the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office. Police believe the slayings of two black men in Baton Rouge were likely racially motivated and said Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, that  they have a person of interest - Gleason- in custody. Gleason, was being held on drug charges. Authorities do not yet have enough evidence to charge him with murder, Baton Rouge Sgt. L'Jean McKneely told The Associated Press. (East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office via AP)

Kenneth Gleason is shown in an undated booking photo provided by the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office. Police believe the slayings of two black men in Baton Rouge were likely racially motivated and said Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, that they have a person of interest – Gleason- in custody. Gleason, was being held on drug charges. Authorities do not yet have enough evidence to charge him with murder, Baton Rouge Sgt. L’Jean McKneely told The Associated Press. (East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office via AP)

Sterling K. Brown arrives at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Sterling K. Brown arrives at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

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