Prosecutors say Rob Reiner’s son Nick Reiner will be charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents. Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced the charges against 32-year-old Nick Reiner at a news conference on Tuesday. Prosecutors plan to file the charges, two counts of first degree murder special circumstances of multiple murders, later Tuesday. The announcement of the charges came two days after the famed actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were found dead in their Los Angeles home. Their son Nick Reiner was arrested hours later. Nick Reiner’s attorney Alan Jackson said medical reasons kept his client from making his first court appearance Tuesday.
Authorities near Boston say they have no suspect in custody in the death of an MIT professor shot at his home.
Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, died at a local hospital on Tuesday morning after the Monday night shooting in Brookline, the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.
Loureiro was the director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center and a professor in both the Nuclear Science and Engineering and Physics departments, the school said. MIT said it was offering support and other services to his students, colleagues and others in the community.
Brookline police referred questions about the shooting to the prosecutor’s office, which gave only limited information about what it called “an active and ongoing homicide investigation.”
Loureiro pursued his studies in Portugal and London and did postdoctoral work at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, according to his MIT faculty page. He was a researcher at the Institute for Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion at IST Lisbon before joining MIT in 2016, it said.
The Republican-led House will not vote on a measure extending Obamacare enhanced subsidies that expire in two weeks. Speaker Mike Johnson said efforts were made to hold the vote, but it didn’t work out in the end. Johnson’s announcement infuriated moderate Republicans who had been pushing to go on the record about the subsidies. The speaker acknowledged that about a dozen GOP members in competitive districts are “fighting hard to make sure that they reduce costs for all of their constituents.”
President Donald Trump is going to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware for a dignified transfer for the two Iowa National Guard members killed in an attack in the Syrian desert. The guardsmen killed on Saturday were 25-year-old Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, of Des Moines, and 29-year-old Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, of Marshalltown. Both were members of the 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment. Trump will travel to Delaware on Wednesday. The ritual at Dover Air Force Base honors U.S. service members killed in action and is one of the most solemn duties undertaken by the commander in chief. Trump has called it “the toughest thing" he has to do as president.
The killings of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner have left their communities in Hollywood and Democratic politics stunned. Their son, Nick Reiner, has been arrested on suspicion of killing them. Los Angeles police say they'll present a case on Tuesday to prosecutors for potential charges. However Nick Reiner's attorney says his client won't appear in court Tuesday for undisclosed medical reasons. Rob Reiner was a celebrated actor and director known for films like “When Harry Met Sally...” and “The Princess Bride.” Michele Singer Reiner was a photographer and LGBTQ+ rights advocate. The couple was deeply involved in Hollywood and Democratic politics. The communities celebrated their contributions to film and activism while expressing their sadness.
Writing on Truth Social, President Donald Trump announced an address tomorrow night (Dec. 17):
"My Fellow Americans: I will be giving an ADDRESS TO THE NATION tomorrow night, LIVE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, at 9 P.M. EST. I look forward to "seeing" you then. It has been a great year for our Country, and THE BEST IS YET TO COME!
Additional police have been sent to Providence schools to reassure worried parents that their kids will be safe with the Brown University shooter on the loose and no indication yet that investigators have zeroed in on a specific suspect in the weekend attack. Authorities released several new videos Monday of the man suspected in Saturday’s mass shooting inside of a Brown classroom, which killed two students and wounded nine others. Anxiety is high in Providence, with investigators knocking on doors and poring through dumpsters and backyards near the Ivy League campus on Monday in search of additional video evidence or other clues. Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee requested additional police be sent to the city’s schools to provide reassurance.
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