Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday:
1. WHO’S IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW
Bill Cosby was released on $1 million bail after the 78-year-old comedian was arrested and will now answer charges he drugged and sexually assaulted a woman less than half his age in 2004.
2. WHERE ARE THE ‘AFFLUENZA’ TEEN AND HIS MOTHER
A Mexican official says the mother of young U.S. fugitive Ethan Couch has been deported to the United States, while a judge’s injunction temporarily blocked the expulsion of her son, who is being moved from Guadalajara to larger immigration facilities in Mexico City.
3. HOW PREPARED ARE CHICAGO POLICE FOR THE JOB
Mayor Rahm Emanuel says city police must be better trained to distinguish when they should use their firearms, after deadly shootings by officers sparked protests and complaints.
4. CALIFORNIA SHOOTER’S FRIEND INDICTED
Authorities say Enrique Marquez has been indicted on charges including conspiring in a pair of previous planned attacks and making false statements when he bought guns used in San Bernardino shootings that killed 14 people.
5. WHAT’S HAPPENING ON NEW YEAR’S EVE
Turkish officials say they’ve foiled a holiday attack plot, while security concerns lead Belgium to cancel its New Year’s Eve fireworks and authorities in Morocco, Las Vegas and elsewhere to bolster security over the year-end festivities.
6. HOW TO ESCAPE FLOODING IN THE MIDWEST
As swollen rivers and streams pushed to heights not seen in nearly a quarter-century, officials in Missouri and Illinois helped residents get to higher ground amid fears that conditions could worsen as floodwaters began spilling over federal levees.
7. IS THE WEED KOSHER
A New York company will soon offer the first medical marijuana certified as conforming to Jewish dietary law.
8. WILL FOOTBALL STAY IN SAN DIEGO
City and county officials have made their final pitch to the NFL in a contentious effort to keep the Chargers from moving to the Los Angeles area.
9. DAUGHTER FATALLY SHOT BY MOTHER
The central Florida resident awoke to the sound of footsteps in her home and fired, but what she thought was an intruder was her 27-year-old daughter visiting for the holidays.
10. WALTZING INTO THE NEW YEAR
The Vienna Philharmonic’s annual New Year’s concert is the world’s most-watched classical music event of the year.
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