FILE - In this June 21, 2013 file photo, a banner supporting Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, is displayed at Central, Hong Kong's business district. The Hong Kong government says Snowden wanted by the U.S. for revealing two highly classified surveillance programs has left for a "third country." The South China Morning Post reported Sunday, June 23, 2013 that Snowden was on a plane for Moscow, but that Russia was not his final destination. Snowden has talked of seeking asylum in Iceland. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
FILE - In this June 21, 2013 file photo, a banner supporting Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, is displayed at Central, Hong Kong's business district. The Hong Kong government says Snowden wanted by the U.S. for revealing two highly classified surveillance programs has left for a "third country." The South China Morning Post reported Sunday, June 23, 2013 that Snowden was on a plane for Moscow, but that Russia was not his final destination. Snowden has talked of seeking asylum in Iceland. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
Pakistani rescue workers unload the casket of a foreign tourist, who was killed by Islamic militants, from an ambulance to shift in a morgue of local hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, June 23, 2013. Islamic militants wearing police uniforms shot to death nine foreign tourists and one Pakistani before dawn as they were visiting one of the world?s highest mountains in a remote area of northern Pakistan that has been largely peaceful, officials said. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday:
1. EDWARD SNOWDEN IS ON THE RUN
The NSA leaker flees Hong Kong for a layover in Moscow before he'll to fly to Cuba and then seek asylum in Ecuador, WikiLeaks says.
2. NELSON MANDELA IN CRITICAL CONDITION
"The doctors are doing everything possible to get his condition to improve," South African President Jacob Zuma says.
3. WHY THE TALIBAN KILLED 11 MOUNTAIN CLMBERS
The Pakistani group said the deaths of the 10 tourists and their guide are revenge for a U.S. drone strike that killed a Taliban leader.
4. DAREDEVIL CROSSES GORGE ON TIGHTROPE
Nik Wallenda walked on a 2-inch-thick steel cable, 1,500 feet above a river near the Grand Canyon.
6. KERRY PRESSES INDIA ON GLOBAL WARMING
"The irreversible climate challenge is speeding toward us, crying out for a global solution," the U.S. secretary of state says.
6. SUPREME COURT'S OPTIONS ON GAY MARRIAGE
The justices could strike down state laws that limit marriage to heterosexual couples, uphold gay marriage bans, or say nothing meaningful on the issue.
7. AFGHAN BOMB SCHOOL FIGHTS WAR'S LEADING KILLER
Hundreds of soldiers train to disarm Taliban-planted bombs that kill and maim thousands each year.
8. GIRL SCOUTS NEED MORE THAN A FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE
Their woes include declining membership and revenues, a dearth of volunteers, and rifts between leadership and members.
9. WHAT MEDICS LEARNED FROM GETTYSBURG
A Union Army doctor introduced the ideas of an ambulance corps and three tiers of field hospitals.
10. TWINKIES TO MAKE A SWEET COMEBACK
Hostess reopens its factory and plans to have the snack cakes back on shelves July 15.
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