10 things you need to know today: June 29, 2016

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1. 41 killed in triple suicide bombing at Istanbul airport

At least 41 people were killed when three suicide bombers attacked Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport on Tuesday. At least 239 others were injured. Two of the terrorists opened fire with automatic weapons at a security checkpoint outside the airport before detonating their explosives. The third blew himself up in a parking lot. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the Islamic State appeared to have been behind the attack based on early indications, although nobody immediately claimed responsibility.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.