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Rob Reiner's son arrested on suspicion of homicide after director and his wife were found dead

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LOS ANGELES — Rob Reiner’s son Nick was arrested on suspicion of murdering his parents after the Hollywood legend and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead at their Brentwood home Sunday.

Los Angeles police Chief Jim McDonnell said that officers responded to the Reiner home at about 3:40 p.m. Sunday. Detectives from the elite ...Read more

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Tanning bed users have nearly twice as much damage to skin cells, Northwestern study finds

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Though tanning may be far from people's minds this winter, a new study out of Northwestern Medicine is highlighting the risks of tanning beds, and showing how they can lead to skin cancer.

Not only is the use of tanning beds associated with nearly triple the risk of developing melanoma, but heavy users of tanning beds also had more damage to ...Read more

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Australia eyes tougher gun laws after deadly Sydney attack

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SYDNEY — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and state leaders pledged to strengthen gun laws a day after a father and son killed 15 people in the nation’s deadliest terror attack.

The National Cabinet tasked police ministers and attorneys general to explore options including caps on the number of firearms an individual can hold, ...Read more

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Republican Rep. Massie slams Trump's response to Hollywood director Rob Reiner's killing

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In a viral social media post, Rep. Thomas Massie criticized President Donald Trump’s response to the killing of famed director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, over the weekend.

Massie called Trump’s words, which, without evidence, suggested that the Reiners were killed in their Los Angeles home because of their opposition to the president...Read more

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An argument at a Hollywood Christmas party hours before Rob Reiner, wife killed

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LOS ANGELES -- More details are emerging about the killing of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, on Sunday. Their son Nick has been arrested on suspicion of murder, though police have provided few details.

Here is a timeline of what we know:

Saturday

--Family friends told The Times that Rob and Nick got into an argument on Saturday evening at...Read more

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Trump to cap unprecedented year that skirted Congress, tested court system

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump soon will cap an all-gas-no-brakes 2025, with assessments mixed about a first year back in the White House that has overhauled the presidency.

Trump 2.0 reentered office on Jan. 20 with one of the most aggressive domestic and foreign policy agendas in American history. That included an unprecedented ...Read more

Feds say they foiled New Year's Eve terror plot in LA, Southern California

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LOS ANGELES — A plan to attack several Los Angeles-area businesses on New Year’s Eve was detailed, dangerous and already in motion, authorities said.

But as four people allegedly tied to an anti-government group gathered last week in the Mojave Desert to make and test several test bombs, FBI officials foiled the terror plot.

“They had ...Read more

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Brian Walshe found guilty of murdering his wife

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DEDHAM, Mass. — Brian Walshe was found guilty of murder in the first degree in Norfolk Superior Court late Monday morning in the killing and dismembering of his wife, Ana Walshe, in the early hours of New Year's 2023.

Over a 10-day trial in Norfolk Superior Court, prosecutors gave evidence that Walshe, 50, killed his wife before dismembering ...Read more

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Final US pennies sell for millions at auction after mint ends production

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PHILADELPHIA — The last minted pennies sure cost a pretty penny.

On Thursday, a three-coin set of the final pennies minted for circulation sold at auction for $800,000. Another of the sets sold for $180,000.

In all, the final pennies sold for a combined nearly $17 million.

Sold by Stack’s Bowers Galleries, the sets represented the 232 ...Read more

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Ukraine and US make 'real progress' as European leaders meet

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Ukrainian and U.S. negotiators gave an upbeat assessment of talks in Berlin on ending Russia’s war, with a top aide to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy voicing optimism that the sides could close in on an agreement by the end of the day.

Zelenskyy’s top security official, Rustem Umerov, cited “real progress” in the German capital after ...Read more

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Amazon shareholder resolution targets AI work with Israel, DHS

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Amazon.com Inc.’s business ties with Israel’s military and the US Department of Homeland Security are the focus of a shareholder proposal demanding that the company investigate whether such contracts comply with its responsible AI policies.

Filed by American Baptist Home Mission Societies and reviewed by Bloomberg, the resolution asks ...Read more

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Michele Singer Reiner, photographer and creative partner to Rob Reiner, dead at 70

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Michele Singer Reiner, who was killed along with her husband, filmmaker Rob Reiner, on Sunday at their home in Los Angeles, was a photographer who moved from still images into filmmaking and later into producing, with work that blended performance, politics and persuasion. She was 70.

Singer Reiner was gigging as a photographer in the late ...Read more

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Trump's promised big tax cuts are expected to disappoint the average worker

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President Donald Trump promised Americans big tax refunds next year. Many filers — particularly those who could most use the financial boost — may soon be disappointed.

“Your sort of typical W-2 worker with no kids will see very little change year-over-year,” said Adam Michel, director of tax policy studies at the libertarian Cato ...Read more

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Trump baselessly blames Rob Reiner murder on anger over director's politics

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President Donald Trump on Monday cryptically appeared to blame the murders of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner on the Hollywood icon’s famously liberal political stances.

The president derided Rob Reiner as “tortured and struggling” and claimed he was killed due to anger caused by his harsh criticism of Trump.

Without citing...Read more

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What we know about Nick Reiner, who struggled with addiction and shared his recovery with the world

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LOS ANGELES — Nick Reiner spent years struggling with addiction and with help from his father, Hollywood legend Rob Reiner, told his story to the world.

On Monday, Nick was booked into the L.A. County jail on suspicion of murder, hours after Reiner and his wife were found dead inside their Brentwood home.

Nick cycled in and out of rehab ...Read more

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Newsom taps former CDC leaders critical of Trump-era health policies for new initiative

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday announced a new California-led public health initiative, tapping former U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials who publicly clashed with the Trump administration, including the former agency chief who warned that the nation's public health system was headed to "a very ...Read more

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Mass shooter manhunt at Brown resets after detainee is released

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A manhunt for the shooter who killed two students during a rampage at Brown University entered its third day after authorities released an earlier person of interest.

Investigators determined that “evidence now points in a different direction,” away from the person they had previously detained, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha ...Read more

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Rob Reiner's son arrested on suspicion of homicide, records show

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LOS ANGELES — 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, were found dead at their Brentwood home Sunday.

Jail records provide few details but say Nick Reiner was held on $4 million bail. The records do not give ...Read more

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Rob Reiner used his fame to advocate for progressive causes. 'Just a really special man. A terrible day'

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LOS ANGELES — Rob Reiner was known to millions as a TV actor and film director.

But the Brentwood resident, known for the classic films “Stand by Me” and “When Harry Met Sally,” was also a political force, an outspoken supporter of progressive causes and a Democratic Party activist who went beyond the typical role of celebrities who ...Read more

After the Sydney terror attack, a California Hanukkah celebration is 'all about hope'

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LOS ANGELES -- The first night of Hanukkah in Pacific Palisades, coming nearly a year after January's wildfires, was always going to evoke both joy and loss in the beleaguered community.

But on Sunday evening, as leaders from the Chabad Jewish Community Center of Pacific Palisades gathered at the Palisades Village mall to light a towering ...Read more