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A.M. Edition for Dec. 16. Investors will get a closer look at the U.S. employment picture with the release of two months’ worth of data that was delayed by the government shutdown. Plus, Australia’s prime minister says the shooters who attacked a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach appear to have been inspired by Islamic State. And WSJ advertising editor Suzanne Vrenica says concern about tariffs and consumer spending led to an earlier start to the holiday ads season, otherwise known as “Christmas creep.” Luke Vargas hosts.

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A son of filmmaker Rob Reiner and producer Michele Singer Reiner has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is being held without bail. Authorities in Rhode Island are asking for the public’s help in identifying the gunman behind the shooting at Brown University. And, Australian authorities say the two suspected gunmen behind the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach were inspired by Islamic State.

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Police arrest the son of filmmaker Rob Reiner and Michele Singer after the couple was found stabbed to death in their home. Australian authorities claim the father and son who attacked a Hanukkah gathering had expressed pro-ISIS ideology. And Attorney General Pam Bondi says the FBI has thwarted a planned New Year’s Eve bombing in California.

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Alabama

• Governor Ivey orders flags at half staff to honor Ella Cook of Mountain Brook
• Sen. Tuberville calls it a badge of honor to be labeled anti-Islam by CAIR
• Lt. Gov. Ainsworth says road project funding process is abuse of taxpayer $
• An appeal is in the works over State law that bans promotion of DEI concepts
• Arkansas votes to sever ties with PBS, while Alabama remains noncommittal
• Dr. Brian Christine sworn in to head Public Health Service by HHS Secretary

National

• FBI in Rhode Island release Army soldier for lack of evidence in Brown University shooting
• President Trump files defamation lawsuit for $5B against BBC
• Trump also designates the drug fentanyl as weapon of mass destruction
• House Oversight report says DC police chief pushed artificial crime data
• Nick Reiner, son of Hollywood director Rob Reiner, behind bars for killing his parents
• Two Iowa National guardsmen identified as victims of ambush in Syria

President Donald Trump has filed a multi-billion dollar lawsuit in Florida, accusing the BBC of defamation and violating a trade practices law over the way his speech was edited ahead of the US Capitol riot in 2020. Also: The US President says a Russia-Ukraine peace deal is closer than ever after talks in Berlin. European leaders say they're optimistic, but remain circumspect. Scammers are targeting children with cancer to raise money with online videos, but the donations raised are not reaching the families. Police in Australia say the two men who killed 15 people at a Jewish Hannukah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach had ISIS flags in their car. And the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is putting gifts she received from world leaders up for auction.

The son of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele held without bail after being charged in their deaths.

New video released of a second person of interest in the Brown University shooting.

Four charged with plotting New Year's Eve attacks in Southern California.

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The son of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele held without bail after being charged in their deaths.

New video released of a second person of interest in the Brown University shooting.

Four charged with plotting New Year's Eve attacks in Southern California.

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Jews in Israel had been looking forward to the Hanukkah holiday this year, since recent public celebrations had been curtailed first by COVID and then the wars that followed the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023. But this year’s celebration is happening in the aftermath of a horrific attack on a Hanukkah event in Australia that killed at least 15. We go to Tel Aviv to hear how people are feeling about the holiday this year.

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Nick Reiner, the son of Rob Reiner, has been arrested and is in custody after the legendary Hollywood director and actor and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were found dead in their Los Angeles home. We speak to Rob and Michele's friend Kris Perry, who served as the plaintiff in a landmark case to overturn California's gay marriage, about the lasting impact of the couples activism.

Also in the programme: Investigations continue into the fatal attack on people marking the Jewish festival of Hannukah at Bondi Beach. We bring the latest updates from Australia; and following the election of right winger Jose Antonio Kast to the Chilean presidency, we explore that lasting legacy of cold war dictator Augusto Pinochet.

(Picture: Director Rob Reiner and his son Nick Reiner attend AOL Build Presents: "Being Charlie" at AOL Studios In New York on May 4, 2016 in New York. Credit: Rommel Demano/Getty Images)