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- New Details Emerge About How Rob and Michele Reiner Were Found A person close to the family provided a detailed account of what occurred in the Reiner house after a massage therapist received no response at the gate....
- Grief Mixes With Anger at Funeral of Rabbi Killed in Bondi Beach Attack The funeral for Rabbi Eli Schlanger on Wednesday was the first held for one of the 15 people killed in a mass shooting at a Jewish celebration in Sydney, Australia....
- On Bali, the Holiday Vibe Masks Memories of a Massacre Sixty years ago, half a million Indonesians were killed in anti-Communist purges. On Bali, resorts and clubs were built atop mass graves....
- Romes New Subway Stops Are Part Museum, Part Station Part station, part museum, two new subway stops in Rome offer riders the chance to see ancient artifacts unearthed in digging for the stations....
- AIPAC Head Hosts Fundraiser for House Candidate Who Swears AIPAC Isnt Backing Her <p>Laura Fine has distanced herself from the Israel lobby, but AIPAC donors are pouring funding into her Illinois congressional campaign.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/12/16/l...
- U.N. Human Rights Watchdogs Blast Columbia for Using Immigration Status to Suppress Students Pro-Palestine Speech <p>The U.N. experts wrote blistering letters to five American universities about their crackdowns on Gaza protests.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/12/16/un-human-rights-univers...
- Republicans Are Splitting Over Israel. Will Democrats Take Advantage? <p>A new poll shows a growing divide among Republicans, especially under 45, on U.S. support for Israel. Democrats have a chance to pick up their votes.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://theintercept.c...
- Todays <em>Atlantic </em>Trivia: Unto the Breach Test your knowledgeand read our latest stories for a little extra help....
- Trump to address nation Wednesday night "It has been a great year for our Country," he said about the 9 p.m. ET speech....
- WATCH: Los Angeles County DA announces 1st-degree murder charges against Nick Reiner Nick Reiner, the son of director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer, will be charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of his parents, officials announced on Tuesday....
- Brown University shooting victims identified The two people who were killed in a shooting at Brown University on Saturday have been identified as students Ella Cook and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov....
- Sneak peek: Three Days Before Christmas 48 Hours Live to Tell: Two sisters who survive a deadly home invasion just before Christmas share their journey to hell and back. Watch Saturday, Dec. 20 at 10/9c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+....
- Capitol replaces statue of Robert E. Lee with civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns The U.S. Capitol has begun displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school....
- Joe Hunter's Mission A "Survivor" contestant believes his sister was murdered and is determined to be her voice. "48 Hours" contributor Natalie Morales reports....
- Jared Kushner's private equity firm backs out of Paramount's bid for Warner Bros. The exit came a week after Paramount Skydance made its $108.4 billion all-cash offer to Warner Bros. Discovery....
- Brown shooting investigators release "enhanced" footage of person of interest In several zoomed-in videos police say were captured on the East Side of Providence approximately two hours before the shooting, the person of interest is seen walking on a sidewalk and looking around...
- Trump doubles number of countries facing travel bans or restrictions President Trump on Tuesday more than doubled the list of countries subject to his travel ban or to heavy restrictions, bringing the total number of nations affected to 39....
- Millions of Hyundai and Kia owners can get free repairs from settlement Automakers Hyundai and Kia have reached a settlement with dozens of states over anti-theft technology in models of their vehicles....
- Brown shooting person of interest cased area that morning: Police A person of interest in the recent shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island cased the area Saturday morning, according to police We believe that he was actually casing out this area to commit the ...
- Democrat wins Kentucky state Senate special election Democrat Gary Clemons has won a special election to a fill a Kentucky state Senate seat, according to Decision Desk HQ. Clemons, president of United Steelworkers Local 1693 and an Army veteran, beat b...