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Windsor Johnston
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Police in Los Angeles have arrested the son of Hollywood filmmaker Rob Reiner for murder. Nick Reiner is being held on $4 million bail after authorities discovered two bodies inside of the Reiner home on Sunday afternoon just a short time ago. Police Chief Jim McDonnell formally identified the victims Dec. 14.
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Jim McDonnell
About 3:40 in the afternoon, LAPD responded to a residence, the residence of Rob and Michelle Reiner, located in West Los Angeles division. At that location, they found two deceased adults, a male and a female. Through the night, working with the coroner's office, they were able to identify them definitively as Rob and Michelle Reiner.
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Windsor Johnston
Rob Reiner's career as a director spanned decades and included a number of blockbuster hits, including the film When Harry Met Sally, the Princess Bride and A Few Good Men. Lawmakers in Australia are working to strengthen gun laws in response to the shooting attack yesterday on Bondi beach in Sydney. At least 15 people were killed and dozens of others were wounded during an event celebrating Hanukk. Christina Cuglia reports. Police shot and killed one suspect and wounded the second.
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Cristina Kukola
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 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 Cristina Kukola in Melbourne.
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Windsor Johnston
Ukrainian negotiators say real progress was achieved in the latest round of talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. NPR's Rob Schmitz reports. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Trump's negotiating team wrapped up negotiations today in Berlin.
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Rob Schmitz
The U.S. government said in a social media post VI via President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff's account that, quote, a lot of progress was made between Witkoff, Trump's son in law, Jared Kushner Zelensky, and European leaders. Talks lasted more than five hours on Sunday and roughly 90 minutes on Monday at the chancery in Berlin. Speaking at a business forum afterwards, Ukrainian President Zelensky said that talks were, quote, not easy but productive and that Russia was using its attacks on Ukraine as leverage in the talks. That there is so far no indication that Russian President Vladimir Putin will agree to any terms to end the war. Rob Schmitz, NPR News, Berlin.
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Windsor Johnston
On Wall street, the dow was down 78 points. This is NPR. Federal authorities say they've arrested four alleged members of an extremist group accused of plotting coordinated bombing attacks across Southern California on New Year's Eve. Prosecutors say the suspects were preparing to test improvised explosive devices. According to federal criminal complaint filed Saturday, investigators believe the group was in the final stages of planning the attacks. The suspects are described as members of an offshoot of a pro Palestinian group calling itself the Turtle Island Liberation Front. Each faces charges including conspiracy and possession of a destructive device. New data from the Pew Research center show that most Americans who leave their childhood religion do so by the time they're 30. NPR Sarah Ventry reports.
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Sarah Ventri
More than half of U.S. adults still identify with their childhood religion, but of those who have left, nearly half say it's because they stopped believing in the religion's teachings. Around a third say it's because of scandals involving clergy or religious leaders. Most U.S. adults who have left their religion have become nones. That's N O N E s, meaning those who identify with no particular religion. More than three quarters of those say it's because they believe they can be moral without a religion. Americans who were raised as Hindus, Muslims and Jews are among the most likely to have remained in their childhood religions, whereas Catholics, Latter Day Saints and Buddhists are much less. Sarah Ventri, NPR News.
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Windsor Johnston
Stocks are trading lower on Wall street at this hour. The dow was down 69 points, the NASDAQ down 67. This is NPR News.
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