Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today:
1.
Analysts warn that pulling back too much could slow the Afghan army’s development, while keeping too many would prolong its dependence on the U.S.
2.
The AP’s Don Babwin reports Illinois police are creating DNA profiles of executed serial killer John Wayne Gacy and others to see if the killers had more victims.
3.
The country orders new inspections after nine people are killed in the collapse of a 1970s-era tunnel.
4.
Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Tennessee are adding at least 300 hours to the calendar.
5.
Israel Keyes implicates himself in as many as eight killings in four states before killing himself in jail.
6.
The Vatican announces the pontiff will begin Tweeting from a new personal handle.
7.
Pelosi says she will try to force a House vote on a Senate-passed bill favored by Democrats to break the deadlock.
8.
A friend says linebacker Jovan Belcher and Kasandra M. Perkins had argued about “normal couple stuff.”
9.
David Letterman receives Kennedy Center honors, along with rockers Led Zeppelin, actor Dustin Hoffman, bluesman Buddy Guy and ballerina Natalia Makarova.
10.
Magician Wayne Houchin recuperates after a Dominican Republic TV host set his hair on fire with cologne.
