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BONDI BEACH TERRORIST ATTACK ‘INSPIRED’ BY THE ISLAMIC STATE ★ THE U.S. GAINED 64,000 JOBS IN NOVEMBER BUT LOST 105,000 IN OCTOBER; UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT 4.6% ★ U.S. CAPITOL STATUE OF TEEN CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER BARBARA ROSE JOHNS TO FILL ROBERT E. LEE'S PLACE ★ BROWN UNIVERSITY GUNMAN REMAINS AT LARGE AS CAMPUS SECURITY UNDER SCRUTINY ★ LEVEE BREACH TRIGGERS FLASH FLOOD WARNING AND EVACUATIONS SOUTH OF SEATTLE ★ U.S. MARKETS INCH DOWN MODESTLY AHEAD OF LATEST GOVERNMENT DATA ON JOBS, INFLATION ★ KILLINGS OF ROB REINER AND HIS WIFE STUN HOLLYWOOD AS DECISION ON CHARGES FOR THEIR SON LOOMS ★ ROB REINER'S SON NICK'S STRUGGLES COME INTO FOCUS AFTER PARENTS’ DEATHS AND MORE TOP HEADLINES ★ HEGSETH AND RUBIO ARE EXPECTED BACK ON CAPITOL HILL AS QUESTIONS MOUNT OVER BOAT STRIKES ★ INDUSTRY CHIEFS, FEDERAL OFFICIALS SAY ‘CRITICAL MINERALS DIPLOMACY’ CAN END CCP DOMINANCE ★ 'GENERAL HOSPITAL' STAR ANTHONY GEARY OF LUKE AND LAURA FAME DIES AT 78 ★ WHAT ARE THE 10 LARGEST U.S. LOTTERY JACKPOTS EVER WON? ★ FDA NOT ADDING ‘BLACK BOX’ WARNING TO COVID-19 VACCINES: COMMISSIONER ★ COURT HEARING OVER CHALLENGE TO CALIFORNIA REDISTRICTING BEGINS ★ AUTHORITIES SAY SYDNEY ATTACK INSPIRED BY ISIS; 4 ARRESTED IN ALLEGED TERRORIST BOMB PLOT IN LA | NTD GOOD MORNING (DEC. 16) ★ SPEAKER JOHNSON HAS A HEALTH CARE PLAN—HERE’S WHAT’S IN IT ★ US REMOVES BRAZILIAN SUPREME COURT JUSTICE AND HIS WIFE FROM SANCTIONS LIST ★ BRIAN WALSHE FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING HIS WIFE, WHO DISAPPEARED NEARLY 3 YEARS AGO ★ CREWS USE SANDBAGS TO SHORE UP LEVEE BREACH NEAR SEATTLE AFTER FAILURE PROMPTS FLOOD WARNING ★ TRUMP AWARDS MEXICAN BORDER DEFENSE MEDALS IN WHITE HOUSE CEREMONY ★ FORD DISCONTINUES SEVERAL EV MODELS, TAKES $19.5 BILLION WRITEDOWN IN PIVOT TO HYBRIDS ★ DOCTOR MYSTERIOUSLY FOUND DEAD INSIDE DOLLAR TREE FREEZER REPORTEDLY NAKED ★ OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ALLEGES OUTGOING DC POLICE CHIEF MANIPULATED CRIME STATISTICS ★ TERRIFYING VIDEO SHOWS OUT-OF-CONTROL MTA BUS PLOWING INTO CARS IN THE BRONX, INJURING 8 ★ ARYNA SABALENKA IS THE WTA PLAYER OF THE YEAR AGAIN; AMANDA ANISIMOVA EARNS COMEBACK PLAYER HONORS ★ US CARRIES OUT NEW STRIKES ON ALLEGED DRUG BOATS, KILLING 8 ★ SOUTHCOM SAYS 8 NARCO-TERRORISTS KILLED IN LATEST EASTERN PACIFIC LETHAL KINETIC STRIKES ★ COMER GIVES CLINTONS LAST CHANCE TO TESTIFY IN EPSTEIN INQUIRY BEFORE CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS ★ JUDGE HANNAH DUGAN’S TRIAL FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ESCAPE CASE BEGINS WITH FBI AGENT ON THE STAND ★ 4 ARRESTED IN ALLEGED BOMB TERROR PLOT; US DESIGNATES FENTANYL AS WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION | CAPITOL REPORT ★ TRUMP SUES BBC FOR $10 BILLION OVER JAN. 6 SPEECH EDIT ★ ERIKA KIRK SHARES UPDATE AFTER PRIVATE IN-PERSON MEETING WITH CANDACE OWENS ★ POLICE RELEASE NEW VIDEO OF PERSON OF INTEREST IN BROWN UNIVERSITY SHOOTING AS MANHUNT RESUMES ★ TRUMP SAYS HE’S CONSIDERING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO RECLASSIFY MARIJUANA ★ FBI RELEASES PHOTOS OF BROWN UNIVERSITY SHOOTING SUSPECT ★ JBS TO SHUTTER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BEEF PROCESSING PLANT ★ JETBLUE PILOT CALLS AIR FORCE NEAR-MISS 'OUTRAGEOUS' AFTER TANKER CROSSES FLIGHT PATH ★ SEN. CRUZ WANTS RESTRICTIONS ON MILITARY FLIGHTS APPROVED SOON TO PREVENT ANOTHER MIDAIR COLLISION ★ BROWN GRAD WHO’S SURVIVED TWO CAMPUS SHOOTINGS RECOUNTS TERROR AFTER POLICE RELEASE PERSON OF INTEREST ★ WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE DEATHS OF FILMMAKER ROB REINER AND HIS WIFE ★ TRUMP DESIGNATES FENTANYL AS WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION ★ TRUMP SIGNS ORDER DECLARING ILLICIT FENTANYL A 'WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION,' CITING NATIONAL-SECURITY RISKS ★ CALIFORNIA HIRES EX-CDC LEADERS WHO WERE FIRED OR QUIT UNDER TRUMP ★ TRUMP CITES NATIONAL SECURITY REASONS FOR REFUSING TO STOP EAST WING CONSTRUCTION ★ NTD EVENING NEWS FULL BROADCAST (DEC. 15) ★ GRAND CANYON REOPENS SOUTH RIM HOTELS AFTER WATER LINE IS REPAIRED ★ TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TO OPEN AIRPORTS TO US MILITARY ★ BROWN UNIVERSITY SHOOTING: TIMELINE OF TERROR THAT LEFT 2 DEAD, 9 INJURED ★ CALIFORNIA SUES TRUMP ADMIN OVER $33 MILLION WITHHELD DUE TO TRUCKER ENGLISH-PROFICIENCY RULES ★ TRUMP SUES BBC FOR $10 BILLION OVER MISLEADING JAN. 6 EDITS ★ APPEALS COURT PROBES WHETHER JUDGE BOASBERG EXCEEDED HIS AUTHORITY ★ TRUMP SAYS HE SPOKE WITH XI ABOUT RELEASING JIMMY LAI ★ D.C. POLICE CHIEF PRESSURED STAFF INTO MANIPULATING CRIME DATA TO MISLEAD PUBLIC, HOUSE REPORT FINDS ★ THIS MAINE SCHOOL SWAPPED DETENTION FOR HIKES. WE VISITED TO SEE IF IT WORKS. ★ DESANTIS VOWS TO PUSH AHEAD WITH FLORIDA’S AI BILL OF RIGHTS DESPITE TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ★ SUPREME COURT VACATES APPEALS COURT RULING OVER RACE-BASED USDA PROGRAM ★ SECOND HIGHEST RANKING HOUSE DEMOCRAT FACES PRIMARY CHALLENGER ★ LOCAL AUTHORITIES GIVE UPDATES ON MANHUNT FOR BROWN UNIVERSITY SHOOTER ★ HOLLYWOOD SALUTES FILMMAKER AND ACTOR ROB REINER WITH TRIBUTES AFTER NEWS OF DEATH ★ SUPREME COURT TO TAKE UP MISSISSIPPI DEATH ROW INMATE'S CHALLENGE OVER EXCLUDING BLACK JURORS ★ PREPPING FOR 2028, NEWSOM WORKSHOPS DEFENSES OF HIS INDEFENSIBLE RECORD ★ GEN X WORKERS STARING DOWN A ‘RETIREMENT CRISIS,’ APOLLO CHIEF ECONOMIST WARNS ★ ELON MUSK FIRES BACK AT CLAIMS HIS TRANSGENDER CHILD ‘HATES’ HIM ★ SCHOOL BUSES CRASH IN IDAHO WITH SEVERAL KIDS HURT, INCLUDING 1 FLOWN TO HOSPITAL ★ LIVE NOW: HOUSE RULES MARKUP: ENERGY, MINING REFORMS, PET PROTECTION, AND MORE BILLS ★ EVACUATIONS ORDERED IN 3 SOUTH SEATTLE SUBURBS AFTER WEEK OF HEAVY RAIN CAUSES A LEVEE TO FAIL ★ RUBIO PARTICIPATES IN SIGNING CEREMONY WITH PARAGUAYAN FOREIGN MINISTER RUBÉN RAMÍREZ LEZCANO ★ TRUMP ADMIN PARTNERS WITH KOREA ZINC TO BUILD $7.4 BILLION SMELTER IN US ★ CDC REPORTS NEARLY 3 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE CAUGHT THE FLU THIS SEASON ACROSS US ★ TRUMP PARTICIPATES IN A MEXICAN BORDER DEFENSE MEDAL PRESENTATION ★ FEDERAL AGENTS DISRUPT BOMB PLOT LINKED TO PRO-PALESTINIAN RADICALS ★ WAR SEC HEGSETH ISSUES STATEMENT AFTER TWO US SOLDIERS KILLED IN SYRIA ARE IDENTIFIED ★ PURSE PIRATES: UPS RIPPED OFF SEASONAL WORKERS WITH UNFAIR PAY PRACTICES, LAWSUIT ALLEGES ★ BRIAN WALSHE FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING HIS WIFE, WHO DISAPPEARED NEARLY 3 YEARS AGO ★ U.S. OFFICIALS OPTIMISTIC ON RUSSIA PEACE DEAL, WITH EU MEMBERSHIP, ‘ARTICLE 5-LIKE’ SECURITY GUARANTEES FOR UKRAINE ★ CASINO PLANS FOR METS BALLPARK AND GOLF COURSE TRUMP ONCE RAN AMONG 3 AWARDED NYC GAMBLING LICENSES ★ RFK JR. ANNOUNCES NEW DIAGNOSTIC EFFORTS ON LYME DISEASE ★ FBI ARRESTS 4 SUSPECTS BEHIND ALLEGED NEW YEAR’S EVE BOMB PLOT ★ ADVOCACY GROUP ASKS COURT TO OVERTURN NY VACCINE MANDATE, CITING SUPREME COURT RULINGS ★ BROWN UNIVERSITY WAS ‘SOFT TARGET’ FOR SHOOTER WHO REMAINS AT LARGE, CRIMINAL PROFILER SAYS ★ CALIFORNIA HIRES CDC OFFICIALS WHO LEFT TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ★ US OFFICIALS IDENTIFY NATIONAL GUARDSMEN KILLED IN ISIS ATTACK IN SYRIA ★ FBI ARRESTS FOUR ALLEGED MEMBERS OF PRO-PALESTINIAN TERROR CELL, FOILING NEW YEAR’S EVE ATTACK ★ US EXTENDS ‘ROBUST’ SECURITY GUARANTEES TO UKRAINE AS PART OF PEACE NEGOTIATIONS ★ FBI FOILS PLANNED TERROR PLOT TARGETING LOS ANGELES: BONDI ★ BRIAN WALSHE CONVICTED OF MURDERING WIFE AFTER NEW YEAR'S DAY DISAPPEARANCE ★ ROB REINER’S SON BOOKED FOR MURDER AFTER DIRECTOR, WIFE FOUND DEAD ★ TRUMP SAYS HE’S NOT SURE WHETHER REPUBLICANS WILL RETAIN HOUSE DURING MIDTERMS ★ ARMY IDENTIFIES TWO IOWA NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS KILLED IN SYRIA ★ BRITAIN’S NEW SPY CHIEF WARNS OF ‘AGGRESSIVE, EXPANSIONIST, AND REVISIONIST’ RUSSIA ★ MORE THAN 4.7 MILLION PHONE NUMBERS ADDED TO ‘DO NOT CALL’ REGISTRY IN 2025: FTC ★ FBI ARRESTS 4 ALLEGED MEMBERS OF RADICAL PRO-PALESTINIAN GROUP ACCUSED OF PLOTTING NEW YEAR’S EVE BOMBINGS ★ MEXICO AGREES TO FULFILL US WATER TREATY COMMITMENTS ★ 2 BROWN UNIVERSITY SHOOTING VICTIMS ID’D AS COLLEGE REPUBLICAN LEADER, ASPIRING NEUROSURGEON ★ PRO-DEMOCRACY HONG KONG MEDIA MOGUL JIMMY LAI FOUND GUILTY IN NATIONAL SECURITY TRIAL ★ PERSON OF INTEREST IN BROWN UNIVERSITY SHOOTING RELEASED ★ HOLLYWOOD LEGEND ROB REINER AND WIFE MICHELE FOUND DEAD AND MORE TOP HEADLINES ★ KENTUCKY SENATE PRIMARY CAPTURES THE GOP’S INTERNAL DEBATE ON IMMIGRATION ★ CHARLOTTE PRIORITIZES $3.4M TRANSIT MARKETING BLITZ OVER SAFETY AFTER RECENT STABBINGS, GOP CHAIR SAYS ★ IOWA POLICE CHIEF'S SON AMONG NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS KILLED IN SYRIA ISIS TERRORIST ATTACK ★ ERIKA KIRK AGREES TO 'PRIVATE DISCUSSION' WITH CANDACE OWENS AMID RISING TENSIONS ★ DOORDASH DRIVER CHARGED WITH FELONY FOOD TAMPERING AFTER ALLEGED PEPPER SPRAY INCIDENT GOES VIRAL ★ AT LEAST 16 KILLED IN BONDI BEACH ATTACK ON AUSTRALIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY ★ VICTIM’S FAMILY BREAKS SILENCE AS OKLAHOMA TEEN IN VIOLENT SEX ASSAULT CASE AVOIDS PRISON TIME: REPORT ★ LEAKED LESSONS FROM FIRST-YEAR UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS EDUCATION COURSE SHOW EXTREME LEFT BIAS: 'JUST SO WRONG' ★ PERSON OF INTEREST IN CUSTODY FOLLOWING DEADLY SHOOTING AT BROWN UNIVERSITY ★ LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERT WARNS EARLY DETAILS ‘OFTEN CHANGE’ AS MANHUNT INTENSIFIES AT BROWN UNIVERSITY ★ TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER TO CHALLENGE STATE AI REGULATIONS IN MAJOR TECH INDUSTRY VICTORY ★ BLACK LIVES MATTER DIRECTOR SPENT MILLIONS IN DONATIONS ON HOMES, SHOPPING, VACATIONS, INDICTMENT ALLEGES ★ TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ESCALATES PRESSURE CAMPAIGN AGAINST MADURO WITH SANCTIONS ON INNER CIRCLE ★ INDIANA SENATE REJECTS CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING EFFORT IN MAJOR DEFEAT FOR TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ★ SENATE DEADLOCKS ON COMPETING HEALTH CARE PROPOSALS, LIKELY DOOMING OBAMACARE SUBSIDIES ★ FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS ICE TO RELEASE KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA ★ TRUMP WEIGHS EXECUTIVE ORDER TO ELIMINATE STATE LAWS REQUIRING AI TO PRIORITIZE DEI ★ TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO ASK TOURISTS TO PROVIDE FIVE YEARS OF SOCIAL MEDIA HISTORY ★ SEATTLE SCHOOLS ARE SURVEYING TEENS ON SEX, GENDER, DRUG USE — AND SHARING THE DATA ★ A FLORIDA TEEN COMMITTED SUICIDE AFTER GETTING HOOKED ON AN AI CHATBOT. NOW HIS MOM IS DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY ★ MICHIGAN FATHER FILES COMPLAINT AFTER SCHOOL FORCED HIS DAUGHTER TO COMPETE AGAINST TRANS-IDENTIFYING MALE ATHLETE ★ FLORIDA AG SUES MEDICAL ACTIVIST GROUPS FOR PUSHING TRANSGENDER CARE ON MINORS