Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.
1.
Robert Levinson, who vanished seven years ago in Iran, was working for the CIA on an unapproved spy mission, an AP investigation finds. It’s a secret the U.S. has long sought to keep.
2.
North Korea’s stunning announcement comes just days after Jang Song Thaek — long considered the country’s No. 2 in power — was charged with corruption and removed from all his posts.
3.
Lopsided majorities of Republicans and Democrats alike vote in favor of the legislation, which now goes to the Senate.
4.
A report from the United Nations says they were probably used in four locations in the country this year, in addition to the confirmed attack near Damascus in August.
5.
Established in the wake of a horrific gang rape and murder of a young New Delhi woman, a government hotline is part of a wave of positive change in the country.
6.
Briton Samantha Lewthwaite, a suspected terrorist known as the “white widow,” somehow eludes authorities, even as she has traveled through Africa with four small children.
7.
The surprise agreement with prosecutors came just before closing arguments in the trial of Jordan Graham, 22, who admitted to pushing her husband of eight days off a cliff.
8.
Officials have significantly lowered the odds of winning the multi-state lottery — thereby increasing the chances of each jackpot rolling over.
9.
Thanks to a volunteer program coordinated by the National Guard, children in a remote Alaska village met Kris Kringle, a rare event for the children there.
10.
Philip Rivers throws two touchdown passes and San Diego dominates time of possession to stun Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos 27-20.
