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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:05):
In just four minutes, named Hollywood director Rob Reiner and
his wife Michelle have been found dead. LAPD Deputy Chief
Allan Hamilton says he couldn't share much information at the
stage of the investigation. There's been no reports for the
neighbors regarding hearing anything or seeing anything that we can
release to the public. Multiple reports indicate the couple was
stabbed to death in their home in LA's Brentwood neighborhood.

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Their bodies were found on Sunday. According to The La Times,
A family member is being interviewed in connection with the killings,
with at least one source saying investigators found no signs
of forced entry at the home. The Trump administration has
until Friday to release the so called Jeffrey Epstein files.
The deadline was set under the Epstein Files Transparency Act
passed by Congress last month to make public the records

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of the late sex criminal who allegedly trafficked and underage girls.
Epstein committed suicide and custody in twenty nineteen. He'd spent
years rubbing shoulders with many of the world's elite. Some
parts of the files may still be redacted. Australian Prime
Minister Anthony Albanezi says the shooting at a Jewish event
in Australia was an act of pure evil. At least

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sixteen people are dead and forty others remained hospitalized after
gunman opened fire on a crowd at Bondai Beach in Sydney.
Officials say the shooters were a father and son. The
father was shot and killed by officers. The son remains
in the hospital. Today is the first day of the
Jewish festival of Hanukkah, and authority say Jewish families were

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celebrating on the beach. Flags are flying at half staff
in Australia to honor the victims. For the first time
since twenty fourteen, the Kansas City Chiefs are going to
miss the playoffs. The Chiefs lost sixteen thirteen to the
Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday. Kansas City went undefeated in
twelve one score games last season, falling to just one
in seven in those same games this year. Meanwhile, the

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status of star quarterback Patrick Mahomes is also up in
the air.

Speaker 3 (01:59):
He left the game.

Speaker 2 (01:59):
Late in the fourth quarter after reaggravating a left knee injury.
I'm Tammy Trehillo. President Trump is withdrawing his pick for
deputy director of the National Security Agency, Scott Carr reports.

Speaker 1 (02:12):
Republican Congressman from Nebraska Don Bacon shares in a post
on X the administration was pulling Joe Francescin's nomination. This
as the acting deputy director at the National Security Agency
is set to retire at the end of the month.
Bacon blamed infighting in the White House and the involvement
of what he calls wacky Laura Lumer as the reason
why the top two positions at NSA will continue to

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remain vacant. Lumer complained that Franciscan had donated to the
campaign of Colorado Congressman Jason Crowe in twenty twenty three.
Crowe's one of six Democrats involved in a video advising
members of the military they don't have to follow any
illegal orders. I'm Scott Carr and Washington.

Speaker 2 (02:51):
The parent company behind RUMA, is filing for Chapter eleven bankruptcy.
Massachusetts based I Robot made the announcement Sunday. Massachusetts based
I Robot made the announcement Sunday, saying it will be
acquired by its main manufacturer, vacuum cleaner maker Shenzen. Pacia
I Robot has sold millions of cleaning robots since the
Rumbo was introduced in two thousand and two. The FDA

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is approved and at home brain stimulation device to treat depression.
Details from Lisa Carton.

Speaker 3 (03:19):
The CDC says depression rates in the US have risen
sixty percent in the last decade, affecting over twenty million adults.
The device, called Flow Neurosciences FL one hundred, delivers a
gentle electrical current to part of the brain that regulates
mood and is designed for home use under remote supervision.
It's the first of its kind to be approved in

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the US. The device is clear to treat moderate to
severe major depressive disorders in adults aged eighteen and older.
I'm Lisa Carton.

Speaker 2 (03:48):
And Dring Sinatras, scoring his first number one song on
Billboard's Adult Contemporary Charts since nineteen sixty seven. His cover
of I Got My Love to Keep Me Warm with
Pentatonics this week leaped four spots to reach nonumber one
on the AC chart.

Speaker 3 (04:01):
I'm Tammy Truhio