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NBC Los Angeles:
2 found dead at Brentwood mansion owned by director Rob Reiner … Two people were found dead Sunday afternoon inside a Brentwood home owned by director and actor Rob Reiner, multiple law enforcement sources told NBCLA.  —  The LA Fire Department said a man and a woman were found deceased inside, approximately 78 and 68 years old.
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TMZ.com:
Rob Reiner, Wife Michele Found Dead in Their L.A. Home with Knife Wounds  —  ROB REINER & WIFE MICHELE FOUND DEAD AT L.A. HOME ... Wounds Consistent With A Knife  —  EXCLUSIVE  — 7K … BROWN UNIVERSITY SHOOTING PERSON OF INTEREST REPORTEDLY HAD ARMY TRAINING
Greg Hanlon / People:
Rob Reiner and His Wife Michele Were Killed by Their Son (Exclusive Sources)  —  Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found after first responders were called to the couple's Brentwood home at 3:30 p.m. … Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were killed by their son …
Chris Morris / Variety:
Rob Reiner, Legendary Comedic Actor and ‘Princess Bride’ Director, Found Dead in His Home  —  Rob Reiner, who segued from starring in “All in the Family” to directing movies including “This Is Spinal Tap,” “A Few Good Men” and “When Harry Met Sally...” was found dead Sunday afternoon …
Associated Press:
2 people found dead in home owned by Rob Reiner, AP source says  —  Two people were found dead at a Los Angeles home owned by director-actor Rob Reiner on Sunday, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation.  The official could not publicly discuss details …
Jordan Freiman / CBS News:
Director Rob Reiner and wife, Michele, found dead in their Los Angeles home in what police call apparent homicide
Claire Lehmann / Quillette:
Bondi Beach Massacre: Australia's Deadliest Terrorist Attack … Tonight's massacre on Bondi Beach is the deadliest terrorist attack ever carried out on Australian soil, and the worst attack on Jewish civilians since October 7.  Images circulating from the scene show at least two men …
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Associated Press:
Australia to tighten gun laws after Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre  —  Australian federal and state government leaders on Monday agreed to immediately overhaul already-tough national gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi Beach, leaving at least 15 people dead.
Associated Press:
Bystander shown in videos disarming gunman during Australian beach shooting commended for bravery
ABC:
ASIO examined Bondi Beach gunman Naveed Akram in 2019 for close ties to Islamic State cell
Politico:
15 years into Obamacare, the GOP health care message is as muddled as ever … The upshot is that there is no clear, unified GOP message on health care going into the year-end deadline when the tax credits expire — and no guarantee that Republicans will be able to pass anything this week …
Discussion: Sludge, Blue Amp Media and Semafor
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senators brace for another possible shutdown in January
Discussion: MS NOW
Raymond Fernández / NOTUS:   SNAP Is Now a Key Part of Democrats' Campaign Messaging
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The Indiana GOP's defiance shows how Trump is losing juice
NOTUS:   House Lawmakers End the Year Eyeing the Exits
ProPublica:
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid.  Then People Died of Cholera.  —  On the one-month anniversary of President Donald Trump's inauguration earlier this year, a group of his appointed aides gathered to celebrate.  —  For four weeks, they had been working overtime …
Discussion: MS NOW
Washington Post:
Person of interest in Brown U. shooting is 24, from Wisconsin, officials say  —  The person of interest authorities took into custody in connection with the shooting at Brown University is Benjamin Erickson, a 24-year-old originally from Wisconsin, two people briefed on the investigation told …
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Washington Post:
One big difference between Trump 1.0 and Trump 2.0
Discussion: Raw Story
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
The Erika Kirk and Candace Owens feud is tearing MAGA apart  —  The widow vs. the podcaster drama reveals the right's biggest weakness  —  In the days after Charlie Kirk was fatally shot on Sept. 10, the MAGA influencer class united in a public display of grief for the founder of Turning Point USA (TPUSA).
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Associated Press:
JetBlue plane near Venezuela avoids ‘midair collision’ with US Air Force aircraft  —  Airplane crashes Federal agencies US military South America  —  A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a US Air Force refueling tanker on Friday …
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Riley Mellen / New York Times:
U.S. Military Plane and JetBlue Flight Nearly Collided Over Caribbean, Radio Traffic Shows
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Inside Stephen Miller's Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State  —  Stephen Miller's ancestors first arrived in the United States in 1903.  That's when a man named Wolf Laib Glosser disembarked at Ellis Island after leaving behind his hometown in Antopol, a small town in the part of the czarist Russian empire that is now Belarus.
Lee Ann Anderson / The Hill:
Why Florida is ground zero for coming ObamaCare storm  —  Florida will be hit harder than any other state if ObamaCare subsidies expire at the end of the year, which is looking increasingly likely as Republicans in Congress struggle to unite behind a plan to extend the tax credits.
Discussion: The Guardian
Cassidy Randall / Politico:
'I Didn't Vote for This': A Revolt Against DOGE Cuts, Deep in Trump Country … The road to the tiny hamlet of Marion in northwest Montana is lined with the thick trees of the Flathead National Forest, with modern homesteads of trailers and modest homes dotting clearings here and there.
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Harris stepping toward another White House run  —  LOS ANGELES — Kamala Harris isn't planning to go gentle into that good night.  This week the former vice president made clear to potential 2028 rivals that she's working to keep another White House campaign viable.
Discussion: IJR, Breitbart and The Independent
Reuters:
Meta tolerates rampant ad fraud from China to safeguard billions in revenue  —  A Reuters investigation reveals the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp decided to accept high levels of fraudulent advertisements from China.  Internal company documents show Meta wanted to minimize …
Discussion: New York Post
Jessica Priest / The Texas Tribune:
Texas universities deploy AI tools to review and rewrite how some courses discuss race and gender  —  Records obtained by The Texas Tribune show how universities are using the technology to reshape curriculum under political pressure, raising concerns about academic freedom.  —  TAKE OUR CONTENT — PLEASE!
Maeve Reston / Washington Post:
The Democrat testing the appetite for a leader from the ‘one percent’ … SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — On a late summer afternoon at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, hundreds of Democrats sipped cold beer from clear plastic “JB” party cups as they waited under a large tent to hear …
Discussion: Forbes
Isabella Pelletiere / Boston 25 News:
Local tea shop in Providence helped officials track down suspect in Brown University mass shooting  —  PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A local tea shop in Providence helped police track down a suspect overnight after the Brown University mass shooting.  —  Yesterday, a masked gunman opened fire …
Peter Nicholas / NBC News:
Trump served McDonald's to connect with voters.  Now, many feel they can't afford it.  —  Trump's dilemma ahead of the midterm elections: Sympathizing with voters who face financial pressures while persuading them that his policies are working.  —  FEASTERVILLE, Pa. — Fishing through his wallet …
 
 
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CNN:
Person of interest in Brown University shooting served in Army, worked at Arlington National Cemetery
 

 
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
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Scott Shambaugh / The Shamblog:
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