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Korva Coleman
In Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. Information from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says Nick Reiner, the son of Director Rob Reiner, has been arrested. Los Angeles authorities are investigating after two bodies were found in Rob Reiner's home yesterday. News reports cite a Reiner family statement. It says that Rob Reiner and his wife Michelle are dead. Australian leaders have agreed to tighten gun laws in response to the shooting attack yesterday on a Hanukkah event at Sydney's Bondi beach. At least 15 people there were killed and dozens of others wounded. Australian police shot and killed one suspect and wounded the second. Christina Kukulya reports.
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Christina Kukulya
It's been described as the biggest overhaul of Australian gun laws since reforms that followed a mass shooting in Tasmania in the 1990s. At a meeting led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese one day after the Bondi beach attack, state and territory leaders agreed to take immediate action. Limiting the number of firearms a person can own is among the options being considered. Another is to make Australian citizenship and a condition for holding a gun licence. The national government says it will prioritise potential customs restrictions on firearms and other weapons type imports. For NPR News, I'm Christina Kukola in Melbourne.
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Korva Coleman
House Speaker Mike Johnson has unveiled his plan to replace subsidies for the Affordable Care Act. The subsidies run out at the end of this year and Congress has not, rather passed a new plan. California Republican Congressman Kevin Kiley says he would support the speaker's plan but expects that it will fail. Instead, he wants to extend the current ACA subsidies. Kiley says leaders of both parties knew this deadline was coming.
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Scott Greenstone
The reality of the situation is and you can have critiques about where we are when it comes to health care policy, and I have my own about the spiraling costs that continue to grow and grow and grow, but 22 million people shouldn't be forced to pay the price for that, shouldn't be forced to pay the price for congressional inaction. We're talking about small business owners and their employees, independent contractors, gig workers, early retirees who will be forced to pay a price that many simply can't afford.
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Korva Coleman
He spoke to NPR's Morning Edition. It's been raining almost non stop for the past five days in Washington State, triggering heavy flooding. Some parts of the state will see more rain all this coming week. From member station kuow, Scott Greenstone reports.
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Scott Greenstone
The ground is saturated in Seattle's suburbs. Heavy winds of around 50 miles per hour are expected. Reid Wolcott is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Soils are extremely loose. It does not take forever 50 mile an hour winds to knock over trees. Landslide risk is high in many areas. Mudslides have already hit the tiny town of Stahekan on the shores of Lake Chelan. For NPR News, I'm Scott Greenstone in Seattle.
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Korva Coleman
On Wall street, the Dow was down more than 50 points. This is NPR. FBI Director Kash Patel says his agency has disrupted an alleged terror threat set for New Year's Eve in Los Angeles. He says four people connected to LA have been arrested in connection with the plot. Patel says a fifth person has been detained in New Orleans. Voters in Chile yesterday elected an ultra conservative for president. They rejected the current far left government's candidate. Chilean President elect Jose Antonio Cast is promising a hard line against rising crime and illegal immigration. NPR's Kerry Khan has more.
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Kerry Khan
59 year old Jose Antonio cast's ultra conservative stances, especially on women's issues and his support of the Pinochet dictatorship were too hardline in his two previous presidential bids. This time he focused more on concerns over crime and rising migration, especially from Venezuela. In a meandering hour long acceptance speech, he told a huge crowd in Santiago that change was coming, but said it would take time. Like other recently elected conservatives in Latin America, Cass pledged a crackdown on crime with more police and prison. He says the more than 300,000 migrants estimated to live in Chile without legal status have until his inauguration in March to self deport or he'll send police to find them. Kerry Conn, NPR News.
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Korva Coleman
Workers at the famed Louvre Museum in Paris have voted to strike. The museum is closed due to today's walkout. The workers are pointing to working conditions and are demanding renovations. The strike vote comes after thieves stole priceless gems in a daylight robbery. I'm Korva Coleman, NPR News.
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