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5 things to know for Dec. 17: Brown University manhunt, Reiner murder case, Travel ban, Bondi Beach massacre, Epstein files

By Alexandra Banner, CNN Cold and snowy weather has lingered across much of the US since Thanksgiving, but an upcoming pattern change could melt away any chances of a white Christmas for many. Next week’s holiday forecast points to warmer-than-average temperatures in several states. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to

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5 things to know for Dec. 17: Brown University manhunt, Reiner murder case, Travel ban, Bondi Beach massacre, Epstein files

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN Cold and snowy weather has lingered across much of the US since Thanksgiving, but an upcoming pattern change could melt away any chances of a white Christmas for many. Next week’s holiday forecast points to warmer-than-average temperatures in several states. Here’s what else you need to know to get up

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Daughter of Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai tells CNN she is devastated by guilty verdict handed down to her father

Katrina Samaan Washington, D.C (CNN) — The guilty verdict handed down this week to Hong Kong media tycoon and democracy advocate Jimmy Lai was expected but is still devastating, his daughter Claire Lai told CNN’s Jim Sciutto, blaming what she described as the city’s “highly compromised” legal system under Chinese rule. Her father, 78, now

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An elderly Palestinian man shouts at Israeli military vehicles during a protest organized by residents demanding their return to their homes in the Nur Shams refugee camp

UN and Palestinians warn West Bank demolitions could permanently displace hundreds

By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Dana Karni, CNN (CNN) — Palestinian officials have warned of “forced displacement” after the Israeli military ordered a series of demolitions in the occupied West bank, citing security and “operational need.” The Palestinian Refugee Affairs Department condemned the decision by the Israeli authorities to demolish 25 residential buildings in the Nur Shams

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The United States flag flies at half-staff as a sign of mourning for the victim's of Saturday's shooting

An aspiring neurosurgeon and a ‘faithful bright light:’ What we know about the two students killed in the Brown mass shooting

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — As college students across the country wrap up their fall 2025 semesters, finishing grueling finals and preparing to head home for the holidays, students at Brown University in Rhode Island ended theirs abruptly after a mass shooting on campus Saturday killed two of their own and wounded nine others.

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and US special envoy Steve Witkoff talk as Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (L) and Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (R) look on before they pose for a photo in Berlin on Monday.

Trump says Ukraine peace deal is ‘closer than ever’ after Berlin talks, but is it? Here are the key sticking points

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — The United States just wrapped up two days of talks with Ukrainian and European negotiators in Berlin, followed by more discussions among leaders in Europe – all of which ended with positive signals about a future peace agreement. The talks focused on security guarantees for Ukraine to deter potential

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5 things to know for Dec. 16: Rob Reiner death investigation, Bondi Beach attack, Brown University shooter, Boat strikes, BBC

By Alexandra Banner, CNN Amid heightened security concerns at large gatherings, the FBI said it foiled a terror plot that was set to take place in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. Authorities arrested four people who were allegedly planning to detonate pipe bombs at buildings around the city. Here’s what else you need to

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5 things to know for Dec. 16: Rob Reiner death investigation, Bondi Beach attack, Brown University shooter, Boat strikes, BBC

WFXT, WBZ, WJAR, WHDH, CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN Amid heightened security concerns at large gatherings, the FBI said it foiled a terror plot that was set to take place in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. Authorities arrested four people who were allegedly planning to detonate pipe bombs at buildings around the city. Here’s

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A police officer removes police tape from outside the Bonnyrigg house of the suspects of a mass shooting  at Bondi Beach.

Bondi terror suspects driven by ‘Islamic State ideology,’ recently traveled to Philippine island wracked by extremism

By Jessie Yeung, Sandi Sidhu, Jinky Jorgio, Todd Symons, CNN (CNN) — The father and son duo suspected of carrying out a massacre at Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach on Sunday were “driven by Islamic state ideology,” police say, as Philippines authorities confirmed the pair recently traveled to a part of that country which has long

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