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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 …
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Mocks Rob Reiner, Says He Was Killed Because of His ‘TDS’  —  The president wrote that the beloved director's apparent homicide was brought on by his opposition to the administration's actions  —  As the film world and people of good taste around the world mourn the sudden death …
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.
Los Angeles Times:
Rob Reiner's son arrested on suspicion of homicide, records show  — 6 min Click here to listen to this article  —  Rob Reiner's son Nick was booked into the Los Angeles County jail on suspicion of murder, records show, hours after the Hollywood legend and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner …
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
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump says Rob Reiner, victim of possible homicide, died of ‘Trump derangement syndrome’  —  President Trump weighed in on the apparent homicide of director Rob Reiner and his wife in a Truth Social post Monday, suggesting the cause of death was reportedly “Trump derangement syndrome” which drew criticism from some fellow Republicans.
New York Times:
Live Updates: Reiners' Son Arrested After Director and His Wife Found Stabbed  —  The Los Angeles Police Department said it was investigating an “apparent homicide” at the home of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele.  Nick Reiner, 32, is being held in jail on $4 million bail, according to jail records.
Chris Morris / Variety:
Rob Reiner, Legendary Comedic Actor and ‘Princess Bride’ Director, Found Dead in His Home
NBC News:
Rob Reiner and his wife found dead in their L.A. home from apparent stab wounds
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.
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ABC:
ASIO examined Bondi Beach gunman Naveed Akram in 2019 for close ties to Islamic State cell
Nic Fildes / Financial Times:
Australia to toughen gun laws after 15 die in attack on Jewish festival
Claire Lehmann / Quillette:
Bondi Beach Massacre: Australia's Deadliest Terrorist Attack
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 …
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.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senators brace for another possible shutdown in January  —  Senators in both parties are bracing for another government shutdown next year after Republicans blocked a proposal to extend expiring health insurance subsidies, the issue that triggered the 43-day closure that consumed much of the fall calendar.
Discussion: NewsMax.com and MS NOW
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Fox News:
FBI arrests 4 alleged members of radical pro-Palestinian group accused of plotting New Year's Eve bombings  —  FIRST ON FOX — Federal authorities say they disrupted a credible terrorist threat over the weekend, arresting four alleged members of a radical pro-Palestinian extremist group accused …
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Sydney Morning Herald:
Hero who wrestled gun from terrorist says he'd do it again despite being ‘riddled with bullets’  —  Ahmed al Ahmed, the hero bystander who tackled and disarmed one of the Bondi shooters on Sunday, has said that despite the immense pain he is in, he does not regret lunging at the gunman.
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
Greg Grandin / The Nation:
What the Noam Chomsky-Jeffrey Epstein E-mails Tell Us  —  Chomsky has often suffered fools, knaves, and criminals too lightly.  Epstein was one of them.  But that doesn't mean Chomsky was part of the “Epstein class.”  —  Pocket  —  Over his long life, Noam Chomsky—who turned 97 this month …
Discussion: ALWAGHT
Paul Krugman:
MAGA, the Broligarchs and the Media  —  This isn't just about business; it's about democracy  —  Warner Bros. Discovery, which among other things controls CNN, has agreed to sell itself to Netflix.  But it isn't a done deal, because Paramount has made a rival, hostile bid.
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Army shares identities of two soldiers killed in ISIS ambush in Syria  —  The U.S. Army has shared the identities of the two Iowa National Guard troops who were killed on Saturday when an ISIS terrorist opened fire on them in Palmyra, Syria.  —  Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tovar, 25 …
Caitlin McCormack / New York Post:
Sophomore Ella Cook ID'd as first victim in Brown University shooting  —  The first victim of the deadly school shooting at Brown University has been identified as a sophomore student and vice president of the school's college Republican club, Ella Cook, according to her Alabama parish and a former classmate.
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
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).
Discussion: The Independent
NBC News:
Brown University shooting live updates: Victim named as manhunt for shooter who killed two continues  —  Brown has canceled its remaining fall semester classes and the shooting has reignited the debate over gun control.  —  New details emerge in Brown University shooting: What we know  —  What we know
Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
‘Just disgraceful’: outcry as Heritage thinktank appoints far-right figure to key post  —  Scott Yenor, who has offered views on women, marriage and LGBTQ rights, helped to found secretive fraternal order  —  The Heritage Foundation, an influential rightwing thinktank currently mired …
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!
New York Times:
Trump's Diversity Rollback Ends Crucial Aid for Deafblind Children Like Annie Garner  —  A program for deafblind children helped 3-year-old Annie Garner, born with poor vision and no ears, learn to communicate.  The Trump administration cut the program's funding over diversity goals.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
As measles ravages South Carolina, RFK Jr. undermines the vaccine  —  There is a massive measles outbreak spreading rapidly in Upstate South Carolina.  Already, 111 people, mostly in Spartanburg County, have contracted the virus.  People have been exposed to measles at church, in health care facilities, and at schools.
Discussion: American Prospect
Ayesha Ali / ABC News:
JetBlue pilot narrowly avoids ‘midair collision’ with Air Force plane near Venezuela  —  “They don't have their transponder turned on; it's outrageous,” the pilot said.  —  A JetBlue Airways pilot said he narrowly avoided a “midair collision” with a U.S. military aircraft that entered …
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 …
Amy Yurkanin / ProPublica:
Immigrants in Alabama Can Face Harsher Sentences Than Citizens for the Same Crimes  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week.
 
 
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