Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. WHAT’S HINDERING INDONESIA PLANE CRASH RECOVERY
Bad weather is slowing efforts to find victims of AirAsia Flight 8501 – 7 bodies have so far been recovered – and rough seas are sending wreckage drifting away from the crash site.
2. WORLD PREPARES TO RING IN NEW YEAR
Sydney, Australia, will welcome 2015 with a tropical-style fireworks display, while more than 1 million people are expected to flock to Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach, and New York will drop its trademark Waterford crystal ball.