10 Things to Know for Today
By The Associated Press, Associated Press
Nov 27, 2015 5:30 AM CST
Children cheer and wave during Pope Francis' visit to the Kangemi slum, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov. 27, 2015. Pope Francis denounced the conditions slum-dwellers are forced to live in during a visit to one of Nairobi's many shantytowns Friday, saying that access to safe water is a basic human right...   (Associated Press)

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. CHICAGO BRACES FOR POSSIBLE PROTESTS

Demonstrators are poised to disrupt Black Friday shopping with a march through the city's most famous retail district to bring attention to police brutality.

2. READY, SET, SHOP!

It's Black Friday, the official start of the holiday shopping season, and with it the first glimpse of how much people will spend this year.

3. KIDS KILLED AS IS STRONGHOLD BOMBED IN SYRIA

A new wave of airstrikes on Raqqa, the headquarters of the extremist Islamic State group, kills at least eight people — including five children at a school, Syrian opposition groups say.

4. WHO'S SEEKING A COMEBACK IN AFGHAN POLITICS

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a warlord designated a "global terrorist" by the United States, whose group killed thousands in the civil war, casts himself as an interlocutor who can help bring about peace.

5. WHAT'S DISTRESSING TO POPE ON VISIT TO KENYA

Francis denounces the conditions slum-dwellers are forced to live in in Nairobi, saying that access to safe water and adequate housing are basic human rights.

6. INCREASED RESOLVE FOR UN CLIMATE TALKS

Still reeling, Paris will play host to the U.N. climate conference and delegates are determined to craft a landmark deal to fight global warming.

7. REUNION LEADS TO JOY, TEARS — AND QUESTIONS

Florida woman Mariette Williams reunites with her Haitian mother after 30 years, but amid the joy painful and murky issues surrounding her adoption surface.

8. WHERE PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS DIFFER SHARPLY

Stark differences separate Republicans and Democrats on energy and environment issues that underscore the sky-high stakes in the 2016 presidential election.

9. HOW KIDS ARE MAKING ORAL HISTORY

Using an app and instruction from the national oral history project StoryCorps, American students interview their elders for posterity.

10. WHO BROKE THROUGH AT LAMBEAU FIELD

Quarterback Jay Cutler won for the first time on Green Bay's home turf as the Chicago Bears make a late goal-line stand to hold off the Packers 17-13.

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