Associated Press<\/p>\n
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:<\/p>\n
1. GERMANY HUNTS FOR SUSPECT IN CHRISTMAS MARKET ATTACK<\/p>\n
The Islamic State group claims responsibility for the truck attack that left 12 dead and 48 injured in Berlin.<\/p>\n
2. AT LEAST 29 DIE IN MEXICO FIREWORKS BLAST<\/p>\n
Another 72 people are injured in the rolling explosions and fire that tore through the sprawling outdoor marketplace outside Mexico City.<\/p>\n
3. WHO BROUGHT TRUMP, THE BUSH WORLD TOGETHER<\/p>\n
The Bush family and its Republican allies are finding common cause with the president-elect over his pick to lead the State Department, Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson.<\/p>\n
4. NORTH CAROLINA LAWMAKERS TO WEIGH ‘BATHROOM BILL’ REPEAL<\/p>\n
The law is best known for requiring transgender people to use restrooms corresponding to the sex on their birth certificate in many public buildings.<\/p>\n
5. LAST ALEPPO EVACUATION FACES DELAYS<\/p>\n
A watchdog says 60 buses are waiting to leave east Aleppo with some 3,000 evacuees, in a final step by the rebels to surrender their toehold in the war-torn city to the government.<\/p>\n
6. U.S. SCIENTISTS POINT TO NEW CLASS OF DEADLY DRUGS<\/p>\n
Officials say the fentanyl-like substances are pouring in primarily from China, but Beijing maintains that assertion has not been substantiated.<\/p>\n
7. AT SOARING RATE, NEPALIS SEEKING JOBS ABROAD COME HOME DEAD<\/p>\n
Over 5,000 workers from this small country have died working overseas since 2008 – more than the number of U.S. troops killed in the Iraq War, The AP finds.<\/p>\n
8. WHERE CRAFTSMEN TAKE ON CHINESE KNOCKOFFS<\/p>\n
Souvenir shops in Bethlehem, the biblical town revered as Jesus’ birthplace, are trying to stock their shelves almost exclusively with locally made products instead of cheaper imported wares.<\/p>\n
9. WHY DEATH SENTENCES DECLINE SHARPLY IN THE U.S.<\/p>\n
The growing reluctance of juries to sentence defendants to death is one of the several factors contributing to the overall drop in executions.<\/p>\n
10. WHICH BUSINESS LOOKS TO DOMINATE IN BRAZIL<\/p>\n
Uber sees tremendous potential in Latin America’s most populous nation but pushes to regulate and even ban the company makes its future uncertain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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