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. ISLAMIC STATE GROUP CLAIMS ATTACK ON ISTANBUL NIGHTCLUB<\/p>\n
It is reportedly carried out in “revenge for God’s religion and in response to the orders” of IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.<\/p>\n
2. FOR WHOM THE 1980S STILL HOLD RELEVANCE<\/p>\n
Many of Donald Trump’s cultural touchstones – those he’d frequently namedrop at campaign rallies and on Twitter – were at their peak in the 1980s.<\/p>\n
3. OBAMA IN CLOSING STRETCH OF PRESIDENCY<\/p>\n
His final days in office will be consumed by a bid to protect his health care law, a farewell speech and the ongoing handover of power to Trump.<\/p>\n
4. MEDICARE LAUNCHES REVAMP FOR HEART ATTACKS, HIP FRACTURES<\/p>\n
The goal of new approaches is to encourage coordination that promotes quality and contains costs.<\/p>\n
5. WHERE CHILDREN STARVE AS WAR DRAGS ON<\/p>\n
Yemen’s children are dying of malnutrition as a conflict and a blockade imposed by a Saudi-led coalition cause food prices to soar in the Arab world’s poorest nation.<\/p>\n
6. WHO SEEKS TO PULL POT SHOPS OUT OF BANKING LIMBO<\/p>\n
Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is leading an effort to make sure vendors working with marijuana businesses don’t have their banking services taken away.<\/p>\n
7. ARMLESS SYRIAN BOY THRIVES IN THE U.S.<\/p>\n
Ahmad Alkhalaf finds a new life in Massachusetts but isn’t sure whether he’ll be reunited with his family anytime soon.<\/p>\n
8. CHINA STARTS 2017 ENGULFED BY SMOG<\/p>\n
Authorities in Beijing and other cities across the nation delay dozens of flights and close highways.<\/p>\n
9. DICK CLARK PRODUCTIONS REJECTS MARIAH CAREY’S SABOTAGE CLAIM<\/p>\n
The productions firm is hitting back against the singer’s claim it sabotaged her live performance on its “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” special, saying that’s “absurd.”<\/p>\n
10. KELLY, MCCOY, BAALKE LATEST TO FEEL THE NFL AX<\/p>\n
More moves could be coming, too. Is Chuck Pagano safe in Indianapolis? Might the Saints do something with Sean Payton?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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