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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanizi says the shooting met a
Jewish event in Australia was an act of pure evil.
At least sixteen people are dead and forty others remain
hospitalized after gunman open fire in a terror attack on
a crowd at Bondi Beach in Sydney. Officials also say
the shooters involved were father and son. The father was
shot and killed by officers, while the son remains in

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the hospital. Today is the first day of the Jewish
festival Hanukkah, and authority say Jewish families were celebrating on
the beach. Flags are flying at half staff in Australia
to honor the victims. All remaining classes are canceled at
Brown University following this weekend's deadly mass shooting. Jennifer Paulsoni reports.

Speaker 3 (00:46):
Brown canceling all remaining exams, classes, papers and projects undergraduate
graduate in Medical for the fall semester. The Provost of
Brown noting they recognize that learning and assessment are significantly
hindered in the short term and that they'll offer more
guidance than the days ahead on work. Those staying will
be offered services and support. It all follows a person

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taken into custody at a Hampton Inn Sunday morning and Coventry,
about twenty one miles from the campus. The man in
his thirties hours after two people were killed nine others
injured when a gunman opened fire in a first floor
classroom in an engineering building Saturday afternoon as students were
preparing for finals. I'm Jennifer Bulsny.

Speaker 2 (01:25):
President Trump is reflecting on the three deadly mass shootings
over the weekend. During a holiday event at the White
House today, Trump offered his condolences to the families of
the victims and university.

Speaker 4 (01:35):
Nine injured and two are looking down on us right
now from heaven and likewise in Australia. As you know,
that was a terrible attack.

Speaker 2 (01:45):
At least two American soldiers were killed while on patrol
in Syria. The President called it a rough day. Another
atmospheric river could hit the Pacific Northwest as early as
this evening. Floodwaters are still receding in Washington State, but
forecasters say another rainy stormfront will start moving in late
this evening before peaking on Monday and continuing through Tuesday.
I'm Rob Bartier. The FDA has approved in at home

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brain stimulation device to treat depression. The CDC says depression
rates in the United States have risen sixty percent in
the last decade, affecting over twenty million adults. The device,
Flow Neurosciences FL one hundred, delivers a gentle electronic current
to the part of the brain that regulates mood and
is designed for home use under remote supervision. It is

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the first of its kind to be approved in the US.
The device is cleared to treat moderate to severe major
depression disorders in those eighteen and older. John Cenam says
he's stepping out of the ring once and for all.
We get more from Scott Carr.

Speaker 1 (02:44):
The seventeen time WWE Champ thought his last battle Saturday night,
tapping out after being put in a sleeper hole by
three time austriing and Champ. Gunther Sina announced his retirement
last year, saying his body herds and was screaming to
close the chapter. The forty eight year old will continue
his acting career, he says, with three Hollywood movies in

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the pipeline, but will stay a part of the wrestling world.
Seen Or recently signed a five year deal to service
at WWE Ambassador.

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An estimated three million volunteers took part in Wreaths across
America Day this weekend. They placed holiday wreaths set more
than fifty six hundred military cemeteries nationwide in a tribute
to veterans. Hundreds turned out at Arlington National Cemetery in
DC on Saturday as volunteers placed a wreath on all
two hundred and sixty five thousand headstones. The nonprofit group

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added more than seven hundred new locations to this year's event.
Indiana Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza has won the Heisman Trophy.
Mendoza is the first Indiana player to win the award.
The redshirt junior transferred last offseason from the University of California,
Berkeley and accounted for thirty nine touchdowns in thirteen games,
leading the Hoosiers to a perfect thirteen and zero regular

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season record and a Big Ten Conference championship. India is
the top ranked school heading into the college football playoffs.
I'm Rob Bartier.