Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Nov. 6, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers:
1. STRANDED BRITONS ANXIOUS TO LEAVE SHARM-EL-SHEIKH
EasyJet says the Egyptian government has disrupted its plans to fly British tourists out of Sinai, the latest issue to arise in the aftermath of the crash of a Russian jetliner.
2. WHO GOT DEMOTED AT NEXT GOP DEBATE
Two candidates who have been part of each of the prime-time Republican debates so far, Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee, are regulated to the undercard event because of low poll numbers.
3. DELAYED JUSTICE UNCOVERS NEW ORLEANS POLICE FLAWS
AP’s Cain Burdeau finds that a woman’s persistence over 16 years for police to investigate her alleged rape led authorities to a serial rapist on the brink of walking free from prison.
4. SUU KYI FACES MOMENT OF DESTINY
A historic election in Myanmar gives the opposition leader a chance to seize the victory the junta stole from her 25 years ago.
5. WELCOME TO PAUL RYAN’S HOUSE
A week into his tenure, the new speaker looks determined to make good on promises of opening up the chamber to participation from all lawmakers.
6. ILLINOIS COP WHO STAGED HIS MURDER HAD TROUBLED JOB HISTORY
Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz was the focus of numerous suspensions, sexual harassment allegations and complaints that he intimidated an emergency dispatcher with guns, records show.
7. WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN JOBS REPORT
The data may address a key question: Has the U.S. job market downshifted into a slower pace of hiring?
8. WHY TOYOTA IS DEVELOPING A.I., ROBOTICS
The automaker is determined to lead in futuristic cars that drive themselves and apply the technology to other areas of daily life.
9. JUST CALL HIM ‘FIRST MAN, FIRST MATE’
On “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” Hillary Rodham Clinton ponders a title for Bill Clinton if she wins presidency.
10. BENGALS REACH MIDPOINT PERFECT
Andy Dalton throws three touchdown passes to Tyler Eifert and Cincinnati improves to 8-0 with a 31-10 victory over the Cleveland Browns.