Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. WHERE A NEW REALITY HAS BEGUN
Washington wakes up to a Republican-controlled Congress that will shape America’s government in the last two years of the president’s term.
2. WHAT THE NEW SENATE LEADER’S PRIORITIES WILL BE
A veteran senator, Mitch McConnell is determined to force a showdown over President Obama’s health care overhaul and environmental and financial regulation.
3. ALL EYES ON 2016 AS MIDTERMS CHANGE LANDSCAPE
Republicans waste no time in attacking their next target: Hillary Clinton.
4. WHO IS MASTERMINDING IRAQ’S WAR AGAINST THE ISLAMIC STATE
Iranian general Ghasem Soleimani is credited with engineering a number of victories that the Iraqi army has achieved in fighting the terrorist group.
5. LOW-KEY SCION AWAITS TURN TO RUN SAMSUNG
South Korea’s business world is wondering whether the 46-year-old son of the company’s chief can lead it to more profits in a rapidly changing technology market.
6. MEXICO’S MOST-WANTED COUPLE CAPTURED
A mayor and his wife are accused of running their town as a drug fiefdom – and of ordering deadly attacks on students.
7. HBO BIDS FAREWELL TO ‘THE NEWSROOM’
The show about a struggling cable-news network is coming to an end in its third season after mixed reviews and faltering ratings.
8. PRINCES RELEGATED TO LESSER ROLES
Where romance was once the goal of Disney’s cinematic princesses (think “Cinderella” and “Sleeping Beauty”), the moviemaker is shifting its lens toward independent female protagonists.
9. TIBET’S EXILES MOURN LOST FAMILY TIES
Many of the Buddhist region’s emigres left were smuggled out when they were children and have never really known their families.
10. VIKNGS’ ADRIAN PETERSON AVOIDS JAIL IN CHILD ABUSE CASE
The All-Pro running back pleads no contest to a misdemeanor. It’s not clear how the plea deal will affect his playing status.