10 Things

10 Things to Know Today

by The Associated Press

Upgrading your phone is no longer simple; hope fades in China boat disaster; four charged in FIFA case on Interpol's most wanted list and more national and international news for Wednesday, June 3, 2015.

1. INTERPOL PUTS 6 LINKED TO FIFA ON MOST WANTED LIST

An international alert is issued for the federation's two former officials and four executives on charges including racketeering and corruption.

2. WHERE HOPE FOR SURVIVORS IS FADING

Authorities in southern China escalate efforts to recover more than 420 people believed to be trapped inside an overturned river cruise ship.

3. WHO MISHANDLES SPYING BILL

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, seen as a master deal-maker, walks into a dead end on domestic surveillance that leaves some of his friends bewildered.

4. WHAT RILES CUBA AMID EFFORT TO HEAL RIFT

About 30 Cubans take courses in journalism, led by U.S. professors via video link, inside the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, which has spent decades trying to undermine the island's communist government.

5. NORTH KOREA RACES TO LIFT POWER SUPPLY

In an unusually high-profile campaign, the North mobilizes legions of brigades to complete two large hydropower projects by Oct. 10, the 70th anniversary of the ruling party, The AP learns.

6. WITH MEDAL OF HONOR, COMES STAGGERING NEWS

Two days before Obama announced a posthumous award for World War I soldier Henry Johnson, a family finds out they aren't related to him by blood.

7. CALAMITY LOOMS AT CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST LAKE

An air of decline and strange beauty permeates the Salton Sea, which competes against coastal cities for dwindling water resources amid a historic drought.

8. GREEK PM HEADS TO BRUSSELS TO PRESENT DEAL PROPOSAL

Alexis Tsipras hopes that his plan will unlock bailout funds, without which Greece could default on its debts and crash out of the euro.

9. BUY, RENT OR WAIT

Upgrading your phone is no longer as simple as paying $100 or $200 and extending your service contract by two years.

10. BRYCE HARPER CALLS THIS SHOT

The Washington Nationals slugger thrills a fan, gesturing for her cellphone, snapping a playful selfie and then tossing it back into the stands.